21.   Palmeiro apparently tore cartilage in his right knee while running stairs during his conditioning program.

22.   Right fielder Raul Mondesi was carried off the field Friday night after tearing cartilage in his right knee.

23.   The Buffalo Sabres said left wing Randy Burridge will miss two to four weeks after tearing cartilage in his left knee during practice on Monday.

24.   The next season, he tore cartilage in the left knee, again needed surgery and took a redshirt year.

25.   The Sox first baseman was practically a shoo-in to play next week in Cleveland before he tore cartilage in his left knee.

26.   This season, he missed six games because of a hamstring injury and an ankle sprain so severe that it tore the cartilage.

27.   Tight end Jay Novacek had surgery Saturday to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and is out at least two weeks.

28.   An MRI test finally showed that he had torn some cartilage that allowed fluid through, which was turning into cysts.

29.   Australian freestyle aerial skier Jacqui Cooper fractured her left knee and tore cartilage in a practice accident Monday and has been ruled out of the Salt Lake Olympics.

30.   Bourne tore cartilage in her left knee during a freak practice accident before the Canadian championship.