1.   If there was a nit to pick, it might be the somewhat sticky running game.

2.   In the days before the automated playlists were computer picked from demographic studies, artists came up regionally.

3.   The seventh, board chairman seat, is expected to be someone picked by Endesa and the pension funds together.

4.   They also were easy picking for airborne predators.

5.   They choose sides, and there will always be some who are the last ones picked.

6.   What a great draft pick he was, to replace a champion like Fay Vincent.

7.   When it was time to pick a high school, Howard thought about a sports powerhouse such as Bellaire.

8.   When it was time to pick a college, he was leaning toward Tennessee, where he would bide his time for a year or so behind Peyton Manning.

9.   Also picked were first-time finalist Jackie Slater, oldtimers nominee Nick Buoniconti, Jack Youngblood and Mike Munchak.

10.   Still to be picked are two goaltenders, three forwards and three defensemen.