1.   An important question had to be asked when the Knicks opened training camp.

2.   And if they open camps, they will need players to populate them so what about those replacement players, some of whom could trigger bidding wars?

3.   As the Bills opened training camp last week at Fredonia State, they began inflating that balloon again.

4.   As the Mavericks open camp, there is electricity in the air.

5.   Because of that travel, the NBA is allowing the Mavericks to open training camp today instead of Friday.

6.   A year ago, teams opened camps with replacement players because the major league players were in the seventh month of their strike.

7.   But barring an agreement, at some point in the next couple of months the clubs will have to decide whether to go ahead with plans to open camps.

8.   But when the Nets opened their training camp, Coleman backpedaled from that stance.

9.   Case opened training camp in July as a backup in Indianapolis after signing a two-year contract with the Colts.

10.   Claire said on the phone from his office in Vero Beach, Fla., where the Dodgers opened camp over the weekend.