1.   An expected lockout of the players was averted Wednesday when the league announced that the training camps would open as scheduled.

2.   Chastain appealed the suspension, but the league announced last Tuesday that her appeal would be denied.

3.   MLS spokesman Dan Courtemanche said the league will announce punishment today.

4.   Monday, a week after Bam Morris reached a plea bargain with prosecutors in his drug possession case, the league announced he would be suspended for four games.

5.   New league announces its franchises Wednesday.

6.   On Sunday the league announced that it had formally nominated Mrs. Mandela to the deputy leadership of the party.

7.   On Tuesday the league announced the cancellation of the All-Star Game.

8.   Suns management has been preparing for women referees ever since the league announced it was considering them.

9.   The culmination came Tuesday when the league announced signings of three of the four Kodak Division I All-Americans yet to decide between the leagues.

10.   The league also announced that each team will play two exhibition games, where possible, with one on the road and one at home.