101.   Patriots defensive end Willie McGinest had back surgery but is expected to be ready when the season opens in September.

102.   After fighting in the board rooms, players will be battling on the ice as the National Hockey League season opens Friday.

103.   Another North American NHL season opens Thursday.

104.   At the same time, the post season opened on schedule.

105.   But the fishermen remain on guard, vowing to blockade ports all over India if foreign vessels are spotted when the season opens.

106.   Clinton said weeks ago that if the season opens with replacement players, he would refuse to throw out the first ball.

107.   Fishery officials held a six-hour seminar for tangle netters on fish revival techniques before the season opened.

108.   He said police are particularly concerned about hikers and hunters and noted that bear-hunting season opened Friday.

109.   He was on loan to the club, set to rejoin the San Jose Clash when the MLS season opened.

110.   Heini Baumgartner of Switzerland and Yelena Batalova of Russia took the opening acroski events as the freestyle skiing World Cup season opened Thursday.