Richardson wore only medical tape on his sprained left thumb Monday and was able to practice.

Quentin Richardson ($6.9 million) will likely miss his 14th of 16 games with a sprained thumb.

'Perhaps I'll be lucky and the patient downstairs only has a cold or a sprained thumb.'

Gwynn was affected early by a sprained thumb, but he hit .400 (76-for-190) over the second half of the season.

Calipari had little choice with Pack out with a sprained thumb.

Then, O'Brien was sidelined briefly with a sprained left thumb.

In 2001 he was named the Stampeders' starting quarterback, however a sprained thumb caused him to miss several games.

Rumeal Robinson has a sore big toe and a sprained left thumb.

Griffin had 4 points and 3 rebounds before leaving the game with a sprained left thumb.

But Knoblauch had been expected to play, despite the sprained thumb.