1.  Deputy NBA commissioner Russ Granik said a schedule won't be available until after the deal is reduced to writing, which may take 7-10 days.

2.  Denne, the Enron spokeswoman, said that she was not aware of any attempts by Dynegy to renegotiate the deal.

3.  Dennis Barley, a private investigator who worked for Kallins, sees the deal as simply a case of prosecutorial provincialism.

4.  Denny's officials said the deal is a huge plus for the company.

5.  Cuban also obviously loves the thrill of a basketball deal.

6.  Cuban put together the four-team trade, which involved sign-and-trade deals for four of the players, with a tool compliments of Allen.

7.  Cuba's sports authority defends the deals, saying the state helped these players become so successful.

8.  Cubs management let Myers walk away after the 1995 season because they feared his elbow wouldn't hold up for two years and offered only a one-year deal.

9.  Cuffy was testifying as part of his deal for immunity in the Brown killing.

10.  Deregulation has played a big role, allowing huge deals in airlines and banking, for instance, that were previously prohibited.