21.   Monday is scheduled to have surgery to repair the ligament next Friday, and could miss the first few spring telecasts.

22.   Sports medicine doctors have applied and developed many new procedures such as arthroscopic surgery to repair damaged ligaments in knees and other joints.

23.   The game marked the end of the season for Hardaway, who is scheduled to undergo surgery on Friday to repair torn ligaments in his left wrist.

24.   This ligament rarely is repaired once torn, because exercise and therapy can generally return most of the stability to the knee.

25.   You could tell John Starks was starting to feel confident in his shooting again after recovering from June surgery to repair ligaments in his dislocated left finger.

26.   Picabo Street, the best woman downhiller in the world the previous two seasons, underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair torn ligaments in her left knee.

27.   Doctors also plan to repair ligaments in his collarbone.

28.   Even if Hitchcock picks rehab over surgery, he might still need to have the ligament repaired later, Hutcheson said.

29.   Endt said Overmars is likely to undergo surgery in the next few weeks to repair the ligament.

30.   Flamengo and Brazilian national team striker Romario will undergo knee surgery to repair damaged ligaments, a doctor for the Rio club said Wednesday.