31.   The Cubs are bracing for the loss of closer Tom Gordon for the season with torn muscles in the back of his right shoulder.

32.   The Heat are without the services of Mourning, sidelined with a torn muscle in his right foot.

33.   The Islanders have also lost the enforcer Gino Odjick, who had season-ending surgery Monday to repair a torn abdominal muscle.

34.   The knee injury involves a torn medial collateral ligament, torn posterior cruciate ligament and torn popliteal muscle.

35.   They lost starters Andy Ashby and Darren Dreifort to season-ending injuries, and Brown is on the disabled list with a torn muscle in his right elbow.

36.   Todd Hollandsworth is on the disabled list with a torn oblique muscle on his right side, so the club is carrying four outfielders.

37.   Torn tendons, torn muscles, torn ligaments.

38.   Torn trapezoid muscle.

39.   Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Ed Sprague will miss the remainder of the season with a torn muscle in his right shoulder, the team said.

40.   Unless he plays badly, Cascadden will probably start the last seven games because Mo Lewis is gone for the season after surgery for a torn pectoral muscle.