PLAYING HURT (Suwannee Democrat)
Editor?s note: This is part one of a three-part CNHI News Service Elite Project series on youth sports injuries....more...Thomsen: Oden needs to emulate Stoudemire (Sports Illustrated)
The comparisons have shifted dramatically for Greg Oden. No longer will the 19-year-old center be hailed as the Bill Russell of his generation. Now that Oden has undergone microfracture surgery to repair his right knee, the Portland Trail Blazers will be hoping that Oden can turn into the second coming of Amare Stoudemire....more... Blows to the head no joking matter (Slam! Sports)
It used to be that a player who was hit in the head merely "had his bell rung." Pour a little water over his head, put some ice on his neck, hit him with smelling salts, ask him his name and if he got it right, he would be sent right back out on the field....more... Colts coach Tony Dungy, football trainers hope DVD will reduce spinal injuries (MSNBC)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits....more... How do you become and orthopedic surgeon? (The Demopolis Times)
The easiest way to say it that I had some injuries in high school when I was playing sports; I got involved with Dr. Larry Lee Mack in Birmingham and really kind of through his influence, I even did some work in college with him and I kind of got interested in being a doctor....more... PLAYING HURT (Suwannee Democrat)
Part two of a three-part series. BROOKSTON, Ind. - ?I?m cold,? says Cody Lehe, 18, shivering in the warm Indiana sunshine. ?I think your internal sensors are messed up,? his mother, Becky Lehe, tells him....more... More News (Gazette.Net)
Ben Bieber, then a junior playing strong safety for the Wildcats, went to make a tackle on a Northwest High running back near the goal line at the same time as a teammate. The simultaneous collision of all three players snapped Bieber?s head backwards, and he crumpled to the ground....more... Shouldering the load (Lawrence Journal-World)
As a fullback on the 1996 Salina Central football team, Jeremy Goates experienced the jubilation of winning a Class 5A state championship inside Kansas University?s Memorial Stadium. That same year Goates endured the pain of a separated left shoulder. The shoulder never fully healed and has slipped out hundreds of time since, even in his sleep....more... O'Gorman trainer logs long hours patching up athletes (The Argus Leader)
Since arriving at O'Gorman High School in 1999, Rochelle Lauret has been as connected with the school's sports scene as most coaches and athletes. A certified athletic trainer assigned by the Orthopedic Institute, Lauret works long hours during the fall and winter - attending most every home game and traveling with the varsity football and basketball squads. "She's always there - sort of like a ......more... |