11.  Walker remembers not receiving the Catholic League MVP at Mount Carmel, an award that went to a rival player named Jerry Gee, who played at Illinois.

12.  When the other team is up, the challenge is to psych out rival players to make them flub their shots.

13.  Bielsa, rarely drawn into debates over rival players or the hype surrounding games, acknowledged that the stakes would be high Friday.

14.  But in the Sao Paulo state championship final he was accused of an unsportsmanlike provocation of rival players, and Luxemburgo immediately cut him from the squad.

15.  Courier said he suspected rival players of blood doping and injecting performance-enhancing substances that cannot be detected by urine tests.

16.  Spectators tossed flares on the field, attacked rival players and kicked and punched security guards during a soccer game Sunday night.

17.  The assault was part of an increase in soccer hooliganism that has seen referees and rival players pelted with rocks and bottles.

18.  They also shouted in anticipation when rival players squared off to fight.

19.  In April of that year, she was stabbed in the shoulder during a match in Hamburg by Guenter Parche, a deranged fan of rival player Steffi Graf.

20.  A slight scuffle between rival players on the pitch preceded both sets of supporters taunting each as the players filed back to the changing rooms.