11.   Paul Gascoigne and John Salako are other England players to have undergone similar knee operations.

12.   He had a knee operation last month, but broke down in training last week and was sent to see top Cambridge specialist, David Dandy.

13.   Gascoigne was to have gone to Lazio at the end of July for the club to monitor his rehabilitation after the knee ligament operation that threatened his career.

14.   Before each game, the veteran of nine NFL seasons and knee operations steals a peek at a tiny jar holding a piece of cartilage from his first surgery.

15.   Between them they have had four knee operations, two hip surgeries, an ankle surgery, a concussion, and a bulging disk.

16.   A more likely scenario would be the Rangers trying to trade Ivan Rodriguez once he is healthy and recovered from his knee operation.

17.   A place is being reserved for midfielder Tab Ramos if he recovers from a second knee operation in less than two years.

18.   After two knee operations in the past two years, Burks was looking for a chance to be a designated hitter.

19.   Buffalo Sabres right wing Donald Audette recently underwent reconstructive knee surgery, his third major knee operation.

20.   But he has had two knee operations in the past three years, and redshirted last season at USC after undergoing knee surgery for torn ligaments.