21.   Dr. Lucy Harris and her mother, Emma, said they were sure Sterbenz would end the day with a headache or a stiff neck.

22.   Encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, typically starts with a high fever, stiff neck and headaches, but often leads to brain damage or death.

23.   For humans, the symptoms of the illness are high fever, stiff necks, headache and swelling of the brain.

24.   Given his recent medical history, the stiff neck may have been alarming.

25.   He is almost completely over the stiff neck that forced him out of his last start Monday at Yankee Stadium after just six innings.

26.   He also complained of a stiff neck from the jolt his head took against the boards.

27.   He came up with a stiff neck and was replaced by Tony Pena.

28.   He was a butcher in left field this spring, and his complaints of a stiff neck and sore back raised some clubhouse grumbling about his work ethic.

29.   He said he continued to suffer headaches and a stiff neck Wednesday but hoped to be able to play Friday.

30.   He wanted to watch the missile that had just jumped off his bat, the white blur that gave pitcher Rick Krivda an immediate stiff neck.