31.   A Web-page developer, Jayson Elliot could have his pick of permanent jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

32.   ABC gets first pick of games each week from the two leagues.

33.   Acampora also named two energy companies -- EVI Inc. and Smith International Inc. -- as among his picks of stocks due for a bounce.

34.   After leading Norco to two California Interscholastic Federation titles and receiving numerous All-America honors, he had his pick of universities.

35.   After San Antonio drafted Smith with the last pick of the first round, the Mavericks traded for his rights.

36.   Allen said Wheaton was doing well in his classes and would have had his pick of colleges after graduation next year.

37.   Brian was a second-round pick of the Seattle Seahawks.

38.   Brown, a former first-round draft pick of the New York Giants, has been impressive the first two days of training camp.

39.   Bush today is expected to announce his pick of New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

40.   But does all this mean that GM is a buy, or just the pick of a disappointing Detroit crop?