1.   These help reduce the risk of pulled muscles.

2.   The referee hobbled off with a pulled muscle.

3.   Although Larry Johnson went through a pain-free workout after having a minor back strain, John Starks missed most of Tuesday with a pulled abdominal muscle.

4.   An MRI exam on Monday showed he had a pulled muscle in the calf and had sprained the lateral-collateral ligament in his knee.

5.   Blauser has played much of the first half hurt, first a pulled muscle in his side and now a cracked rib.

6.   A diagnosis of a pulled muscle would be a relief to bullpen mates such as Jay Powell.

7.   A pulled muscle is a pulled muscle, right?

8.   Adam Deadmarsh is sidelined with a rib injury, Mathieu Schneider is banged up, Bryan Smolinski has a pulled muscle in his lower back.

9.   Brett Hull, the sniper, left early in the first period, with a pulled muscle.