1.   Clinton, defying calls that he postpone the speech, addressed the joint session just hours after his own attorneys opened their defense of him before the Senate.

2.   Now, as the Red Wings prepare to open the defense as two-time hockey kings, they find themselves in an unenviable position.

3.   Oklahoma opened defense of its national title Saturday night by being inhospitable to North Carolina in the Hispanic College Fund Classic.

4.   Still, Anderson is not a prime receiving threat and there is no Murrell to open a defense with his slashing speed.

5.   That was small solace for the Devils, who were opening their defense of consecutive conference crowns.

6.   The lawyers for Timothy McVeigh opened his defense Thursday by raising the possibility that the real Oklahoma City bomber had died in the blast.

7.   The NBA champions have suddenly become politicians as they open defense of their title.

8.   The team Ron Wolf built could have packed it in after opening defense of its championship with losses in two of its first five games.

9.   The White House opened its defense of President Clinton on Tuesday and for the first time disputed evidence that prompted the House Judiciary Committee to begin considering his impeachment.

10.   Arkansas opens defense of its national championship on Friday night against Massachusetts in the Tipoff Classic at Springfield, Mass.