1.   After a second fight broke out, Gruden called an early halt to the session, gathered the team together and read them the riot act.

2.   Our walk was accompanied by the beep, beep, beep of construction equipment in reverse gear, and was called to an early halt as a result.

3.   After high winds caused an early halt to play Thursday, the accumulated delay proved impossible to absorb Friday.

4.   Jacksonville University basketball coach Hugh Durham has blamed poor refereeing for a brawl which caused an early halt to a tour match against Australian team Gold Coast Warriors.