1.   ALAN SHEARER was last night recovering from an operation to rebuild cruciate knee ligament damage.

2.   Baylor junior guard Halley Bradley was scheduled for surgery yesterday to repair a torn anterior cruciate knee ligament and is eligible for a medical redshirt.

3.   Former Redskins defensive end Rich Owens, who missed last season with a torn anterior cruciate knee ligament, might visit in the next week.

4.   Timm Rosenbach was never the same after suffering the torn anterior cruciate knee ligament.

5.   Jaeger, an orthopedic surgeon, diagnosed the injury as a torn cruciate knee ligament damage.

6.   The Olympic super-G gold medalist suffered a broken left femur and ruptured right anterior cruciate knee ligament last Friday at the World Cup Finals.

7.   The team is also missing Nelson Vivas, who suffered damage to a cruciate knee ligament and will be out of action for about six months.

8.   Uruguayn star Gustavo Poyet could return to the starting lineup, just six months after tearing a cruciate knee ligament.

9.   French international striker Robert Pires underwent surgery on Thursday on his injured cruciate knee ligaments at a hospital near here.

10.   A cruciate knee ligament injury suffered against Bolton last month had ruled Mihaylov out for the rest of the season.