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Your NCAA Most Painful Moment Is Bryce Dejean-Jones Saving A Ball Right Into Allen Crabbe's Junk
We've seen some rough injuries already in today's hoops cornucopia (Michigan star Trey Burke, even, missed some action after a tumble) but nothing of the sort that makes (male) viewers wince in pain like what happened early in Cal's game against UNLV....
FA Decides Not To Punish Callum McManaman For Inflicting Serious Knee Injury On Massadio Haïdara
Wigan's match with Newcastle United turned ugly this weekend when Latics forward Callum McManaman's reckless tackle on Newcastle's Massadio Haïdara left the latter with a season-ending knee injury. Things got even uglier in the aftermath....
Hanley Ramirez Is The Latest Star To Get Injured In The WBC
The Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico 3-0 last night, to become the first non-Japanese team to win the World Baseball Classic. That's great for them (these fans sure were pleased), but the regular season is 11 days away, and yet another MLB star could find himself on the shelf come the games that ...
Donté Stallworth And His Girlfriend Are Reportedly OK After They Hit Some Power Lines While Operating A Hot Air Balloon
Beat this, weird spring training injuries: Donté Stallworth was reportedly hospitalized this morning for burns received after he and his girlfriend hit some power lines while operating a hot air balloon in Miami. The Patriots wide receiver is said to be in stable condition. ...
Competitive Fire Leads Kobe Bryant To Play Despite Ankle Injury, Ankle Injury Leads Him To Play Terribly
Fans and media often talk about Kobe Bryant's burning desire to win at all costs as a way of favorably comparing his reckless passion to others who might have a more holistic approach to the game, and just as often, to chide him for the willful tunnel-vision that causes him to lapse into hero-mode....
No Holds Are Barred When It Comes To The Duke-UNC Rivalry, Including Brutal Lacrosse Nutshots
Discussion of the Tobacco Road rivalry between Duke and North Carolina usually focuses on basketball, but the two teams have long had a national presence in men's lacrosse. Both squads are ranked again this season, and last night's 11-8 Blue Devils victory in Chapel Hill wasn't without the bitter, t...
Here's A Weird Picture Of Kobe Bryant's Swollen Ankle
This comes to us courtesy of Vanessa Bryant's Instagram account. It's rather artistic, isn't it? Perhaps she was inspired by the sad movie marathon that Kobe embarked on after last night's game....
Kobe Misses Game-Tying Shot, Sprains Ankle, Is Out Indefinitely
The Lakers lost to the Atlanta Hawks 96-92 tonight when Kobe couldn't convert on a last-seconds baseline jumper to force overtime....
Blake Geoffrion Retires From Hockey At Age 25, Four Months After Suffering Brain Injury (Update)
Blake Geoffrion waited out the lockout in the AHL. In a November game, played before a sold-out crowd at the Bell Centre, the young center got caught watching the puck. Hit by Syracuse's J.P. Cote, Geoffrion went flying, his neck snapping back, his head striking Cote's skate. It was a clean hit, and...
Corey Perry Can Expect A Shanaban After This Attack On Jason Zucker's Brain
Wild winger Jason Zucker spent several minutes down on the ice tonight after suffering a hit to the head from Corey Perry midway through the Ducks-Wild game in Minnesota tonight....
Swiss Hockey Player Paralyzed After Hit, Criminal Charges Could Follow
Horrible news of out Switzerland, after a brutal hit during a playoff game in the second-tier Nationalliga B left defenseman Ronny Keller paralyzed. Via Puck Daddy, the 33-year-old Keller was checked from behind by Stefan Schnyder, sending him into the board head-first. This is exactly what the NH...
Mike Woodson Says Carmelo Anthony Asked Out Of The Game Before Injuring His Knee
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Knicks coach takes the blame for this one....
Will The NHL Mandate Visors Before Someone Loses An Eye And A Career?
There's been no update on Rangers defenseman Marc Staal, who left the game after taking a deflected puck in the eye. He did not go to the hospital, which is great news. (The puck appears to have struck just above the soft tissue, in the brow or orbit. It was only a matter of chance and of millimeter...
Here Is Every Known Gruesome Angle Of Marc Staal Taking A Slapshot In The Eye Tonight
I'm old enough to remember a few dudes in the NHL who played without a helmet. Dinosaurs of an earlier age like Brad Marsh and Greg Smyth Craig MacTavish were grandfathered in, showing what was left of their mullets and their intelligence while substituting machismo for brains (or the prospect of ...
Brian Cashman Looks Pretty Chill For A Guy Who Just Had Ankle Surgery
So it turns out that Brian Cashman's skydiving mishap from earlier today probably didn't result in him suffering a compound fracture. That's good, because compound fractures are gross. Cashman did end up with a broken fibula and a dislocated ankle, though, and he just got out of surgery for the lat...
This Is What A Hockey Player Looks Like After Breaking His Face In A Fight
Flyers rookie forward Tye McGinn threw hands with the Maple Leafs' Mike Brown one week ago today. McGinn didn't win, and he had his orbital bone broken in the scrap. (Also? Brown was traded today from Toronto to Edmonton.) McGinn had surgery this weekend, but it's not known if the above photo was ta...
Brian Cashman Looks Pretty Chill For A Guy Who Just Suffered A Compound Fracture
Yankees GM Brian Cashman went skydiving today in order to help raise awareness for the U.S. Army's Wounded Warriors project. Things were going fine until Cashman's second jump, when he broke his ankle so severely that the bone came bursting through his flesh....
Patrick Kaleta Deserves A Long, Unpaid Vacation For This Hit From Behind
Noted Buffalo dirtball Patrick Kaleta has been somewhat quiet recently—slipping all the way to a career-low 10th on the most-hated players list, but he's angling to get back among the leaders after this brutal cross-check that sent New York's Brad Richards headfirst into the boards....
Andrew Bynum Will Probably Never Play A Game As A Sixer
Nominal 76er Andrew Bynum basically confirmed what Philly fans had feared, and what most everyone else had expected: he will likely sit out the rest of the season, after running into yet another setback with his knees. Bynum spoke up this afternoon, about 10 days after saying he was "100 percent" su...
Yet Another Weird Baseball Injury: Elvis Andrus Sits With Tattoo Soreness
Rangers SS Elvis Andrus is not in the lineup today, having been scratched with "Silly Non-Baseball-Related Malady." It's very common, especially in spring training. This particular incidence took the form of muscle soreness, caused by a giant tattoo....