101.   That is where teams start to pick basketball players and shot putters, not to mention punters and placekickers.

102.   The bridge is getting closer, and teams have started thinking about life without their DHs.

103.   The coach also is satisfied with where his team starts.

104.   The Celtics coaching saga took an interesting spin Thursday when it was learned that the team has started discussions to give assistant Don Casey a contract extension.

105.   The FleetCenter itself is headed for big trouble unless these two teams start to win.

106.   The Goodwill team will start practicing this week in Melbourne and then move to Brisbane next month when the actual games begin.

107.   The home team started slowly, but then came the big plays that the new Kent coach, Jim Corrigall, so feared.

108.   The five other teams started a total of three pitchers who began baseball life in their minor league systems.

109.   The NLRB ruling Tuesday merely legitimized the fact that replacement teams will start the season.

110.   The playoffs provide a chance for lower-placed teams to start over.