11.   Officials with the Brewers and baseball deferred comment to a news conference scheduled for this afternoon.

12.   Pratt, the defensive-line coach, deferred any comment on his future to Schottenheimer.

13.   Police deferred comments to Senior Associate County Attorney Bill Rowling, who said Cobb officials would respond to the suit in a timely fashion.

14.   Saying that Annan had not read the article, Tharoor deferred further comment.

15.   Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds, who attended the late-night press briefing, deferred comment to Brown.

16.   A Ford spokesman in Detroit deferred comment to Tinoco.

17.   He deferred further comments until a news conference scheduled for Tuesday.

18.   Republicans were deferring their comments until shortly before the vote, scheduled for Tuesday morning.

19.   The Brazilian defers comment on the matter to his past.

20.   The Jets said they would defer all comments about their next coach until Tuesday.