...where you have to dial the car in." Hamlin was grateful for the lack of emphasis on practice. He's suffering with back spasms following last week's race at the Kentucky Speedway, so he took Thursday off to get treatment. Kyle Busch ran three...

...came from dead last up to sixth. I think I was the only driver who moved up that far. "We had some struggles with back spasms and I was having a hard time holding on to the sled. But I think we did pretty well for the first year. "At the World...

...veterans of the glory years, onto the court while people in the organization wondered if he would take the season off with back spasms. ''It has been tough,'' says Elton Brand, their still-upbeat and able No. 1 pick, laughing. ''It's payback...

...won 16 straight from Dec. 11 until Jan. 12. Their last loss was a 105-81 defeat at San Antonio on Feb. 1. ... Clippers guard Troy Hudson didn't dress because of a stomach virus, while center Keith Closs sat out with back spasms.

...his season average, in the Timberwolves' three games against Phoenix this season. ... Suns guard Rex Chapman (back spasms) did not dress. Chapman has missed 10 games this season through injury or suspension. ... Timberwolves forward...

...birdies in a row and me not answer to any of those to really make me think about it.'' But Pepper was hampered by back spasms a day after she slipped on wet grass at the practice range Saturday. ''When she made one at five, there's not...

...team's final eight points and finished with 26 to go with six rebounds. Ewing, who sat out practice Saturday because of back spasms, showed no effects from the ailment and had 17 points and nine rebounds in 40 minutes. Tim Hardaway, who missed the...

...Wilson, playing third base in place of Travis Fryman, made a diving stop and throw of Coomer's grounder in the eighth to end it. ... Manuel said Fryman, who sat out with back spasms, may be back in the lineup Tuesday night.

...I was so scared.'' She fell and didn't run again for two months. Second-guessers said she'd brought on the back spasms by doing too much; they said she should forget the long jump, which is by far her weakest event. Her answer to the...

...the tendinitis above his left ankle, he was unwilling to come to Spain. Agassi claimed a fender bender left him with back spasms too severe to play. Agassi produced a doctor's note, but don't expect him to miss any tournaments on the way to...