Tag Archives: Sports Injuries
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50 of the Most Gruesome Sports Injuries of All-Time
Nobody likes seeing their favorite player go down with a groin injury or a high ankle sprain. However, while those kinds of injuries can keep players on the disabled list for a long time, at least they usually don’t endanger their careers. Not all sports injuries are so mild. In fact, some are so gruesome [...]
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Moroccan Goalie Smacks Head on Turf, Loses Consciousness, Swallows Tongue, Nearly Dies (Video)
There is so much flopping and feigned crying in the sport of soccer that it can be easy to forget that, every so often, serious injuries do happen. Some of these injuries are gruesome and career-threatening. Then there are others that, although less gruesome, prove to be life-threatening. The clip you are about to watch [...]
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Erik Karlsson’s Achilles Was Severed by Matt Cooke’s Skate (Video)
Well, here’s some terrible news for the Ottawa Senators and pretty much anyone who enjoys watching exciting and creative hockey: the reigning Norris Trophy winner, Erik Karlsson, is sidelined indefinitely with a lacerated Achilles tendon. Going for the puck in the corner of his own zone last night against the Penguins in Pittsburgh, Karlsson got [...]
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Check Out What Happens When A 68-Foot Canyon Jump Doesn’t Work Out As Planned (Video)
This afternoon, those of us who like to live vicariously through the dangerous exploits of others were disappointed to hear that Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and the folks on his Red Bull Stratos team had to postpone his attempt at breaking the record for highest skydive for another day. The culprit? Excessively windy conditions. Now [...]
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Rugby Player Ruptures Testicle During Match, Keeps Playing
British rugby player Paul Wood would have given his right nut to get his team, the Warrington Wolves, a victory in the Super League Grand Final in Manchester this past Saturday. In fact, he did give his right nut. But, sadly, Warrington still lost to the Leeds Rhinos 26-18. You see, early in the second [...]
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Another Wednesday, Another MLB Pitcher Clocked In The Head By A Screaming Line Drive (Video)
So apparently Wednesday is now “hit a pitcher in the head with a line drive” day in Major League Baseball. First it was Oakland’s Brandon McCarthy who took a liner to the noggin last Wednesday against the Angels. Now it’s Houston’s Mickey Storey. On Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park, during the top of the 8th [...]
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Scary Stuff: Tulane Safety Devon Walker In Stable Condition After Breaking His Neck (Video)
Wow, nothing kills the football buzz that accompanies a new season like a horrific injury that might very well leave a promising young athlete paralyzed for the rest of his life. On Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulane safety Devon Walker suffered a collapsed lung and a cervical spine fracture—more commonly known as a broken [...]
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This Gruesome Soccer Injury Is As Bad As They Come (Video)
Soccer isn’t really considered a brutal sport. I mean, it’s definitely a contact sport, and players are likely to take a lot of elbows to the ribs throughout the course of the season, but it’s not like football or hockey. You don’t really expect gruesome injuries. But of course, gruesome soccer injuries do occur. Just [...]
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11 Biggest NFL Preseason Injuries of All Time
As the NFL preseason rolls into week three, the injuries are really starting to pile up. Thus, we’re once again starting to hear rumblings from people who think the league should just get rid of these meaningless exhibition games altogether. And, you know, they have a point. The games are boring to watch after the [...]
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Mayor of Phoenix Breaks His Nose Practicing with WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury (Video)
We all know politicians like a good photo op—you know, a chance to shake hands and kiss babies. It makes them seem more human, like the rest of us. And these days, pro sports teams offer politicians some of the best photo ops one can buy. However, the really good politicians don’t settle for demonstrating an [...]
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Brandon Inge Dislocated His Shoulder, But Pops It Back In And Goes On To Get The Game-Winning Hit (Video)
When you think of tough athletes, it’s usually football, rugby, or hockey players that come to mind—dudes known for their legendary ability to inflict and play through serious pain. As for baseball players, while they aren’t really considered “soft,” they’re not considered particularly tough, either. However, the reputation of baseball players is going to change [...]
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South African Cricket Player Has Career Ended By Freak Eye Injury (Video)
Don’t worry, you don’t need to know a lot about cricket—a strange and mercurial game to most North American sports fans—to appreciate this story. In fact, you don’t even need to care about sports (though I assume you do). You just need to have a heart. In England, a South African cricket player named Mark [...]
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Watch Grandma Take A Line Drive To The Abdomen During Family Softball Game (Video)
Most people under the age of 25 or so have at least one living grandmother. If you are one of these lucky people, it’s important that you spend quality time with her while you can. However, it’s not always easy to find stuff that both you and your grandmother enjoy doing. So here are some [...]
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11 Most Dangerous Sports
When you hear the phrase “dangerous sports,” your mind immediately turns to things like auto racing or MMA—sports where fiery crashes and bloody faces are commonplace. But here’s thing: if you don’t play the sport, it’s not dangerous. And the vast majority of athletes out there in North America do not take part in auto [...]
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15 Bizarre Off-Field Baseball Injuries
Over the course of a 162-game MLB season, the daily grind—playing 6 days a week, summer heat, red-eye flights—is going to take its toll on every player. Injuries are going to mount as guys strain obliques, tweak hamstrings, dislocate shoulders, and pull groins. There’s just no way around it. Then again, it’s not always day-to-day [...]
