11.  Dent sat out practice for the second straight day Friday and coach George Seifert admitted that he was pessimistic about Dent's prospects for playing.

12.  Dentistry can do just about anything that a patient wants these days.

13.  Dentists, who spend the day working inside people's mouths, also fall into this group.

14.  DENVER at PITTSBURGH I was reading up on John Elway the other day.

15.  Denver is said to be a hot spot these days.

16.  Denver is the only AFC West team that he has never had a 100-yard receiving day against.

17.  Denver obediently lost earlier in the day, as did Miami.

18.  Defiant crowds chanted "assassins, assassins, assassins," making the scenes of anarchy reminiscent of the turbulent days of military rule between 1976 and 1983.

19.  Cuba is still "communist," whatever that means these days.

20.  CUBA-BOMBINGS (Havana) -- Cuba, which has been scene of sporadic bombings in recent months, has three in a day.