The Yankees, despite skipping on-the-field batting practice, ended up with 16 hits.

Last Wednesday, he skipped practice without phoning in, claiming the next day that "personal reasons" had kept him away.

They were beaten up, so much so that they often skipped practice to rest their weary bodies.

To him, Eli himself seemed worried that he might have skipped practice.

Even before Olson skipped practice for a day, he thought the Wildcats were sluggish.

Rodman, who was fined by the both the league and the team for skipping practice on Monday, returned to open arms at home tonight.

First, linebacker Michael Brooks skipped practice for what he described as personal reasons.

But if one of my kids skips practice, I'm not going to start him even if he is my best player.

"I shouldn't have skipped practice, and I won't do it again."

I mean, he didn't have to kick me off the team just because I skipped practice, did he?