1) They sit quietly on the locker-room benches, their faces solemn, their eyes averted.

2) What better forum for conspicuous consumption than the locker-room or the golf club car-park?

3) Jody yells and stamps her way through the locker-room talk.

4) I'm a good locker-room dude.

5) The postgame locker-room camera could present Derek Fisher drinking grape juice, because that's what many players swear is the best thing to replace what has been lost in exertion.

6) Suddenly locker-room democracy was actively encouraged, with the caretaker happy to devolve part of his power to a "players' committee" comprising Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith,[http:///locker-room.html] Steve Harper and Geremi.

7) The halftime locker-room camera could reveal that Lamar Odom always changes jerseys midway through the game because he drenches one with sweat in just one half.

8) "I remembered my grandfather in the locker-room, " he said.

9) The prediction: Some one from the Cowboys or Steelers will use a four-letter word during a live locker-room interview.

10) Then he retrieved his clothes and suitcase from the locker-room, dressed himself and packed his case.

11) For many fans, metal, with its pile-driving sound and locker-room lyrics, is more than a rite of passage.

12) The skinny: Deion Sanders running around with a bucket of ice water is such a passe locker-room prank these days.

13) Not only did Lipson perform the typical managerial responsibilities of fetching water and collecting equipment, he also gave locker-room speeches and even assisted Maddux in advance scouting.

14) The Lakers hemmed and hawed their way through another playoff game against the Utah Jazz, leaving Phil Jackson plenty of possible options for the locker-room whiteboard.

15) Whatever the clinical significance of these data may be, the locker-room significance is considerable.