A BIG GREG HUG--Columbus Mayor Greg Lashutka, left, gives Columbus Crew coach Tom Fitzgerald a hug after introducing him at a rally for the team held on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Monday, Sept. 23, 1996.

SINGING PARATROOPERS--Private First Class Douglas Kirkland, of Charleston SC, performs with the 82nd Airborne Division All American Chorus on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Monday, Sept 23, 1996.