1.   And rather than nurse their bruised beloved back to health, many fans have decided to stay away.

2.   At first Hampton thought it might have been a bruised back.

3.   Baylor sophomore linebacker John Garrett suffered a bruised lower back.

4.   Before that, it was a broken wrist, a bruised lower back, a sprained wrist and a broken finger.

5.   Abdul-Jabbar, who suffered a badly bruised lower back at Brigham Young, took several repetitions in practice Thursday for the first time this week.

6.   Dave Brown had just tottered to the bench with a bruised back.

7.   During a collision with Anthony Mason midway through the first quarter, Barkley suffered a bruised lower back, and he left the game.

8.   He has a bruised left shoulder and a bruised lower back.

9.   He suffered a bruised lower back in the Brigham Young game and needed a wheelchair to maneuver the Salt Lake City airport.

10.   He was diagnosed with a bruised back, which also caused some temporary numbness in his left leg.