41.   The Braves drafted him ninth and sent him to a rookie league team in Pulaski, Va.

42.   The Chicago Blackhawks assigned rookie Dan Cleary to his junior league team in Belleville, Ontario after he was cut by the Canadian junior national team.

43.   The Celtics will hold a minicamp this week to select candidates for their summer league team.

44.   The Comets were subdued by the death the day before of Kim Perrot, starting point guard on their league championship teams the last two years.

45.   The Kings invited Stewart to play with their summer league team.

46.   The New York Rangers recalled center Christian Dube from his Canadian junior league team as they recover from injuries to several key players.

47.   The naming rights to a second league team, in Chicago, will be sold soon, McMann said.

48.   The Pop Warner league team in the fourth grade had a weight limit, he exceeded it and he was ordered to another field up the street.

49.   The Raptors are the only rookie league team presently in the West operating fully as an independent without any major league affiliation.

50.   The rules say the national federation has priority for any World Cup qualifying match, but the league teams have their own arguments.