1.   An ideal treatment for a hamstring tear would include some medicine to speed myoblast growth and slow fibroblasts.

2.   A hamstring tear is a break in the muscle fibers along the back of the thigh, usually where they attach to the tendon.

3.   But she stopped midway through her semifinal with a left hamstring tear and did not finish the race.

4.   No fewer than nine Red Devils are on the injured list, which grew Tuesday when key midfielder Ryan Giggs went down for six weeks with a hamstring tear.

5.   Palffy was sidelined for eight games with the hamstring tear.

6.   Reneberg believed his injury is a mirror image of the hamstring tear he suffered two years ago at the Open.

7.   The year before that, as a rookie, a hamstring tear sidelined him for two games.

8.   Three of the most common injuries that slow athletes are hamstring tears, shinsplints and plantar fasciitis.

9.   Ireland is missing its pivotal captain, Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane, who is expected to be out another month with a hamstring tear.

10.   The scintillating victory made up for a year of pain in which she was plagued with four hamstring tears, the most recent in February.