1.   Before the series even began, Cox had criticized the schedule makers for making the Braves and Mets wait until late June to face each other.

2.   But the National Football League schedule makers can be cruel.

3.   Earlier this season, the schedule makers provided the wide-eyed Stewart with his first opportunity to play against Ewing.

4.   For the first time this season, the NHL schedule makers appeared to give the Kings a break.

5.   Get Well Week, brought to you by the ever-diluted NBA and its schedule maker, continues at the FleetCenter.

6.   He blames not the teams but the schedule makers.

7.   He made a plea to the schedule makers to give him a first-round match on Wednesday instead of Tuesday so he could rest.

8.   If the Mets hope to get off to a quick start this season, the schedule maker did not do them any favors.

9.   If the schedule makers pursue their usual sense of theater, that Cowboys-Dolphins game is likely to be the opening Monday night game.

10.   National League schedule makers will surely not be getting ahead of themselves by purging the Expos files.