21.  At Stanford, he was a human biology major and the first player to be a member of four consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association championship tennis teams.

22.  Banks is the first player this season taken off the roster for any reason other than injury.

23.  Barkley was the first player introduced Wednesday night, and he received a boisterous ovation.

24.  Baumgartner also noted that Kariya is usually the first player in the team gym before practice, lifting weights.

25.  Before that, he was the first player to win three U.S. Junior Amateurs and the first player to win both the Amateur and the Junior.

26.  Brandt still remembers the first player he signed -- Jake Crouthamel, a running back from Dartmouth, now the athletic director at Syracuse.

27.  -- Portugal midfielder Kenedy was sent home after becoming the first World Cup player to test positive for a banned substance.

28.  Larry Doby was not the first black player allowed into the Major Leagues.

29.  A footnote to this was that the first player officially to withdraw was Greg Norman.

30.  A Toyota Corolla is awaiting the first player to hit the side of the warehouse on the fly.