11.   Colorado and Milwaukee were on the verge of a blockbuster deal that would have sent Marquis Grissom and Scott Karl to the Rockies for Darryl Kile and Darryl Hamilton.

12.   Eight months after McKnight left Seattle for Dallas, Galloway followed in a blockbuster deal in February for two first-round draft choices.

13.   General manager Al Rosen brokered an Independence Day blockbuster deal for Kevin Mitchell, Craig Lefferts and Dave Dravecky.

14.   He will sign a new blockbuster deal.

15.   His impending trade to Miami also allows some perspective on the original blockbuster deal initiated by Ditka that brought Williams to the Saints.

16.   Hewlett-Packard scored a critical victory Wednesday, after a preliminary official count confirmed its claim that shareholders voted to approve the blockbuster deal to buy Compaq Computer.

17.   Huizenga gave Smiley and Dombrowski virtually a blank check, and the executives have been busy making one blockbuster deal after another.

18.   Immensely popular during his Islander years, Turgeon was back Friday for the first time since being traded to the Canadiens in a blockbuster deal last spring.

19.   In a blockbuster deal that involved three teams and five players, the Sonics traded Kemp to Cleveland and wound up with another All-Star in return.

20.   In the latest bizarre twist to life in Lakerland, it might be a leaguewide moratorium on transactions that keeps a blockbuster deal from dying.