1.   Heralded rookie Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons was everything people expected he would be Friday night in his NBA debut against the Lakers.

2.   Heralded rookie Chamique Holdsclaw of the Washington Mystics left the game midway through the second half with a chip fracture of her left index finger.

3.   Instead a far less heralded rookie, Matt Kenseth, quietly upstaged him.

4.   That team, led by the scoring of Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston and the heralded rookie Tom Gola, defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons in the championship final.

5.   The Capitals will bring in a strong defensive unit paced by Tinordi, heralded rookie Brendan Witt and Calle Johansson.

6.   The heralded rookie Chamique Holdsclaw left the game midway through the second half with a chip fracture of her left index finger.

7.   The heralded rookie running back out of Penn State was tackled high by Robert Porcher on his third carry and went down with a twisted left knee.