Bad news for the Comets: Superstar Sheryl Swoopes has been diagnosed with a bulging disc in her lower back and will be out for two to four weeks. This is the part in the post where we’d normally make a joke, but we got nothing. Sorry, folks. Just pretend you’re reading the Chronicle. – Keith Plocek

This article appears in May 31 – Jun 6, 2007.

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