1.   Collins, a former Harvard-Westlake star, frayed the meniscus cartilage in his left knee last November, played in one game and received a medical redshirt.

2.   Collins redshirted last season after tearing meniscus cartilage in November.

3.   He left the game and was scheduled for an MRI exam today, but Phillies orthopedist Dr. Phillip Marone said a tear of the meniscus cartilage is suspected.

4.   Her ripped lateral meniscus cartilage will require significant suturing if it is to be saved.

5.   Millions of Americans have undergone surgery to remove a torn meniscus cartilage in the knee, one of the most common injuries in sports.

6.   One month to the day Hicks had surgery on torn meniscus cartilage in his left knee, he was back in form.

7.   Palmeiro underwent surgery yesterday to repair torn medial meniscus cartilage in his right knee.

8.   They learned on Wednesday that veteran Andy Stankiewicz likely will be lost from four to six weeks because of a torn lateral meniscus cartilage in his right knee.

9.   UCLA officials believe he may have torn the meniscus cartilage in the knee.

10.   Vaughn has a torn lateral meniscus cartilage in the outer part of his left knee, Pappas said.