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Derrick Rose Leaves Game Early, Has Another Knee Injury
Derrick Rose exited tonight's 98-95 Bulls loss in Portland in the third quarter after suffering a knee injury that team officials say will lead him to get an MRI....

Tony Allen Kicks Chris Paul In The Face, Gets Ejected
Tony Allen earned a Flagrant 2 foul and an ejection tonight after taking the maxim "play defense with your feet" a little too literally....

Derrick Rose Tweaks A Hammy, And Chicago Fans Freak
Late in the Bulls' win over the Cavaliers tonight, Derrick Rose went from his all-angles self to a version with an unsettling lack of verticality. Turns out the Chicago point guard, who spent all last year and much of the previous season mending a knee injury, merely tweaked his hamstring or somethi...

Backboard Support Collapses On Globetrotter, Damn Near Kills Him
William 'Bull' Bullard made it to the finals on American Ninja Warrior, but he couldn't overcome the obstacle of a collapsing backboard standard during a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition in Honduras....

Steven Stamkos Stretchered Off After Leg Injury
Oh hey there's a gif too DON'T LOOK AT IT....

Steve Downie's Eye Is All Kinds Of Messed Up
You may recall Steve Downie getting pummeled when he and his Flyers teammates decided start a full line brawl against the Capitals last week. Steve Downie's left eye probably wishes that the Flyers had exercised a little more restraint that night....

Ryan Lochte Tears MCL After Run-In With Excited Teenage Fan
Ryan Lochte messed up his knee due to one fan's excessive adoration. This is the opposite of "Jeah!"...

Craig Anderson Stretchered Off Ice After Unintentional Hit To Head
Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson was taken off of the ice on a stretcher after the Dallas Stars' Valeri Nichushkin accidentally hit Anderson's head with his leg while going to the net. Anderson remained supine on the ice until the stretcher came....

How An Achilles Tear Affects NBA Players (Or, Why Kobe Is Screwed)
The Lakers season begins tonight with their home opener against the Clippers, but Kobe Bryant won't be playing. Bryant tore his Achilles tendon on April 12, and while he's still "ahead of schedule" in his six-to-nine-month recovery, he still hasn't begun running. He will miss at least the first seve...


Injury History Of Everyone On The Field When Jermichael Finley Got Hurt
The play above, from the fourth quarter of last weekend's Browns-Packers game, ended with Jermichael Finley temporarily paralyzed on the field after a major hit. He was carted off, began walking the next day, and was released from the hospital on Thursday after being diagnosed with a spinal contusio...

76ers Head Coach Doubts Nerlens Noel Plays This Season
It's doubtful that Nerlens Noel—Philly's first round pick from this year's draft and the one-time presumed #1 overall pick—will play at all this year, according to Philadelphia head coach Brett Brown....

Hanley won't start: Hanley Ramirez, bothered by a fractured rib since Game 1, will not start at shortstop for the Dodgers in tonight's Game 6 of the NLCS. Nick Punto will take his place and bat eighth. Don Mattingly hopes Ramirez can pinch hit but says Ramirez "doesn't feel like he can swing the bat...

Does Dustin Pedroia—Or Any Pro Athlete—Have A Right To Privacy?
The bearded, hundred-million-dollar face of the Red Sox franchise played through much of the 2013 season with an injury he wishes you never heard about. And the thing is, maybe you shouldn't have. ...

Who Had The Worse 2013 Season: Levi Brown Or Mike Goodson?
We're only six weeks into the NFL season, but Levi Brown and Mike Goodson already finished theirs due to injuries incurred in Sunday's Steelers-Jets game. Whose season sucked more?...

Maxim Lapierre Hits Dan Boyle From Behind, Seriously Injuring Him
Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks was stretchered off of the ice after Maxim Lapierre savagely hit him from behind during tonight's Blues-Sharks game....

Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Bo Jackson's Career?
I was too young to remember watching him play, but the unifying tone of wonderment emanating from anyone who saw Bo Jackson crack a 500-foot home run or bulldoze an obnoxious Brian Bosworth into traction has never washed with the plainness of the injury that ended his career. It doesn't make sense. ...

