1.   Albert Belle is gone, the victim of a degenerative arthritic hip, which means the Orioles will have one fewer sour personality but far fewer runs.

2.   But nobody is perfect, not even Bob Sheppard, whose only major flaw has been an arthritic left hip.

3.   His chances for reaching another milestone Sunday seem to be riding more on his arthritic right hip rather than his golf game.

4.   Jack Nicklaus suffers from an arthritic hip.

5.   Last October, Robert Stahl had his arthritic hip replaced with an artificial one, a ball-and-socket joint made of titanium.

6.   Minnie Mae will have surgery for her arthritic hip when she decides the operation is better than the pain and the limitations of her condition.

7.   Nicklaus, who has an arthritic hip, has been feeling better since starting the treatment a few months ago.

8.   Nicklaus disdains the carts that pros on the senior tour are allowed to use and walks the course, despite an arthritic hip.

9.   Tennis continued happily with friends until arthritic hips brought that to an end a couple of years ago.

10.   The friend said that Belle concluded over the weekend that his arthritic right hip was not improving and was actually getting worse.