61.   Expected to rejoin the team Tuesday is Tim Sweeney, the utility forward who missed practice Monday to be with his wife and infant daughter in Boston.

62.   Faoa, who missed practice Tuesday to appear in court, will continue to back up starter Kenyon Coleman.

63.   For the second consecutive day, running back Emmitt Smith missed practice.

64.   Forced to undergo surgery last April to repair a pinched blood vessel in his chest, McCoy missed spring practice.

65.   Ford will probably miss spring practice because he is suffering from mononucleosis....

66.   Fullback Ted Iacenda also missed practice, bothered by a sore shoulder.

67.   Fredrickson missed practice Thursday, though he expects to play against the Saints.

68.   Goalie Darcy Wakaluk missed practice with a sinus headache, while winger Shane Churla missed practice with a strained knee.

69.   Graves was not the only Ranger to miss practice Thursday.

70.   Green missed practice yesterday because of food poisoning.