Mechelle on Jacki and Stefanie

It's best if you can at least develop a little sense of gallows humor when fate keeps handing you the same putrid sandwich to gag down and digest.

So when Southern California players Jacki Gemelos and Stefanie Gilbreath are asked about the specifics of their eight combined ACL surgeries, they smile and put the questioner at ease.

In this case, the devil is not in the details. Rather, it's in the inexplicable weakness in otherwise strong human bodies. Talking about it doesn't make it any worse. It's something they just deal with every day.