1.   Several congressmen went home with black eyes and serious neck injuries.

2.   At the time, life expectancy after a serious neck injury was six years, Hayes said, but he survived through participation in wheelchair athletics.

3.   A running back with great college prospects, Kevin Cloud suffered a serious neck injury during a scrimmage in his junior year at Portsmouth High.

4.   Dalman played mostly center, and he was considered a staple of the line until he sustained a serious neck injury in training camp last year.

5.   He also has a serious neck injury that likely would have kept him out for the season.

6.   He made a tough decision to let Sterling Sharpe go when his record-setting receiver tired to come back from a serious neck injury.

7.   He did not play again that season, requiring spinal stabilization surgery for a serious neck ligament sprain between his sixth and seventh vertebrae.

8.   He suffered a serious neck injury late last season, then clashed with management over his contract.

9.   In his second game that year, Hilliard sustained a serious neck injury that required fusion surgery and kept him sidelined for several months.

10.   Kmart Corp. said the president of its U.S. operations, Warren Flick, is retiring because of a serious neck condition, after two years at the discount retailer.