1.   Already Williams has been hobbled during the exhibition season by a groin injury and now the ankle.

2.   He came back the following year only to retire once more during the exhibition season because of the resistance.

3.   Although Stewart failed to win the QB job back in the exhibition season, perhaps on-the-job training might have been an approach to take.

4.   Amazingly, Minnesota is playing well without the services of Stephon Marbury,who looked terrific in the exhibition season.

5.   And to have it happen in exhibition season of your rookie year is hard.

6.   And the result of that is a new team, one that worked hard and attacked the game with great passion both in training camp and the exhibition season.

7.   Anderson is coming off an excellent exhibition season.

8.   Arizona State and the California Angels are scheduled to play the first game of the exhibition season on Wednesday.

9.   Armstrong missed all of training camp and part of the exhibition season rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee.