21.   As you lean back, the base of the seat also slides forward, allowing you to keep the basic support in your lower back.

22.   Azinger, meanwhile, felt a weird twinge in his lower back, after a routine session on the Stairmaster a week ago.

23.   Baylor sophomore linebacker John Garrett suffered a bruised lower back.

24.   Bednar returned to Manchester, where he has been bothered by a sore lower back.

25.   Before that, it was a broken wrist, a bruised lower back, a sprained wrist and a broken finger.

26.   Best has missed eight games this season with a pulled hamstring and strained lower back.

27.   Benoit Benjamin missed the game due to a strained lower back.

28.   Both were relieved to learn Thursday that the lymphoma had been isolated in one bone in his lower back and appears to be treatable.

29.   Bothered by a strained lower back, Anthony Tucker has spent his first season with the Knicks on the injured list.