31.   Friday, the league and the players union announced that they had finally settled their many disputes in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

32.   Further delays could follow if league and the players union cannot swiftly complete the laborious task of fashioning a working agreement.

33.   Gary Sheffield heard from his agent, who heard from the players union that his suspension appeal would be heard in Atlanta during the All-Star break.

34.   Gene Orza, general counsel for the players union, declined to make the issue personal with Selig.

35.   He admitted last season to being counseled by the players union for depression, though no condition was ever diagnosed.

36.   He has represented them in the players union.

37.   He returned at midnight, feeling his call for more imaginative, broad-minded discourse with the players union had at least been heard.

38.   He was a member of the executive board of the NFL players union.

39.   He was on the executive board of the players union.

40.   He talked to other owners and to Don Fehr, head of the players union.