91.  Both Chelios and Amonte are candidates for the U.S. Olympic team, which will play in the Winter Games in Japan in February.

92.  Both defected six weeks ago when they slipped into the United States from Guadalajara, Mexico, where they had been training with the Cuban Olympic team.

93.  Both earned spots on the Atlanta Olympic team but failed to win medals.

94.  Brooks was hired by General Manager Craig Patrick, his assistant coach on the American Olympic team.

95.  Both were considered locks to claim the two berths on the Olympic team.

96.  Both will be placed on the Olympic team, no matter the outcome.

97.  Both won gold medals at the Pan Am Games and are strong contenders for the U.S. Olympic team.

98.  Bure led the Russian Olympic team to a silver medal last winter at Nagano, Japan.

99.  But a long-standing feud with the U.S. Volleyball Association kept Selznick off the Olympic indoor team.

100.  But did their slow starts damage their chances to make their respective Olympic teams?