1.   Aleksei Kovalev of the Rangers will skate Monday morning to test his tender right knee.

2.   Alexander, who was playing on a tender right knee, dived to his right in the hole.

3.   But Patrick Ewing is on the downside of his career and walking on tender knees.

4.   Club officials worry the added weight might worsen an already tender knee.

5.   DARRYL STRAWBERRY ran on his tender left knee and reported no pain for the second straight day.

6.   Ertl was willing to risk her tender knees, and, with her inspired second run, she became the second post-operative German skier to celebrate in St. Anton.

7.   Favored Jacksonville must protect Brunell and his tender left knee without Pro Bowl tackle Tony Boselli, out for the playoffs with a knee injury.

8.   Gadzuric rested his tender knees.

9.   He was limited to upper-body work because of a tender left knee, surgically repaired in July.

10.   He was talking about Edgar Martinez, talking about the tender left knee, where a hamstring tendon popped in April.