ONLY alert first aid by the SRU doctor and physiotherapist saved Thom Evans' life when the Scotland centre suffered a neck injury at Cardiff two years ago, and it was the skill of surgeons who gave his spine a metal superstructure which ensured he would not spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Lil Wayne's love for skateboardin g is no secret to fans. It could even be argued that the rappers interest in kick flips and ollie's has surpassed that of his beats and rhymes. Lately however, Weezy has suffered a string of injuries as a result of his newest hobby.
When a back injury forced Andrew Miedecke out of Tasmania's famous Targa Wrest Point rally he decided to lend his beloved 1970 Ford Capri Perana to his son George so he could compete in his place. Miedecke senior gave his … Continue reading →
Center fielder Katie Yergler is expected to be a leader on Trinity Prep's team this season Katie Yergler wanted to follow her big brother. She really did.
There's an obvious connection between 7-footers and leg problems, writes Zach Lowe. But in the case of Andrew Bogut, it's worth asking: Are certain NBA players more injury-prone?
31 year-old Billy Nolan had his claim thrown out of Dublin's High Court after it heard and seen evidence of him participating in 'car drifting', an extreme motor sport, after claiming he was so badly hurt he had to give up his job.
Sidney Crosby, Eric Lindros, Bobby Crawford, Kent Lewis and Steven Schmidt all have three things in common. First, each wasn’t wearing skates very long before he had a burning desire to play in the National Hockey League; second, certainly all of them had a love for hockey. Sadly, the third thread shared by this group is the dark side of hockey—concussions.
Times wires Tuesday, February 7, 2012 cycling contador won't quit, maintains innocence MADRID — Alberto Contador vowed Tuesday to return to the pinnacle of cycling, maintaining his innocence in the face of a two-year doping ban that stripped the Spanish star of his 2010 Tour de France title. He said his lawyers are considering whether to appeal the ban handed down by sport's highest court and ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Justin Wilson is back in a race car for the first time since breaking his back in an IndyCar accident in August.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut is expected to miss 8-12 weeks with a fractured left ankle.
Owen Nolan is retiring as a member of the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, a fitting end to a storied NHL career. If you play the Jersey Game — clear your head, say "Owen Nolan" and what sweater is he wearing in your mind's eye — chances are you're picturing him in a teal jersey, unless your favorite team was one of his seven NHL ports of call. From Ray Ratto of CSN Bay Area, in a piece that argues ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Jeremy Abbott has withdrawn from next week's Four Continents because of a right hip injury.
It's a bad day for Andre Berto when his promoter suffers a concussion on same day injury forces cancellation of his bout vs. Victor Ortiz.
Barry Almeida came close to losing his hockey career in 2006. Two years before becoming a part of the Boston College hockey team, Almeida suffered what could have been a devastating eye injury. It threatened to put an end to a promising hockey career, and if Almeida wanted to return to the sport he loved, he was going to have to miss some time. Luckily for him, however, he was able to endure the ...
Wales have injury worries hanging over fly-half Rhys Priestland and flanker Dan Lydiate following the final round of Heineken Cup pool games.
Peyton Manning illustrated last week why football is like anything else in entertainment. He has a future that is essentially unknowable, but storms of speculation swirled around him in a way that was curious because we’re not so good in sports at accepting “I don’t know” as a correct answer to a question, especially not in the soap-opera-for-males world of sports. This led to Yahoo! reporting ...
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah.
Even black-diamond skiers and snowboarders enjoying a weekend on the slopes can have their season spoiled by an injury that happens on the last run of the day. But the end-of-the-day tweaks and spills are more common than you’d think, says physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Ed Laskowski, M.D., of Mayo Clinic.
With Serena and Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles playing Fed Cup on a home court this past weekend, odds for an upset of the Americans by visiting Belarus were always going to be slim.
Barely a week back from a lingering injury, Mason Bailey is still working his way to full strength.
