21.   Denver defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry will be sidelined for a month with torn cartilage in his right knee.

22.   Dodgers orthopedist Frank Jobe found torn cartilage in the shoulder capsule.

23.   During training camp, Sparks had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to remove torn cartilage.

24.   Doctors told her what originally had been thought to be a back injury was really torn cartilage and arthritis in her right hip.

25.   Dodgers left fielder Todd Hollandsworth will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery Thursday to repair torn cartilage in his left shoulder.

26.   Edmonds has been playing with tendinitis in his right knee and torn cartilage in his left.

27.   Edmonds has torn cartilage in his left knee and an MRI on his right knee Wednesday was inconclusive.

28.   Duncan has torn cartilage in his left knee.

29.   Evans had arthroscopic knee surgery this week to repair a torn cartilage.

30.   Eric Karros will miss at least the first two months of the season with torn cartilage in his left knee.