1.   He had expected to be named as one of three-wild card entries for an event which also includes the top nine on the world ranking list.

2.   But Western teams control four of the first five picks and six of the top nine, hardly giving struggling teams in the East a chance to recover.

3.   But with Drummond, who knows, even though he has been ranked in the top nine in the United States every year since his senior season at TCU?

4.   Dallas has the seventh-ranked defense in the NFL, and they are the only team in the top nine with a losing record.

5.   Occasionally John Adams and Cleveland join the top nine.

6.   The mark, however, was not good enough to advance her to the top nine for three additional jumps.

7.   Those six Taurus pilots rank among the top nine in points.

8.   Boxall needs to finish in the top nine here to ensure a place on the European Tour which ends with the Volvo Masters at Montecastillo in Spain next week.

9.   Four Norwegian skiers finished within the top nine at Sestriere.

10.   The jumping on the Ruka big hill was a success for the Japanese in the first round, with five jumpers in the top nine.