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By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 17) -- Sprained ankles, torn menisci, pulled hamstrings are all common injuries in the game of basketball. But none of that is what has sidelined Golden State Warriors forward David Lee. On Friday, Lee underwent surgery on his left elbow to clean out an infection, which was caused when his elbow collided with Wilson Chandler's teeth in a game Nov. 10. (Lee finished the game against his former team, the New York Knicks.) Then, on Monday, he had a second surgical procedure to treat the same infection. "We tend to underestimate it, but those are just bad wounds," Dr. Bill Maloney, who ...
Tyler Colvin Suffers Collapsed Lung From Broken Bat; Season Over [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- In Sunday night's major league game between the Cubs and the Marlins, Chicago outfielder Tyler Colvin was impaled with the shard of broken bat as he headed from third base to home plate. The sharp point of the bat punctured Colvin's chest, and he was hospitalized for pneumothorax, an injury that has ended his season, MLB.com reported. According to the National Institutes of Health, pneumothorax, which is commonly known as collapsed lung, is often caused by "chest trauma, such as gunshot or knife wounds, rib fracture or after certain medical procedures." In Colvin's case, the ...
Does Congress Have Time for Games? Lawmakers Say Yes and Hit the NFL Hard
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyYou know you've flunked Management 101 when an unpopular Congress lays bare the flaws in how you're running your organization. But so it went Wednesday for Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, when he appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the long-term effects of brain injuries on current and former NFL players. Goodell is only the most recent sports honcho to be dragged in front of a congressional committee for a lecture on ethics and personal responsibility from a group of people whose own approval rating hovers near 20 percent. Beginning in ...
Video of the Day: Hockey, Bloody Hockey
By Greg Wyshynski - AOL NewsPeanut M&M's. The Spork. Those sponges with the scouring pad built into them. I am constantly in awe of the simplest combinations resulting in the most revolutionary inventions. Which explains my affinity for the video below: Hockey scars, scabs, injuries and blood fountains plus Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" equals an instant You Tube classic. (Warning: A few NSFW lyrics in Mr. Manson's song, some truly brutal scenes of gore and a mandatory Malarchuk alert.)Previously on FanHouse:NHL's Goriest Scene: Clint MalarchukLesson: Don't Fight Chara ...
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