1.   The game kicked off an hour late after heavy rain.

2.   After the game Grbac was kicking himself, which was not easy, considering how low he was.

3.   The Georgia Tech-Georgia game kicks off Saturday at noon.

4.   The majors now seem to belong to Tiger Woods, whose game kicks into overdrive when the whole world is watching.

5.   The Vikings game will kick off three straight road games for the Packers.

6.   A half-dozen soccer games kicked off the Summer Games, with both men and woman taking the field for the first glimpse of the competition.

7.   Regular-season Saturday games also will kick off later than in the past.

8.   That game kicked off later Thursday.

9.   The game kicked off the second-annual Challenge, a series of nine games played on Tuesday and Wednesday between teams from the conferences.

10.   The game is kicking off earlier than usual so that the Italian players fly home as soon as possible and avoid the bulk of the air strikes.