21.   In his first game back, he suffered a left groin strain and missed another month.

22.   Kittles worked on his jump shot from all parts of the floor and then decided to test his injured left groin muscle.

23.   Martinez, suffering from a sore left groin, hobbled to third base.

24.   Osborne left the game after the inning with an aggravated left groin injury.

25.   Running back Emmitt Smith had a magnetic resonance imaging examination on his strained left groin and is listed as questionable.

26.   Shooting guard Kerry Kittles will miss the final three preseason games with a strained left groin.

27.   Starting defensive tackle Chad Hennings could miss up to eight weeks because of a pulled tendon in his left groin, the team learned Monday.

28.   The Flyers will likely be without Dale Hawerchuk for a game because of a left groin injury.

29.   The Mavericks were dealt a big blow when forward Gary Trent aggravated his tender left groin when his shot was blocked by Kittles.

30.   The revamped Nets are also likely to be without Kerry Kittles, the second-year shooting guard, who has strained his left groin.