31.   Reese has made a successful return from neck surgery.

32.   Smith has lost a step and his lead blocker, Johnston, is on the sideline after neck surgery.

33.   Successful neck surgery.

34.   Tailback Michael Martin, who underwent offseason neck surgery, suffered a neck sprain in the first quarter and did not return.

35.   Sterling Sharpe is still working toward a comeback despite the neck fusion surgery he underwent a year ago.

36.   Team physician Dr. Frank Jobe said the tests were negative, which ruled out the possibility of Brown undergoing neck surgery.

37.   The former Bruin forward had neck surgery in March and was bought out by Carolina in the offseason.

38.   The former valet who has been out of action while attending to her man, Austin, while he recovers from neck surgery.

39.   The franchise of the WWF underwent neck surgery on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, and the doctors say all went well.

40.   The linebacker had spinal neck surgery yesterday.