21.   Clemens can be a free agent at the end of the season under an unusual contract arrangement.

22.   Coach George Karl was upset, knowing that his final season under Sonic contract would be smudged by a presumably poor start.

23.   Could the players have gained even this one extra season under the old system without the costly strike?

24.   Could he sustain a full season under Rick Pitino?

25.   Dallas was on the verge of its first Super Bowl season under coach Jimmy Johnson.

26.   Despite back-to-back winning seasons and NCAA postseason tournament invitations both seasons under new coach June Daugherty, fewer people are attending Husky home games.

27.   Fassel started the season under the gun.

28.   Fishburne directs in the maiden offering from the Circle Repertory Company in its first season under the artistic directorship of Austin Pendleton.

29.   For the second straight season under Buddy Ryan, the Cardinals have started by losing four of their first five games.

30.   Franchione inherits a football program that has struggled through two consecutive tumultuous losing seasons under Sullivan.