1.  Any player will be able to sign with an independent team and become a free agent.

2.  Denise Rich finally signed an emotional two-page letter to Clinton, dated Dec. 6, that Quinn helped draft.

3.  Denny Neagle is a pitcher we wanted to sign.

4.  Dent signed for less with the 49ers than he previously turned down with Chicago.

5.  Denver signed him as a free agent in 1986, and Dudek spent about two seasons with the Broncos as a fringe player.

6.  Cuba signed all 12 U.N. counterterrorist conventions but plays host to many of Latin America's most-wanted.

7.  Cubachallenged Washington to sign an agreement establishing cooperation between the countries to fight the drug trade, but did not promise to turn over the suspect.

8.  Cuban also acknowledged, when he released the 38-year-old power forward March 9, that signing Rodman might have been a mistake.

9.  Cuban knows that, and to try to justify this signing as a basketball matter is an insult to the intelligence of every fan in the NBA.

10.  Cubas did not rule out the possibility that Hernandez could sign with the Yankees should talks with the Indians collapse.