And Van Exel, the mercurial point guard, has finally channeled his energy into battling opponents rather than his coach.

Gentry comes to suspect that in fact, he himself was inadequate for the role of being a "super-villain" battling superhuman opponents.

But their star players were battling much more powerful opponents: their bosses in the National Hockey League.

Instead characters primarily are collections of spells and statistics useful for solving puzzles and battling opponents.

As far as the Devils were concerned, their performance on Sunday came under the heading of standing up for each other and battling opponents who harbored notions of intimidation.

He played a physical game, often in the "dirty" areas of the ice - battling opponents in the corners and in front of the net.

They will boost Communist Party reformers, who are battling hard-line opponents before a crucial autumn party congress.

Still, he remembered the technique for battling multiple opponents: reduce it to one at a time.

By summoning them to his side during battle, Orochimaru can battle multiple opponents at once and simultaneously keep himself out of harm's way.

It featured Kratos battling various opponents and ended with a portion of the Hydra battle that opens the main game.