11.   Do those games count?

12.   Donald Fehr, the union leader, has said he could not envision a settlement in which the games would count.

13.   Estes, meanwhile, allowed three first-inning runs before he reminded himself that the games count now.

14.   Every game counts.

15.   He became known as Mr. August because of his excellence in the exhibition season before his disappearance once the games counted.

16.   How well this unit does now that the games count obviously is critical.

17.   I know they had a good preseason, but the preseason games should not count more than the games late.

18.   If the games were ordered forfeited, there would be no games played, but games would count in the standings.

19.   In football, it was considered a matter of time before the strike was broken, and there was no speculation that replacement games might not count.

20.   Preseason or regular season, the game will count in the strength-of-schedule factor for the Bowl Championship Series formula.