But several trying moments for both sides followed before the Knicks put the game into the victory column.

And the Mets may well rebound all the way into the victory column by tonight.

Bush also increased the number of counties in his victory column, winning several Florida counties for the first time.

But the victory column has a notch in it now, and everyone has earned a little breathing room.

This is the place where a strong effort against a first-place team would once have been placed in a psychic victory column.

He wants to be one of 25 players, another grinder who is only concerned with the numbers beneath the victory column.

Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.

Ultimately, however, the fans will judge Brand by the number of games he helps put in the victory column.

They may begin to panic soon, however, if the victory column continues to show a zero.

They would somehow have had a previous triumph snatched from the victory column, too.