1.   Some camps have recently opened nurseries for women who wish to keep their children with them.

2.   An expected lockout of the players was averted Wednesday when the league announced that the training camps would open as scheduled.

3.   An optimist by nature, he believes there is enough time from now until training camps open in late February to reach an agreement.

4.   Arenas hopes to make a similar impression on the team that drafts him when camps open in October.

5.   As National Football League training camps open this week, concussions will again be at the forefront of medical problems that bedevil players and confound team physicians.

6.   Baseball starts anew again this week when spring-training camps open across Florida and Arizona.

7.   Battie, whom the Lakers obtained from the Denver Nuggets last June, will be an ex-Laker by the time training camp opens.

8.   ---- Rookie camp opened Wednesday at Ristuccia Center in Wilmington, with the young players going through physical testing as well as an on-ice workout.

9.   A game he thought he might never get to after training camps opened last summer and he was not in one of them.

10.   After a summer of front-office discontent, the Mighty Ducks finally turned their attention to the ice Sunday when training camp opened at Disney Ice.