61.  So many agents were pursuing the same players that Martinez often lost out.

62.  Some of his teammates, however, found it funny that the same players who griped constantly about officials in general are so relieved to see the regulars back.

63.  Starsia and Tierney say they recruit the same players, the best student-athletes they can find.

64.  Spielman says he is fine, but it is uncertain whether he will be the same player in Buffalo that he was in Detroit.

65.  That marked the first time the same players were tops in their leagues in back-to-back years.

66.  That same N.C. State team was allowed to play the next year with the same players.

67.  That the two leagues will have to compete for the same players also does not concern Ackerman.

68.  The battle was at its best when the teams were pursuing the same player.

69.  The club brought back the same five players who finished the season but will not put the same starters on the floor.

70.  The Devils coach makes no bones about starting the season with the same players that brought New Jersey its first Stanley Cup last summer.