cartilage

Injured Brewer Weeks off playoff roster (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Sun, 10/05/2008 - 11:07

Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks tore cartilage in his left knee and was replaced on the postseason roster Sunday with top prospect Alcides Escobar.

Assistant general manager Gord Ash said an MRI on Weeks showed a meniscus tear. Weeks would be eligible to return for the World Series if he can play through the injury.


 

Source: Woods to miss rest of season (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Wed, 06/18/2008 - 10:33

Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a left knee that will require more surgery, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday.

Woods had surgery to clean out cartilage April 15, but later suffered a stress fracture while preparing for his return to golf.

That's what caused his pain during the U.S.