Breakfast crumbs: Tuesday

Notes and thoughts compiled at the breakfast table ...

* A leftover from the Stars-Sharks Sunday night/Monday morning four-overtime game: Stars captain Brenden Morrow had 19 hits in 51 minutes played. By comparison, the Rangers' Ben Broussard has 13 hits in 82 at-bats since March 31.

* Potentially bad news to report this morning. Did you see our list of the 20 longest games in NHL history? The Stars were on that list five times -- more than any other team. The next two were the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, at four times each. Of course, the Stars and Red Wings meet in the next round. But with six of the seven possible games on Versus, some of us won't have to worry about staying up late to watch.

* So, the North Texas Super Bowl committee, according to our story by Andrea Ahles, is looking for "a few companies and individuals to fork over $1 million each." Me, I'm looking for only one company or individual, and I'd be content with half a million dollars.

* What has happened to the NBA postseason? Every top seed advanced in the first round. Now five games into the second round, the top seeds are unbeaten and winning by an average margin of 15 points per game. Only one game has been closer than 11 points.

* It's hard to believe it has been 10 years since Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game. These highlights of that game reminded me just how nasty Wood's pitches were that day.

* MLB Worst Division standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT.	GB
Colorado	12	20	.375	--
San Diego	12	20	.375	--
Pittsburgh	12	19	.387	0.5
Cincinnati	13	20	.394	0.5
Texas	13	20	.394	0.5
Detroit	14	19	.424	1.5
Seattle	14	19	.424	1.5

-- David Thomas