11.  Since arbitrators peg salaries to those of the highest paid players, big-market teams set the price for top players.

12.  That deal would tie Swann with Green Bay defensive end Reggie White as the highest paid defensive player in the league.

13.  The Colorado Avalanche signed right wing Jari Kurri, the highest scoring European player in National Hockey League history, to a free agent contract.

14.  The highest scoring player in Olympic basketball history is not a U.S. athlete but Brazilian player Oscar.

15.  This week baseball made him the highest paid player in the history of the game.

16.  American Andre Agassi is now the highest seeded player remaining in the top half of the draw.

17.  Among them were Scott Hoch and Rocco Mediate, friends of Stewart and two of the highest ranked players in the field.

18.  Berg, a big, hard-hitting defensmen, became the highest drafted player from Finland.

19.  But on Wednesday they decided to make Steed their highest paid player.

20.  Ferrero, the fifth seed, is the highest seeded player ousted in the tournament so far.