Go Figure

49-43
Record of the Lakers in games without Shaquille O'Neal since he joined the team in 1996.

4
Major league teams that have contacted Hideki Matsui through week's end, according to the free-agent slugger.

24
Field goal attempts missed by Steelers kickers since the start of the 2001 season, the most in the NFL.

2,747
Total punches thrown in the two fights between junior welterweights Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward.

5
Styles of Valley Sports Little League T-shirts sold at a new memorabilia store devoted to the Little League World Series champs, near Louisville.

11
Players on the Red Sox' 40-man roster who are younger than new general manager Theo Epstein, who, at 28, is the youngest G.M. in baseball history.

4
Races won (on 36 mounts) by Julie Krone since she returned to racing Nov. 1.

24
Straight games in which Virginia Tech tailback Lee Suggs has scored a touchdown, an NCAA Division I record.

2,686,640
Fans who attended the 19 CART races this season, a record for the racing series.