1.   Colin Oliver never stopped following his favourite team despite being jailed after he was wrongly convicted of manslaughter.

2.   Butler vowed to continue including American experts on his inspection teams despite demands by Saddam that the number of Americans be reduced.

3.   Center Trent McCleary is still with the team despite being sidelined by a sprained knee.

4.   Chicago, which came to town Monday night, is a strong team despite several injured forwards.

5.   Flores said she was honored for the distinction, saying that the cities work as a team despite the problems of being in different nations.

6.   Gordon said he plans to continue with the Coors Light team despite an exchange of words with owner Felix Sabates recently.

7.   He deserves to surpass other owners who gutted their teams despite success.

8.   He has never made the All-Star team despite posting statistics in his last three complete seasons that would make any point guard proud.

9.   In turn, Olajuwon is impressed with the closeness of the team despite its struggles in the first half of the season.