51.   Some players will be missing when camps open.

52.   Sosa had a jam-packed off-season, flying to all parts of the globe, and the wonder is whether he will be exhausted by the time camp opens. . . .

53.   Soon after camp opened Tuesday, Chris Warren had a king-sized bed trucked over from Spokane and brought up to his room.

54.   Spring-training camps open this week in Florida and Arizona as pitchers and catchers begin to report.

55.   Swann and Zucker are still hopeful that a multiyear deal can be worked out before training camp opens in July.

56.   Sure enough, he returned to the ice that September when training camp opened.

57.   That camps would open at all was in doubt until the middle of last week.

58.   The camp opened in advance of the world junior championship tournament, which begins next Tuesday.

59.   The Celtics already have had one camp, and their annual rookie camp opens tonight at Brandeis.

60.   The Canadian training camp opens Wednesday in scenic Whistler, British Columbia, and runs through Sunday.