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Last month, when University of Southern California wide receiver Garrett Green bobbled the football on a key play against Washington State, red flags went up among the Trojans' athletic trainers on the sidelines. Only minutes before, Green had tackled an opponent -- hard -- on a kickoff return. His sudden lack of coordination struck team trainer Russ Romano as a pretty likely sign of concussion. FOR THE RECORD: Concussions: An article in Monday's Health section on new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat concussions said USC wide receiver Garrett Green was 19 years old. He is 21. — Romano called Green to the sidelines, asked him a few quick questions and got back answers confused enough to take the senior from Chatsworth out of the game.

At any one time, hundreds of clinical trials are underway in the U.S. to test simpler and more effective ways to treat and prevent HIV infection, which afflicts more than 1 million people in this country. Most of those in the U.S. with HIV - and with AIDs in its full-blown stage - are men. So, understandably, men make up the majority of the participants in the trials. However, women, who account for 25% of those living with HIV in the U.S., are significantly underrepresented in clinical trials, according to infectious disease researchers and health professionals who have studied this issue.

Azer Farag Azer is here. So are the caricaturist and the writers, lots of writers, and that tall dentist, the son of the movie star. All here for lunch, herring and boiled egg. Where is Felfel? Praying. He'll be back. They're protesting again in the square. The revolution is over, but they march past with banners and rage. Maybe it's not over. There have been others. 1919. 1952. This one seems different, though. Who would have ever dreamed of the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak?

MEXICO CITY - They areMexico's "democracy babies" - a generation that grew up just as the nation broke free of decades of all-encompassing one-party rule. Only 12 years ago, young people flocked to the polls with high hopes as part of what would be a historic ouster of the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. Now, as the country prepares to pick a new president in July,Mexico's young sound mostly disillusioned by the choices before them, and by joblessness and skyrocketing drug violence that have hit them especially hard.

Brady Hoke and the five assistant coaches who left San Diego State with him when he was hired away by Michigan were on the sidelines at the Big House in Ann Arbor on Saturday, when Hoke's past team met his present. And when we say sidelines, we mean it literally. They were on both. While Hoke and his new staff worked with the Wolverines, San Diego State used photos of Hoke and his former Aztecs assistants to call in plays from its sideline. San Diego State didn't make its players available to the media after a 28-7 loss, but based on the postgame comments of Aztecs Coach Rocky Long , it can be assumed it was done out of respect.

Kansas City Royals outfielder Danny Tartabull was reactivated Thursday night after being sidelined for two weeks with a knee injury. Tartabull, hitting .257 with eight homers and 30 RBI, bruised ligaments in his left knee while trying to make a sliding catch of a fly ball against Oakland June 13. He had been on the 15-day disabled list. To mkae room for Tartabull on the roster, the Royals optioned utility infielder, Bill Pecota to their Omaha farm club.

College of the Canyons baseball Coach Len Mohney had a foot-long portion of his large intestine surgically removed Tuesday and will be sidelined for at least two weeks, Canyons Athletic Director Lee Smelser said. Smelser said Mohney could return to the team by April 6. "They say that after the surgery, he'll be as good as new," Smelser said. "We're planning on him coming back with no problems." Assistant coach Andy Allensworth will manage the team in Mohney's absence.

Last month, when University of Southern California wide receiver Garrett Green bobbled the football on a key play against Washington State, red flags went up among the Trojans' athletic trainers on the sidelines. Only minutes before, Green had tackled an opponent -- hard -- on a kickoff return. His sudden lack of coordination struck team trainer Russ Romano as a pretty likely sign of concussion. Romano called Green to the sidelines, asked him a few quick questions and got back answers confused enough to take the senior from Chatsworth out of the game.

Ian Woosnam of Wales shot a 67 today to share the first-round lead with Tsukasa Watanabe, Nobumitsu Yuhara and Taisei Inagaki in the $600,000 Maruman Open Golf Tournament. Woosnam, currently the leading money-winner on the European PGA Tour, had one eagle, five birdies and two bogeys over the 7,062-yard, par-72 Hatoyama Country Club course outside Tokyo. Ikuo Shirahara and Toyotake Nakao were next at 68.

Fox News has indefinitely sidelined its daily afternoon program "The Big Story," hosted by John Gibson, to extend the run of a new hourlong political newscast called "America's Election HQ." The campaign-oriented show, anchored by Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly, premiered in late February. The network decided to keep it on the air because of strong viewer interest in the 2008 race, which has helped lift the ratings of all the cable news channels this year. The move was first reported by the blog TVNewser.

MINNEAPOLIS -- There was bad news and some not-so-bad news for the bullpen Monday, a day after the team lost its two best relievers to injury within a three-pitch span of the ninth inning. Set-up man LaTroy Hawkins , who has a 1.08 earned-run average in 10 appearances, will be out four to six weeks because of a broken pinky finger on his right (throwing) hand. He was injured when he fielded Omar Vizquel's game-ending line drive in a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

CHICAGO — Matt Kemp said he hoped the hamstring injury that kept him out of the Dodgers' starting lineup Sunday will last only a day or two, but he's not pressing the issue. "It's something that maybe just needs to be rested one day," Kemp said. "If I try to go out there and do something stupid and pop it, it could end up being two weeks. "I'll see how I feel tomorrow when I wake up," he said. "Hopefully, I can play tomorrow. " The center fielder, who has been red-hot at the plate this season, leads the big leagues with 12 home runs and he was the National League's player of the month in April.

SAN ANTONIO — Kobe Bryant was in a playful mood Wednesday night, telling reporters he didn't miss them at all during his seven-game injury absence. He also didn't hesitate when asked whether he could play all 48 minutes Friday against San Antonio. "If I have to," he said. Yep. He's back. It will have been two weeks since Bryant was sidelined because of a sore left shin. The Lakers weren't exactly teetering over a cliff with arms pinwheeling during his absence, going 5-2, but now they have a couple of minor problems.

Before I get to "The Hunger Games," motivator Donald Sterling , idiot Dodgers fans and asking whether Arte Moreno is talking to Mike Scioscia , I would think we're all in agreement: Kobe Bryant should be coaching the Lakers. Tell me you would miss Mike Brown . Let's be honest here, the Lakers have never played so well. And that's with Kobe dressed in a very nice suit and focused only on how he might assist the other players. It's just amazing what happens when he concentrates on team play.

The Lakers walked off the Staples Center court feeling fulfilled Friday night despite the absence of their coach and leading scorer. Matt Barnes made a three-pointer and a floating jumper in the final minutes as part of his season-high 24 points to help the Lakers hold on for a 103-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets that came with Kobe Bryant sidelined because of a shin injury and Coach Mike Brown having left the arena before the game because of...

Dear Vin, Greetings from Chavez Ravine, where Dodger Stadium just held a 50th birthday party with a bunch of candles, loads of singing, but no cake. We missed you. You were absent for only your second home opener in 63 years, yet your voice here has never been louder. The Dodgers said you have a cold, yet it's the rest of us who are shivering. The Dodgers said you should return to work in a couple of days, yet it is the rest of us who now feel like calling in sick.

If the Los Angeles Dickersons tried handing the ball off to some other back once, they just might fool the opposing defense. HOWARD B. ANDREEN Camarillo

Rodger Gray scored a goal in each half today as New Zealand rallied to beat China, 2-1, in the first of two soccer matches between the teams. Liu Haiguang put China ahead in the 36th minute, but Gray tied it in the 43rd minute and scored the winner two minutes after halftime. The teams will meet in a second international match in Auckland on Aug. 24. China also will play two games against provincial teams. It faces Otago in Dunedin on Saturday and Taranaki in New Plymouth on Aug. 21.

— Kobe Bryant took the night off. So did the Lakers' defense. Bryant sat out because of a sore left shin and the Lakers couldn't stop the Phoenix Suns in a 125-105 loss Saturday at US Airways Center. Bryant was sidelined because of a condition called tenosynovitis. There is no timetable for his return, though he will be reevaluated Monday in New Orleans before the Lakers play the Hornets that night. Bryant was kicked in the shin last Saturday against New Orleans and the sensitivity in the area became progressively worse.

NEW ORLEANS — The Lakers' locker room was quiet Saturday night, but slight activity could be detected through a large window in the trainer's room. Kobe Bryant was on his back on a padded table, texting or surfing or doing something on his cellphone while smiling. He was in a business suit, the same one he wore while sitting on the bench in Phoenix, and he wore a walking boot to stabilize his sore left shin. Then he left without talking to reporters. The tenosynovitis that has taken root in Bryant's left leg doesn't seem like a long-term injury, but the Lakers can't afford for him to be out at all. The Clippers, allegedly left for dead last week, are only half a game behind them in the standings.