She is somebody we can really depend on. When we have a problem, she or her committee will deal with it - even if she has to buck her own party a little bit.

Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling!

To a group of 25-year-olds here for a bachelor party, it'll conjure up a sense of naughtiness, escape and a secret-keeping thing. But to a 75-year-old couple from Des Moines, it'll be violating their low-cholesterol order from their doctor, and having shrimp cocktail at 3 o'clock in the morning and not telling their kids about it.

The sense of urgency is always there. Whether we made 20 moves or one, Buck will have these guys prepared to play hard everyday. I get paid to have a short- and a long-term perspective. Every night at 7:05, Buck and the team have a three-hour perspective.

Vince might have been a little tired because we put so much weight on him (against the Bucks). I didn't want him to feel he has to do it every night.

Richard will not let his coverage be determined by anything he may have received for free, or any other benefits, including the trips and the bachelor party.