11.   Boston also announced it had extended the contract of general manager Jan Volk.

12.   According to one person, the Jets hope to keep Glenn and extend his contract to make it more cap friendly.

13.   But the Knicks needed him and he became an all-star under Riley, and they recently extended his contract.

14.   By extending existing contracts, extra cap money could be generated.

15.   Chris Blackwell, the chairman of Island records, extended his contract with Polygram in December and is starting to play a much more active role at the label.

16.   Chronicle Publishing could put the paper up for sale anew, keep it, or exercise a separate right to extend the contract through October, Asher said.

17.   Committee members told the superintendent they would not extend her contract for an optional fifth year while meeting in executive session following a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday night.

18.   Consequences from the November decision not to extend his contract grow messy.

19.   Corp. said Lucent Technologies Inc. extended its contract for using Avant!

20.   Company officials asked to extend the contract for two more years so the project can be completed.