"I knew we needed the ball," he explained afterward in Duke's quiet locker room.

The situation was not unfamiliar, one of them explained afterward in a discreet interview.

"I did not want to be caught with an empty gun if they turned and made a stand," he explained afterward.

I thought about explaining that to Susan afterward, and decided not to dare him.

"My body just kind of went back," Irvin explained afterward.

"It was necessary," he explained afterward, "in order to command men so much older than myself."

"I'm worried there won't be an Israel," she explained afterward.

"I wanted to show just the silhouette, like a sketch," he explained afterward.

"That was a customer, a regular, who wanted some special dishes for tonight," he explained afterward.

"I thanked him for getting my attention," Williams explained afterward.