1.   Although some deer remain in the velvet, virtually all bucks are expected to have hardened antlers when the archery season opens.

2.   And so the political season opened with the tease tour of Powell.

3.   As the season opens, USA Basketball is still dealing with the fallout.

4.   As this NFL season opens, respect for the coach is what separates the Giants and the Jets.

5.   As this season opened, a soreness in the knee sent her back to arthroscopic surgery, moving back her start date to Wednesday.

6.   As the golf season opens this month, six of the nine plaintiffs remain at Haverhill.

7.   As the NFL season opens Sunday, quarterbacks around the league face enormous and persistent pressure.

8.   At WCCO in Minneapolis, Tim Scanlon said he had believed that the strike would end before the season opens in the first week of April.

9.   Baseball season opens with a new and an old problem.

10.   Before the season opened, it was rumored that only segments of the painting would be on view at each Event.