That means giving a second chance to Parker despite the past outrage expressed against major colleges that once coveted the 6-foot-5-inch guard, back when Parker was on everyone's recruiting list.

Are these the foes we once feared, the allies we once coveted?

"No other avenue is so identified with law firms that once coveted a Park Avenue address," noted James B. Frederick, a principal at the real estate brokerage Abrams Benisch Riker/Colliers.

Lemieux, the big, young one, the heir apparent, covets Gretzky's Stanley Cup rings the way he once coveted his predecessor's scoring statistics and million-dollar contract.

He continues to move those he once coveted to receive pieces currently discarded.

He was asked to leave the job he once coveted for years, the one for which he waited patiently if anxiously in the spring of 1992 while a slow-moving search process eliminated more-established candidates.

Still, there is concern that general managers who once coveted the 6-foot-1, 206-pound Weathersby may pass over him.

Kleinman once coveted the position of managing partner, and considered himself in line to take over when Steinbrenner was banished for his $40,000 payment to an admitted gambler, Howard Spira.

For the past two Sundays, Marvin Jones has evoked memories of the rampaging linebacker from Florida State the Jets once coveted more than any player in college except Drew Bledsoe.

Suddenly Lee Cattermole, the sometimes less than angelic captain, resembles the midfielder Liverpool once coveted rather than a booking-prone liability.