1.   Because of the way Brett Favre does things, Robert Brooks still sports a bandage on the little finger of his right hand.

2.   He sported a bandage on his forehead, the result of a five-stitch cut sustained last Friday and reinjured Wednesday.

3.   Sunday, Kendall sported a bandage on his left thumb, which he injured in the Miami game.

4.   George W. Bush sported a bandage Friday to cover an area above his right cheek which was treated for a boil.

5.   Hoiberg, sidelined this season by a strained quadriceps, a sprained ankle and a concussion, was sporting a bandage on his left thumb Tuesday.

6.   On Wednesday, he no longer sported a bandage on the knee.

7.   The unseeded Pierce, sporting a bandage high on her right thigh, played well early on.