1.   He began the play by speech, and he ended it with a speech.

2.   And once Brodeur returns from Japan, the Devils begin post-Olympic play in Florida.

3.   And when would the league begin play?

4.   Anderson was on second to begin the play and apparently thought Green caught the ball on the fly.

5.   As he pushed the start button to begin the play, Luginbill read his key for that play.

6.   Arrojo defected a week before the team was about to begin play in the Olympics in Atlanta, in which it went on to win the gold medal.

7.   Before the team could score its upset, it first needed the permission of its president to begin play.

8.   Ben Crenshaw and Mark Calcavecchia began play with a one-shot lead that evaporated quickly.

9.   Bonds should still be a Giant, GM Brian Sabean said, when the team begins play in its new downtown ballpark.

10.   But he acknowledged that the league would begin play in May and end on Labor Day weekend with the championship game. . . .