1.   Covered with wounds, he nearly died while having an infected toe amputated.

2.   Recently, Olajuwon has come off the injured list, where he spent nine games with an infected toe on his left foot.

3.   The starter, David Wells, after missing a start because of an infected big right toe, allowed only three runs in six and two-thirds innings.

4.   We no longer can separate his heroics, which game he won in spite of an infected toe, a lower backache, a blocked sinus passage.

5.   After her surprise ouster from the Australian Open, Graf stayed in her Melbourne hotel to recover from a heat stroke and an infected toe.

6.   Both were hobbled by infected toes.

7.   Graf lost in the fourth round, a victim of an infected toe, fever, the heat and, not least, relentless Amanda Coetzer.

8.   Graf, suffering from an infected toe, was eliminated in the fourth round there by South African Amanda Coetzer.

9.   Hakeem Olajuwon was activated by the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday after being sidelined nine games with an infected toe on his left foot.

10.   Graf also was suffering from an infected toe, for which she started receiving treatment Saturday.