One of those parts could be the decision not to match the division champion with the best record against the wild-card entry.

However, she entered the contest again via the wild-card entry on 23 November 2007.

The goal is to get endorsement contracts and wild-card entry in pro events.

But yesterday, playing in the men's singles draw as a wild-card entry, he made an early exit.

Colorado, the league's original wild-card entry in 1995, always had the offense to contend, if it could win more games on the road.

In 2005, he was a wild-card entry making a comeback after missing a year because of injuries.

The last two times the Mets went to the playoffs, in 1999 and 2000, they were a wild-card entry.

It even had people raising the possibility of the Braves' being a wild-card entry in this year's playoffs.

The 21-year-old Seles had received wild-card entry into the championships, an event for the world's top 16 players.

Williams, no longer looking like a wild-card entry, is emerging as the true wild card on the women's side.