1.   Coyotes defenseman Deron Quint woke up Thursday morning expecting to be back in the lineup after missing one game because of a pulled stomach muscle.

2.   Iva Majoli dropped out of the Philadelphia event with a pulled stomach muscle and spent last week at home in Zagreb, Croatia, resting.

3.   Sure, Mike Mussina, the ace of the Orioles staff, came up with a pulled stomach muscle and was scratched from his start.

4.   The absence of center Mike Modano, out with pulled stomach muscles, is damaging.

5.   Their top attacker, Kara Milling, had a pulled stomach muscle.

6.   Then again, the Devils were strapped from the start, having scratched leading scorer Stephane Richer because of a nagging pulled stomach muscle.

7.   A pulled stomach muscle left her out of the last two Slams.

8.   Alexander Mogilny, after being sidelined with a pulled stomach muscle, had two assists in his return to the lineup against Florida.

9.   Gabriela Sabatini withdrew earlier this month because of a pulled stomach muscle.

10.   Monaco was missing Victor Ikpeba, the second leading scorer in the league who has a pulled stomach muscle.