71.   The New York racing scene shifts to Aqueduct on Wednesday when a six-and-a-half-month season opens.

72.   The regular season opens Saturday.

73.   The question is where Allison will be skating in October, when the NHL season opens.

74.   The regular season opens in less than three weeks and, if it opens with replacement baseball, the Mets are nowhere near capable of fielding a respectable team.

75.   The season officially opened in Oakland, Calif., last weekend.

76.   The season opened with discouraging news from the Massachusetts Golf Association, which disbanded its MGA Players Club.

77.   The season opened at Churchill Downs with the Derby Trial the featured race, although no Derby horses were entered.

78.   The season opened with a nationally televised rout of defending national champ Arkansas, followed by a string of impressive victories.

79.   The season opened with McGwire as the focus.

80.   The summer movie season opened this weekend with a catastrophe that delighted Hollywood.