1.   Neither the league nor the players would predict how far the decision would go toward a belated start to the NBA season.

2.   Wednesday night, her chance at the sprint-hurdle double took a similar tumble as Devers finished fourth after her belated start.

3.   Which brings us to the belated start of the latest, not-to-be-mistaken-with-greatest NBA season.

4.   Canadians are attempting to defend their title with a collection of second-string players, as a result of the belated start to the star-studded National Hockey League competition.

5.   Two days after reaching a tentative contract agreement, striking Hamilton Township teachers and their students hit the books Monday in a belated start of the school year.