1.   And forward Antonio McDyess has been on the injured list all season after having surgery on a patella tendon in his knee.

2.   After signing a million-dollar contract, Israel tore the patella tendon in his left knee in training camp last year and was out all summer.

3.   Ceballos, who has been on the Lakers injured list because of a partially torn patella tendon in his right knee, has his own history of problems.

4.   Dr. Larry Pedagana will perform the surgery, which is intended to take pressure off the patella tendon.

5.   Eighteen months ago, UCLA receiver-turned-safety Tod McBride had surgery to repair small tears in both patella tendons.

6.   Friendship was thick as a patella tendon.

7.   Griffey tore the patella tendon in his right knee during a rundown between third and home last Sunday against Montreal.

8.   He had torn the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and ripped the patella tendon.

9.   He is expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing the patella tendon in his right knee.

10.   He aggravated a strained left patella tendon against the Saints, missing most of the second half.