1.   And ANDY TOMBERLIN, a reserve outfielder, decided Friday that he would have neck surgery late next week for herniated disk on his vertebrae.

2.   And Andy Tomberlin, a reserve outfielder, decided that he would have neck surgery late next week for a herniated disk on his vertebrae.

3.   As painful as neck surgery was, it was not as bad as watching Florida State lose the national championship game to Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl.

4.   Back in Detroit, Reggie Brown, their linebacker, was rehabilitating from neck surgery and fighting the threat of paralysis.

5.   Belichick also needed linebackers, with Andy Katzenmoyer, who eventually would opt for season-ending neck surgery, still contemplating his football future.

6.   Berke is chief of the division of head and neck surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine.

7.   Bob Bassen has been working hard to get into playing shape after having neck surgery two months ago.

8.   A Carolina spokesman said Friday that Wesley could have suffered paralysis, or worse, given the impact and the fact that Wesley had offseason neck surgery.

9.   According to Miller, the surgery he may face would be similar to the neck fusion surgery performed on Giants wide receiver Ike Hilliard last September.

10.   Buchanan underwent neck surgery last week and is now in stable condition and recovering, his sister said.