1.  As early as the first full weekend of play, the season is taking shape because some players and coaching staffs discovered solutions while others remained stifled by problems.

2.  Dana Dingle is on the team, although he was injured and didn't play the first weekend.

3.  Despite mixed reviews it did well, grossing $25 million in its first weekend to finish in third place.

4.  Developer Bruton Smith's Texas Motor Speedway is 24 days away from its first NASCAR weekend in far north Fort Worth.

5.  Dino Duva's Main Event promotional company now will stage the fight Jan. 24 or the first weekend in February.

6.  During the first weekend of a promotion in early June, sales were up 4.3 percent compared with the year-ago period.

7.  District Judge David Wilson said he spent the first weekend of deer season in early November on Temple-Inland's hunting lease in eastern Texas.

8.  Eight lost in the wild-card game on the first weekend of the playoffs.

9.  During the comparable period last year, Disney's "The Rock" generated $25 million in its first weekend.

10.  Enter Atwater, a free agent, who was anchoring the defensive secondary as the Jets went into their first weekend of summer camp Saturday.