1.  As a child he tried, and failed at, a variety of sports.

2.  Defensively, they've collapsed well on O'Neal and forced the Lakers into an outside shooting game that has mostly failed.

3.  Denver also failed to mount a serious run threat -- totaling 63 yards on the ground -- to take any pressure off their quarterback.

4.  Cuba is free to succeed or fail on its own, just not with U.S. economic help.

5.  Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Castro in 1961 when the communist leader repelled their invasion at the Bay of Pigs.

6.  Derby winner Monarchos finished sixth, failing about as badly in the Preakness as Point Given had in the Derby (fifth).

7.  Designated hitter Juan Gonzalez failed.

8.  Department store and supermarket sales fell for a fifth straight month in August in another reflection that weak domestic demand is failing to lift the nation's troubled economy.

9.  Desjardins got the puck near the blue line after Peter Nedved lost the faceoff to Craig MacTavish and Stephane Matteau failed to cover Desjardins.

10.  Desmond Howard, it also must be noted, failed in Washington and Jacksonville before Green Bay took him.