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Brad Keselowski Ran Over His Own Pit Crew

Things could barely have gone worse for Brad Keselowski today at Pocono as his 57th-lap stop turned into carnage, throwing bodies, a jack, and a wheel across the pit lane. ...

Soccer Player Suffers Serious Spinal Injury After Landing On Neck

Congolese striker Rudy Ndey took a horrible tumble over the goalkeeper in an African Confederation Cup match earlier this week, landing on his head and twisting his neck at a really dangerous angle. The fall caused serious spinal injuries, but reports are that his condition is stabilizing....

Wrestling's Fake, But John Cena's Broken Nose Is All Too Real

John Cena retained his U.S. title in tonight’s main event against Seth Rollins on WWE Raw, because of course he did. But it came at a cost: a real-life broken nose that required in-ring medical attention—even in the middle of the match....

Tim Lincecum Diagnosed With Degenerative Hips

Tim Lincecum hasn’t pitched since he took a liner off the forearm during a start on June 27, and now it’s looking like he’s going to have even more trouble getting back on the field. After receiving an MRI on Monday, doctors found what Giants head coach Bruce Bochy referred to as “degenerative thing...

Did The 76ers Lie About Joel Embiid's Injured Foot? 

That’s certainly what Philadelphia Daily News reporter Bob Cooney implies, but won’t say outright, in a new piece on Joel Embiid’s injured right foot. ...

Marcus Smart Leaves Game With Hand Injury

Celtics guard Marcus Smart left tonight’s Summer League game against Portland with a painful-looking—and sounding, given his screams—hand injury that the team reports left him with multiple dislocated fingers and a trip to the X-ray room....

Report: Buccaneers Player Injured Hand In Fireworks Accident [Updates]

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul might not have been the only NFL player to hurt himself with fireworks over the holiday weekend. Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune says Buccaneers cornerback C.J. Wilson injured his hand in a fireworks accident on July 4th....

Matt Bonner attributes his dip in shooting last season to a case of tennis elbow, which he believes he got from the new iPhone. “[It] was way bigger than the last one, and I think because I got that new phone it was a strain to use it, you have to stretch further to hit the buttons, and I honestly t...

Jason Pierre-Paul Seriously Damaged Hand In Fireworks Accident [UPDATES]

Jason Pierre-Paul seriously injured his hand in a Saturday night fireworks accident, according to media reports. At least two people reported the Giants defensive end acquired an entire truck full of fireworks:...

Woman Alleges Permanent Neck Injury Due To Marlins' Shark Attack

A lawsuit filed last month in Miami-Dade County court alleges a woman suffered serious and permanent injuries after being attacked by a fake shark during a 2013 Miami Marlins game. The Marlins, like most shitty (and a few good) teams, hold a mascot race between innings in a futile attempt to distrac...

Chicharito Fractures Collarbone, Could Miss Gold Cup

Mexico will be without their starting striker for much of the Gold Cup. During last night’s friendly against Honduras in Houston, Chicharito left in the 40th minute after suffering an apparent fractured collarbone. Chicharito was fouled while tracking down a wayward pass, landed on his shoulder awkw...

Will Middlebrooks Injured By Stray Bat While Attempting To Catch Foul

Padres third baseman Will Middlebrooks left today’s game against the Diamondbacks in the seventh inning after his attempt to field a Cliff Pennington pop foul was interrupted by a abandoned bat in the on-deck circle....

Robinson Cano Leaves Game After Drilled In Head By Errant Throw

A bad warmup throw knocked Robinson Canó out of tonight’s game against the Angels when the Mariners second baseman got drilled in the head by a baseball....

Giancarlo Stanton Reportedly Has Broken Bone In Hand; Everything Sucks

Giancarlo Stanton has been crushing baseballs all season long, smacking out an MLB-leading 27 homers and driving in an MLB-leading 67 runs. So you can understand everyone’s trepidation when he announced some sort of hand injury suffered during yesterday’s game against the Dodgers. And it looks like ...

Aussie Rules Player Knocked Out By Sling Tackle

Medical personnel carried Robbie Gray off on a cart after the Port Adelaide midfielder appeared to be knocked unconscious by a suplex-style slam tackle delivered by Carlton’s Bryce Gibbs....

Vandy Player Squares To Bunt, Takes Fastball To The Neck

Vanderbilt rightfielder Rhett Wiseman was a third-round pick in this year’s MLB draft, but after catching a fastball to the neck from TCU’s Tyler Alexander in the first inning of tonight’s College World Series game, we can’t imagine he was thinking much about his upcoming payday with the Nationals....

Jason Day Collapses On 9th Hole At U.S. Open

Jason Day collapsed while walking on the 9th fairway at Chambers Bay while trying to finish his final hole of the second round. It made for a terrifying scene as orange-shirted medics treated the Australian PGA pro, who sat tied for seventh place at the time of the incident. Day has a history of diz...

Bryce Harper Leaves Game After Suffering Apparent Knee Injury [UPDATE]

Nationals slugger Bryce Harper left tonight’s game against the Rays after suffering what appears to be a knee injury in the sixth inning while attempting to make a throw home. Harper’s knee buckled on the throw attempt, and while he made it off the field under his own power it’s a legitimate cause f...

Ben Bishop Played Through A Torn Groin

It turns out that Ben Bishop did not have to poop. In the traditional post-playoff reveal of injuries, the Lightning announced that their goaltender’s mysterious ailment, which kept him off the ice for a full game and parts of another, was a partially torn groin muscle....

LeBron Cracks Head Open, Stays In Game

Despite falling into a camera and busting his head open, LeBron James managed to stay in tonight’s game. James’s head clearly sported some lacerations, but apparently owing to NBA rules he had no choice but to remain in the game and shoot his free throws....