1.  Although his support dipped, exit polls showed Clinton winning 66 percent of the self-identified gay vote, while Dole picked up 22 percent and Ross Perot 8 percent.

2.  Any point we can pick up from now to the end is important.

3.  Dennis Eckersley (5-4) worked the ninth to pick up the win.

4.  Dennis Rodman sat all but nine minutes of the first half, but O'Neal picked up the rebounding slack, grabbing nine in 15 minutes.

5.  Denver Broncos quarterback Jeff Lewis picked the wrong time to get hurt in a pick-up basketball game in the Valley.

6.  DeFrantz may not pick up much support from the IOC's athlete members.

7.  Cubs manager Jim Riggleman and general manager Ed Lynch had their contracts picked up for 1999.

8.  Cullors, of course, picked himself up and returned to the huddle.

9.  DERBY-FEATURE: The Churchill Downs oddsmaker has been wrong 21 straight times in picking the favorite.

10.  Deregulation is designed to allow buyers to choose a power supplier the same way they now pick a long-distance carrier.