But the energetic Williams, out with a deep knee bruise, may not be back for another week.

The knee bruise is not considered serious.

The line was weakened by Dan Alexander's absence at right guard with a minor knee bruise.

Running back Curtis Martin (right knee bruise) and safety Rashad Washington (sore ankle) are listed as probable.

Renteria, acquired from the Florida Marlins in the off season, has not played this spring because of a knee bruise that first sidelined him last August.

A magnetic resonance imaging test today by his personal physician, Dr. Steven O'Brien of St. John's, revealed a deep knee bruise.

Because of a left knee bruise to the regular goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, who was hurt in the team's morning practice, the Panthers had to use the rookie Kevin Weekes.

Kidd has missed the last 9 games and 14 over all this season because of the knee bruise, resorting to deep tissue massage therapy, which he has been undergoing for three weeks.

While Martin (knee bruise) and Smith (sore ankle) have injuries - Smith, in fact, is listed as questionable - both, in keeping with their durable histories, are expected to play.

When Ricky Bell suffered a knee bruise, Tony Davis got his first playing time in his two seasons with the team, and scored a touchdown the first time he touched the ball.

Everyone Plays An indication of how much of a rout tonight's game was came at the end when Rick Mahorn, hampered by a deep knee bruise, got in for only the third time this season.

In football, New Orleans quarterback Adrian McPherson sustained a deep knee bruise last season in a collision with a golf cart driven by T-Rac, the mascot of the Tennessee Titans.

That won't help the Jets when they have to organize pass defenders against the Dolphins: Carl Howard will play right corner and Russell Carter, who recently returned from a knee bruise, will be on the left side.

Doctors Baden and Wecht concluded that McPherson, 36, died suddenly and unpredictably of a blood clot in her left lung that originated from a knee bruise she suffered in a minor automobile accident 17 days earlier.

REBOUNDS Neither PATRICK EWING (sore knees) nor JOHN STARKS (left knee bruise) participated in drills today at the College of Charleston.

Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte, scheduled to start the first two games of the regular season, have had seamless springs, and Mike Mussina, recovered from a knee bruise incurred last week on a chopper through the middle, started tonight's game against Tampa Bay.

Dorell Wright is day-to-day with a left knee contusion .

Sizemore returned to the disabled list in May with a right knee contusion after sliding into a base.

He missed the last game against the Nets with a left knee contusion but the Sixers still won, 97-86.

In his second season with the Cavaliers, he started 60 of his 74 games but missed eight games with a right knee contusion.

In the first game of the preseason, Jamison suffered a right knee contusion, and was expected to miss the rest of the preseason.

Beltrán sustained a left knee contusion while making a leaping, lead-preserving catch with one out in the ninth inning of the Mets' 4-2 victory.

When asked about the incident, Lobo said: "I was put on the I.R. by the Liberty with a left knee contusion.

Tampa Bay defenseman Pavel Kubina left the game in the second period with a right knee contusion after being sent hard into the end boards by Bob Probert.

Allen Iverson sat on the bench in street clothes for the second time this season, out with a left knee contusion, daring, if not inviting, the Nets to go ahead and try to beat the Philadelphia 76ers without him.

This one could have been costly as Clint Mathis, Kasey Keller and Greg Vanney hobbled off with a ripped toenail, a knee contusion and a sprained knee, respectively, none of the injuries said to be serious.

Beltrán had avoided the injury bug until last night, when he sustained a right knee contusion after colliding with Rich Aurilia, the San Francisco Giants' first baseman, during the first inning of the Mets' 4-2 victory at Shea Stadium.

Z-Bo crumpled to the court after O.J. Mayo fell into his left knee early in the first quarter, but the Grizzlies are calling him day-to-day with a knee contusion and have scheduled what is merely being termed a "precautionary" MRI for Tuesday.