1.   Assuming Clemens is traded before Nashville, the Yankees figure to be observers.

2.   Bonds fell on the remarks in early afternoon trading before rebounding later, as investors concluded the Bank of Japan has little room to raise interest rates.

3.   Acevedo, who figures to be traded before opening day, started and allowed a run on two hits in three innings.

4.   But he still had a reservation about allowing contributors to trade before publication.

5.   But if the Sox choose not to trade him before next season, they could lose him unless he makes the team as the backup catcher.

6.   Curt Schilling broke off contract talks with the Philadelphia Phillies and told his agent that he expects to be traded before the start of the season.

7.   Defenseman Kevin Hatcher enters the last season of his contract and could be traded before unrestricted free agency.

8.   CVRD shares were suspended from trading just before the auction.

9.   Danny Manning was traded before he left and, then, the player who replaced him, Dominique Wilkins, left.

10.   Dickey had written a column suggesting that the Niners should consider trading Rice before next season, and it apparently did not sit well with Rice.