11.   Skehan held up a Barbie in a box with, sure enough, a small tear in the cardboard.

12.   The body stiffens, small muscular tears lengthen, the fastball slows, the slider betrays.

13.   The left knee he sprained Sunday at New Orleans has small tears to the anterior cruciate ligament but probably not enough to prevent him from playing.

14.   There was a small tear in the rear seat.

15.   They are worried about his right rotator cuff, which had a small tear in it last season.

16.   Wilson will have arthroscopic surgery Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala., to repair a small tear of the right labrum, a cartilage near the shoulder.

17.   Doctors have diagnosed the problem as tendinitis with a small tear in the lining of the socket, the WTA Tour said.

18.   Dodgers C Jim Leyritz had an MRI that showed a small tear in his right rotator cuff.

19.   Forward Sean Elliott has a small tear of the rotator cuff in his right shoulder and point guard Avery Johnson has a bruised left thigh.

20.   Seles suffered a small tear in the lining of her left shoulder socket toward the end of the Australian, sidelining her for nearly four months.