31.   It looked like a groin pull, but after consulting with Kennedy, the Sox stopper stayed in the game.

32.   Is recovering from a groin pull, the latest in a series of injuries that have plagued his career.

33.   It was a groin pull.

34.   Jose with a groin pull is like Sinatra with a cold.

35.   Jose with a groin pull is almost as bad for Boston baseball as eight months of Donald Fehr and Bud Selig.

36.   Johnson earned every yard he gained over the last month of the season the hard way, trying to play with a severe groin pull and a bruised shoulder.

37.   Kicker John Wall of Birmingham High in Van Nuys missed the game with a slight groin pull.

38.   Linebacker Todd Collins has a deep groin pull that probably will keep him out Sunday, forcing Tedy Bruschi into a full-time role.

39.   McGinest, suffering from a chronic groin pull, is inching his way back into the lineup.

40.   Michael Peca, hindered by a groin pull, returned to Buffalo after playing all of one shift overseas.