31.   Outfielder Danny Bautista, meanwhile, was fitted Wednesday for a lighter, less cumbersome knee brace for his right knee.

32.   Out he came for the opening tip wearing two new knee braces.

33.   Rice went through practice wearing a knee brace, a requirement of the team to help protect him against re-injury.

34.   Roethlisberger wears a knee brace, has absorbed as many injuries as a crash-test dummy, but is looking for one last Olympic team berth.

35.   Sharon Connolly of Denver, still wearing a knee brace after having torn a ligament while skiing two years ago, concurred.

36.   That is why the Seahawks right tackle wears a knee brace that covers most of his massive leg.

37.   That, plus a new knee brace that allows him a little more mobility, contributed to his best offensive night ever.

38.   The cumbersome knee brace Mollica wore last season is gone.

39.   The culprits were his steel hip joint, knee brace and surgically implanted ankle pins.

40.   There is a possibility he could play with a knee brace.