1.   Although the injury has been officially described as a bruising of rib cartilage, Messier said Monday that the muscles may also be involved.

2.   And against the Warriors, Wayman Tisdale aggravated rib cartilage that kept him out for five games in February.

3.   BRIEFLY Quarterback Quincy Carter was limited slightly in practice Thursday after straining rib cartilage during warmups.

4.   Foley has also practiced this week despite having painful torn rib cartilage, but his effectiveness concerns Coach Bill Parcells.

5.   He missed the last six games of the regular season after suffering an injury to some rib cartilage.

6.   He was playing his best hockey with Joe Nieuwendyk, before Nieuwendyk sustained fractured rib cartilage.

7.   Kent Mercker was unavailable because of torn rib cartilage.

8.   Mattias Norstrom returned to action after missing three games with torn rib cartilage but was watched closely.

9.   Mark Messier was still out of the lineup with bruised rib cartilage, and a bout of the flu kept him away from the arena.

10.   Meggett suffered torn rib cartilage against the Eagles.