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So Did Rajon Rondo Break His Hand At A Trampoline Park Or Not?
The controversy over just how Rajon Rondo broke his hand, which should be nicknamed "TrampGate" but probably won't be, has entered its fourth day. And on Day 4, as these things usually go, the trampoline park manager has spoken....
Baseball Player Tears ACL On Homer, Hops On One Foot Around Bases
York Revolution center fielder Sean Smith hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning for his independent-league team last night, but slipped on first base and tore his ACL. Smith refused to get help from anyone, however; he got on one foot and hopped the rest of the way....
Jordan Staal Breaks Leg In Exhibition Game
Exhibition games continue to be the worst, this time injuring Jordan Staal. The Carolina Hurricanes center was pursuing a pass along the boards in Tuesday night's game against the Buffalo Sabres when he was checked, and his right skate got caught on the ice. Staal's leg continued to move, causing th...
Lions LB Stephen Tulloch Tore His ACL Celebrating A Sack
Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch left yesterday's game against the Packers after celebrating a sack and hurting himself. Today, coach Jim Caldwell said Tulloch will miss the rest of the season....
How I Let Go Of My NFL Career
Excerpted from the new epilogue to Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile, now available in paperback. We published an adaptation from the book last year....
Giancarlo Stanton's Broken Face Is Improving
Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has posted an update on his face since Mike Fiers hit it with a fastball Thursday. The image also includes a photo of his face after he was hit. Consider this your warning....
Robert Griffin III Has A Dislocated Ankle
Everyone assumed it after seeing the injury—I mean, look at that thing—but Skins coach Jay Gruden made it official in his postgame press conference: Robert Griffin III has been diagnosed with a dislocated left ankle....
Robert Griffin III Carted Off After Left Leg Injury
Skins quarterback Robert Griffin III left today's game on a cart after hurting his left leg on a non-contact play. The team's calling it a left ankle injury, and Griffin's out for the day....
Chase Headley Takes A Fastball To The Chin
Yankees designated hitter Chase Headley took a fastball to the chin from Rays reliever Jake McGee in the ninth inning of tonight's game....
Giancarlo Stanton Removed On Stretcher After Fastball To The Face
Giancarlo Stanton left tonight's Marlins-Brewers game in the fifth inning after a Mike Fiers fastball hit him square in the face. A stretcher and cart was necessary to get the Miami slugger off the field....
Antonio Brown Sent To Locker Room After Hit Leaves Him "Dazed"
Steelers WR Antonio Brown, fresh off a fine earned by stomping the Browns' punter in the face, exited tonight's game in Baltimore early after a massive hit on a pattern across the middle that left him, in the words of Jim Nantz, "dazed."...
Bengals TE Tyler Eifert Suffered A Very Gross Elbow Injury
Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert appeared to have dislocated his elbow trying to break his fall after a catch in the first quarter of today's Bengals-Ravens game. Guh....
This Is What Happens When Punters Try To Tackle
(CMU is still, at the moment, beating Purdue.)...
Wozniacki Advances To US Open Final After Peng Collapses, Retires
In today's Women's US Open semifinal, Caroline Wozniacki won by default after her opponent, Peng Shuai, was forced to retire due to injury. Above, you can see Shuai dropping to the court in pain and being wheeled off....
Cam Newton Has Fractured Rib, Is Questionable For Week 1
An MRI exam yesterday revealed a hairline fracture in one of Panthers QB Cam Newton's ribs, putting him out next weeks' final preseason tune-up, and putting his availability for the start of the regular season in question....
Sam Bradford Out For The Year With Torn ACL
Rams quarterback Sam Bradford went down in the first quarter of the Rams preseason game against the Browns last night with a left knee injury. Bradford was playing in his second game since returning from a season-ending ACL tear of the same knee last year. Initially it was believed that Bradford's i...
Air Force Football Coach Handles Injuries Terribly; ESPN Approves
Air Force running back Devin Rushing suffered an ankle sprain in the second day of full-pads practice earlier this month when a defender grabbed his leg as another yanked his facemask. Injuries happen, and Rushing ended up missing over a week. But while Rushing was recovering, he basically wasn't ...
Garrett Richards Collapses At First Base With Apparent Leg Injury
Angels ace Garrett Richards appeared to injure his left knee while trying to cover first base on a ground ball tonight at Fenway. It's hard to get a great view of what exactly happened because the play never actually made it back to first after Pujols fielding it and throwing to second. Erick Ayba...
Middle School Football Players Injured In Lightning Strike At Practice
Five students and one coach were injured in a lightning strike at Picacho Middle School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. One of the students, aged between 11 and 14 years old, was critically injured and rushed to the hospital. ...