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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.