31.   Last season, he sat out with plantar fasciitis in his left foot and a severe bruise in his right hip.

32.   Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who has a sore shoulder and bursitis in his right hip, was also expected to take his name out of the All-Star hat.

33.   Last spring, as he was settling into a group home in Richmond Hill, Queens, for rehabilitation, he needed surgery for a broken right hip.

34.   Kristin required plastic surgery because of the severity of cuts on her right hip, arm and leg.

35.   Last season his right hip began to turn arthritic.

36.   Nets swingman Gerald Glass left the game in the third quarter with a strained right hip flexor.

37.   On his right hip.

38.   Pitcher Curt Schilling reported his right hip, which stiffened Tuesday, is fine.

39.   Ratliff, experiencing soreness in his surgically repaired right hip, is not on a timetable to play again immediately.

40.   Schilling showed no effects of a stiff right hip that surfaced in the second inning.