31.  His consistency put him in eighth place on the career goals-per-game list behind such notables as Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy.

32.  In the race for eighth place, the Stars are just halfway around the track while the other teams are heading into the home stretch.

33.  Instead, he fell apart in the long program and plummeted to eighth place.

34.  Last summer, he took eighth place in the star-studded Etchells-class worlds off San Diego.

35.  Lazard Freres has moved up from eighth place to fourth.

36.  Losses by Boston and the Bucks vaulted them into sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

37.  Mired in eighth place after seven races, Jarrett quietly has risen to third.

38.  Now in eighth place, Team Endeavour did not want to fall back in ranking.

39.  No wonder Dell has been growing so fast that last year alone it was able to shoot from eighth place in the PC industry to fourth.

40.  On Friday, the Bruins had the chance to tie the Rangers for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.