Go Figure

30
Dollars earned by Nets center Jayson Williams for carrying Arturo Gatti's spit bucket during Gatti's 10-round loss to Ivan Robinson in Atlantic City.

3
Years in a row that a Japanese team has won best-in-show at the Double Dutch Holiday Classic jump-rope contest held at Harlem's Apollo Theatre.

100,000
Amount, in dollars, of Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman's winning bid at a charity auction for a private hockey lesson from Wayne Gretzky.

679,944
Difference, in dollars, in USC's funding for men's ($809,570) and women's ($129,626) basketball in 1996-97, according to a discrimination complaint filed by the National Organization for Women.

300,000
Base salary, in dollars, of Bills quarterback Doug Flutie this season.

500,000
Dollars Flutie has earned so far in bonuses based on playing time and victories.

0
Second-half points scored by the boys' basketball team from Wentworth Military Academy of Lexington, Mo., in a 95-22 loss to Lone Jack (Mo.) High.