1.   And then came Agassi, playing more tenaciously than he ever has for much of this summer, against the talented but unpredictable Russian, Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

2.   Aleksei Kovalev, the talented but inconsistent forward, skated the sprints at less than full speed.

3.   For that, Ainge may have to make some drastic changes, starting with getting some production out of the talented but enigmatic Horry.

4.   Is talented but young Marlon Anderson ready to become the second baseman?

5.   It had the guts to tell talented but disruptive Vernon Maxwell to take a hike.

6.   Perhaps they will have one for the talented but inexperienced Flyers, who are not accustomed to playing this late in the spring.

7.   Still able to bang, Cage will make the talented but soft Sonics tougher both physically and mentally.

8.   The Los Angeles Dodgers like rookie right-hander Eric Gagne so much they traded talented but underachieving Ismael Valdes this winter.

9.   The quickness with which the usually plodding Bengals moved on Kitna is a sign of the growing disenchantment with the talented but sporadic Smith.

10.   This time he takes on a filmmaker just as talented but less known.