11.   Amazed, Hickman sent a copy of the CD on to Discovery Records, which had signed her as a solo act.

12.   Among the players Steinberg signed as free agents, Ronnie Lott, Leonard Marshall and Art Monk are gone.

13.   Anaheim signed him as a free agent before last season.

14.   And they are doing so largely by rigorously invoking clauses signed as part of partnership agreements.

15.   As a measure of how far expectations had fallen, the Jets signed him as the presumed backup to Glenn Foley.

16.   As is typical of small companies, the agreement was signed as much on personality as profit.

17.   As soon as somebody signs a deal.

18.   As the signees take the field this week, scouting director Don Mitchell and his staff will be working to sign as many of the remaining draftees as possible.

19.   At least one baseball executive, Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone, defended his signing as a required response to an alarming situation.

20.   At that point he was released by the Baltimore Ravens and subsequently signed as a free agent by Chicago.