51.  Any reminders of how important that first road trip of the second half was three years ago was coming from the players who experienced it, however.

52.  Cuban exiles have been visiting the island and providing relatives with money and goods since shortly after the first of them reached refuge in the U.S.

53.  Cuban fans began sizing up the American starter, Scott Erickson, who narrowly escaped a disaster in the first inning because of good fielding.

54.  Cuban isn't the first Internet billionaire to join the ranks of NBA ownership.

55.  Cuban made his first fortune in 1990, when he sold his 7-year-old computer systems business, MicroSolutions, to CompuServe for $5 million.

56.  CUBA-TOURISM _ HAVANA, Cuba _ Delightfully off-limits to most Americans, I first visited communist Cuba in 1991 simply because I wasn't supposed to.

57.  Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa entered the game with seven homers in the first 28 games.

58.  Cugliotta, who has been exhibiting at the show for 20 years, recalled his first exhibit, "Timeless Tranquillity," as being anything but.

59.  Culinary pet peeves: "The first is the idea that teenage boys can't cook.

60.  Cullen's goal gave Anaheim a multigoal lead and it allowed the team to score its first victory of the season when it trailed by more than one goal.