1.  Any player would be crazy not to want to be in a situation like Cleveland or New York.

2.  Deputy Mayor Marc V. Shaw is in charge whenever Bloomberg leaves New York.

3.  Deputy Mayor Rudy Washington, who oversees the administration's club campaign, said complaints of New York's becoming duller than Kansas were reasons to celebrate.

4.  Dennis Wedlick, a New York architect, is advising his clients to lock contractors in to set prices for their work by negotiating a fixed bid.

5.  Dennis Woessner, a corporate bond trader at Standish Mellon, was on the phone with a broker at Salomon Smith Barney in New York at the time.

6.  Denver (0-1) vs. New York Jets (1-0)

7.  Denver moved from its own 36 to the New York 11 in two plays, including a 47-yard pass reception by Ed McCaffrey on first down.

8.  Defining New York humor is also difficult because it changes.

9.  Cuban officials offered no details of the proposals that Alarcon presented to officials here before flying back to New York on Thursday afternoon.

10.  Cuban said he plans to remain in New York this week to work with the NBA on some Internet issues.