In one corner of the gym, a group of officers are carrying handguns.
In the corner of the gym at SUNY-Purchase, Marcus Camby pulled up a chair and sat down.
When the session was over, Wade and James walked to the corner of the gym to film a promotional spot for the N.B.A. finals.
The effect is a little reminiscent of a cluster of boys at their first junior high school dance, huddling together for security in one corner of the gym.
After Thursday's practice, one corner of the gym was set up for a magazine photo shoot on Daniel Gibson, who went from unknown rookie to playoff star last spring.
Put in charge of a seven-man squad for a drill on parents' weekend, he marched them into a corner of the gym and couldn't get them out.
It was always startling, never surprising, for the high school coach to look up and see the historic but humble man in the corner of the gym, doing what he loved.
I got up to two hours on the road, which was huge progress, I'd felt I'd turned a massive corner, we introduced gym work, and it went again, I had to be pushed home from a road ride.
So heroically I dribbled down the court, saw the countdown on the clock – 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – hurled a hideous looking shot from the corner of the gym and it fell in.
And that dusty erg sitting in the corner of your gym?
