71.   He played on back-to-back nights for the second time this season and said his sore back felt great after the game.

72.   He spent his time on the floor at midcourt, stretching his sore back.

73.   He is nagged by a tight right hamstring and chronically sore lower back.

74.   He says the sore lower back that put him on the disabled list in May is fine.

75.   He was a butcher in left field this spring, and his complaints of a stiff neck and sore back raised some clubhouse grumbling about his work ethic.

76.   He was hampered by a sore back, but Hamilton refused to use that, or anything else, as an excuse.

77.   He thinks he can beat you with a sore finger, a sore toe, or a sore back.

78.   His psyche and sore back needed a rest, Baker said.

79.   His sore back was the topic of much pregame conversation and it was learned that he had had a cortisone shot.

80.   His catches were key in opening up the rest of the offense as Rodney Hampton, sore back and all, was able to get some big runs.