21.   Several Tar Heels are nursing minor injuries, which has affected practice.

22.   Sophomore tailbacks Andre Bruce and Basil Mitchell, who are nursing hamstring injuries, did not return to practice yesterday as scheduled.

23.   Soward is one of several players nursing minor injuries.

24.   Some of the more visible All-Stars were in resplendent suits on the sideline, nursing injuries.

25.   The mobile Madkin unseated a senior, started the last nine games and led the Bulldogs late when Johnson nursed a groin injury.

26.   The other players nursing minor injuries - wide receiver Keary Colbert, defensive tackle Shaun Cody, offensive lineman Norm Katnik - should be fine for the game.

27.   Unless you count the emotional anguish that goes with two missed free throws in the clutch, he was not nursing an injury.

28.   Wilson is also nursing an injury of sorts.

29.   With MacKenzie and Papadakis nursing minor injuries, Pierson got his chance last week.

30.   Williams has a strained muscle in his right side, and he is proceeding cautiously, as are the other Yankees nursing injuries.