31.   Dull said next season will be the first with all the scholarships used.

32.   Erstad led off the bottom of the first with his home run, but that would be as close as the Angels would get in this one.

33.   Even before Friday, Jordan had abandoned its public aloofness by agreeing to begin direct talks with Israel, first with a border meeting next Monday.

34.   Eventually the Heat released him, and Washington bounced around the Continental Basketball Association, first with Montana, then with San Jose.

35.   First with a little history.

36.   First with the panicky military buildup during the Korean War.

37.   For Rivera, the trip to the mound was his first with a game in the balance.

38.   Former Blues winger Brett Hull comes in with his first Stanley Cup ring won last season, his first with Dallas.

39.   From last to first with a five-game winning streak.

40.   Ford has had particularly smooth labor relations for the past decade, and has reached a deal first with the union in the past two sets of talks.