They are mostly found on sandstone and the decoration is usually of cup-like features or complex patterns of cups, rings and grooves.
Back then, they talked of finishing in the top four in the division, and linked themselves with high-profile players like Brazil's World Cup-winning attacker Ronaldinho.
Like his Davis Cup team-mate and rival Tim Henman, Rusedski's favourite surface is grass, which is no surprise given that he holds the ATP Tour record for the fastest serve - 149mph.
The Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the New York Islanders 5-0 in their playoff opener on Wednesday night, looking very much like a Stanley Cup contender even with captain Sidney Crosby relegated to well-dressed cheerleader due to a broken jaw that isn't quite healed.
Like the World Cup of the ice-sculpting world, the competition attracts artists from across the globe.
You can create your own NFL team, from any of the 32 teams out there, and take on a series of NFL-oriented challenges like Division and Rookie Cup challenges.
Last week, Visa extended its partnership with the league, and will continue to have exclusive promotional rights at events like the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Cup.
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But despite the changes, Miller believes future England players would be underprepared for one-day internationals and major tournaments like the Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy, which are all played 50 overs a side.
But travelling abroad, like a good cup final, very rarely follows the script - and wouldn't it be boring if it did so?
"You get to play alongside and against the best cricketers in the world - it's almost like playing in a mini World Cup, " Bopara told BBC Sport.
"I think it's in a pretty healthy place at the moment but we want to get it even healthier in England - and obviously we'd like to win the World Cup, " she said.
Its other branding touch points, from its extra-large cup and fresh, shiny packaging, to the inventive flavors like pomegranate and pineapple, to its line extensions like Chobani Champions for kids and Chobani Bites, small 100-calorie cups perfect for a quick, delicious snack, are consistent with its promise.
He has got people like Pavel Pogrebnyak and Andrei Arshavin, who both showed with Uefa Cup-winning side Zenit St Petersburg that they are quality players who can play to a very high level.
"For those who didn't believe in this national team, for those who treated me like garbage I say we are in the World Cup with all the honours, beating a team like Uruguay, " the 48-year-old said.
People who drink chili out of Denver Bronco cup-holders and pray to Dustin Pedroia Fatheads suddenly become absorbed in tiny Olympic events like shooting and curling and pole-vaulting, despite knowing almost nothing about shooting and curling and pole-vaulting.
Fort Defiance, a few blocks north, serves up fresh pasta, small plates like chicken liver pate with bacon-onion jam, and historically-inspired cocktails like the Colonial Cooler, a twist on the Pimm's Cup that was first mixed in British North Borneo in the 1920s.
Make sure that all 50-over games are in the build-up for big International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments like Champions Trophy and World Cup.
"I'm just taking my tweezers, and then kind of drawing it up, " explains post-doc Atsuko Negishi, as she pulls on what looks like the skin on a cup of hot cocoa.
Before his recent show, as he hoisted a cup for a photo-op toast with the band and Cowboys players hung out, the singer looked like a preoccupied party host who had left something cooking in the kitchen.
Like Lionel Messi of Argentina, star of this year's World Cup at Under-20 level, Dos Santos is on the books of Spanish giants Barcelona, who snapped him up after watching him in a youth tournament four years ago.
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Like Ghana, Nigeria has shown promise at youth level, winning U-17 World Cup titles in 1985, 1993 and 2007, and winning Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
The Angolan Africa Cup of Nations is arguably the continent's most important -- with South Africa hosting Africa's first World Cup finals in the same year -- it will give the world an idea of just how strong teams like Drogba's Ivory Coast, Essien's Ghana and Eto'o's Cameroon will be in football's showpiece event in June.
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Pop-up restaurants with long lines, coffee shops that brew one cup at a time and shops selling curiosities like local honey have followed the influx of cash.
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In 2010, when the World Cup came to Africa for the first time, the Belgium-based photographer set out to see what soccer looked like far from the bright lights and big stadiums.
The 24-year-old Milner, who looks like being a key player for England at this year's World Cup, is trying to emulate Aston Villa team-mate Ashley Young, who won the young player accolade last season.
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