Medial Collateral Ligament

Lakers tonight VS. MEMPHIS When: 6:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710; 1330. Records: Lakers 5-4; Grizzlies 3-4. Update: The Grizzlies are without All-Star power forward Zach Randolph for six to eight weeks because of a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Randolph was averaging a team-high 14.8 points and taking 7.5 rebounds per game. The Grizzlies pulled off a huge upset in last season's playoffs by knocking off San Antonio in the first round, only the fourth time a No. 8-seeded team beat a top-seeded team.

Long Beach State guard Larry Anderson , the Big West Conference's defensive player of the year, will probably miss this week's conference tournament, 49ers Coach Dan Monson said Monday. Anderson, a senior, sustained a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee during a game at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. Fullerton defeated Long Beach, 77-74, handing the 49ers their first loss of the conference season. Long Beach, 22-8 overall, won the Big West regular season with a conference record of 15-1.

Dewayne Dedmon watched film with his USC teammates at practice Friday, resigned to the fact that he won't be able to help them on the court the rest of the season. The 7-foot sophomore learned earlier in the day that he had suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and also a bone bruise during the Trojans' 74-50 loss to Colorado on Thursday night. No surgery is required, Dedmon said, but after meeting with Coach Kevin O'Neill and training personnel, it was determined that he would not play in the remaining 10 games and the Pac-12 Conference tournament.

Dewayne Dedmon watched film with his USC teammates at practice Friday, resigned to the fact that he won't be able to help them on the court the rest of the season. The 7-foot sophomore learned earlier in the day that he had suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and also a bone bruise during the Trojans' 74-50 loss to Colorado on Thursday night. No surgery is required, Dedmon said, but after meeting with Coach Kevin O'Neill and training personnel, it was determined that he would not play in the remaining 10 games and the Pac-12 Conference tournament.

Oakland A's third baseman Carney Lansford, who injured his left knee in a snowmobile accident on New Year's Eve, underwent more than three hours' surgery and probably won't play for nine months, the team's doctor said. Dr. Rick Bost, the A's orthopedist, said exploratory arthroscopic surgery confirmed an earlier magnetic resonance imaging test showing damage to two major ligaments.

Denver Bronco fullback Howard Griffith, the lead blocker for AFC rushing leader Terrell Davis, might sit out Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills because of a torn knee ligament. Griffith, who tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee Sept. 28, re-injured the knee in the third quarter of Sunday's loss at Oakland.

The Lakers lost Jamaal Wilkes for the rest of the season Monday when arthroscopic surgery revealed torn ligaments in his left knee. Wilkes, 31, an 11-year veteran forward, has a torn medial collateral ligament as well as a partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The anterior cruciate is the main stabilizing ligament of the knee. It is also the ligament that Mitch Kupchak tore. That injury kept him out for two years.

Lakers tonight VS. MEMPHIS When: 6:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710; 1330. Records: Lakers 5-4; Grizzlies 3-4. Update: The Grizzlies are without All-Star power forward Zach Randolph for six to eight weeks because of a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Randolph was averaging a team-high 14.8 points and taking 7.5 rebounds per game. The Grizzlies pulled off a huge upset in last season's playoffs by knocking off San Antonio in the first round, only the fourth time a No. 8-seeded team beat a top-seeded team.

The latest injury to Andrew Bynum probably has more to do with bad karma than inherently bad knees, medical experts said Tuesday. The Lakers' 21-year-old star suffered his second major knee injury in two seasons Saturday when Kobe Bryant collided with him in the first quarter of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Bynum's two injuries are unrelated, however, and don't foreshadow a career punctuated by knee problems, sports medicine doctors say.

The results of Andrew Bynum's MRI exam finally arrived, and the Lakers almost wished they hadn't -- an estimated eight to 12 weeks of recovery time because of a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. But in case the franchise needed a nudge, if not a jolt, Kobe Bryant provided one with a record-setting 61 points in a 126-117 victory Monday night against the New York Knicks.

Denver Bronco fullback Howard Griffith, the lead blocker for AFC rushing leader Terrell Davis, might sit out Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills because of a torn knee ligament. Griffith, who tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee Sept. 28, re-injured the knee in the third quarter of Sunday's loss at Oakland.

Oakland A's third baseman Carney Lansford, who injured his left knee in a snowmobile accident on New Year's Eve, underwent more than three hours' surgery and probably won't play for nine months, the team's doctor said. Dr. Rick Bost, the A's orthopedist, said exploratory arthroscopic surgery confirmed an earlier magnetic resonance imaging test showing damage to two major ligaments.

The latest injury to Andrew Bynum probably has more to do with bad karma than inherently bad knees, medical experts said Tuesday. The Lakers' 21-year-old star suffered his second major knee injury in two seasons Saturday when Kobe Bryant collided with him in the first quarter of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Bynum's two injuries are unrelated, however, and don't foreshadow a career punctuated by knee problems, sports medicine doctors say.

Long Beach State guard Larry Anderson , the Big West Conference's defensive player of the year, will probably miss this week's conference tournament, 49ers Coach Dan Monson said Monday. Anderson, a senior, sustained a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee during a game at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. Fullerton defeated Long Beach, 77-74, handing the 49ers their first loss of the conference season. Long Beach, 22-8 overall, won the Big West regular season with a conference record of 15-1.