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Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva injured in outrageous tackle, possibly ending his career. A truly horrific injury, broken pieces of bone were sticking out of his sock as he was stretchered of the field. This is the sort of injury that you never truly recover from (See Alex Smith). I hope the FA bans Martin Taylor for life.
posted by Goyoucolts at 01:12 PM on February 25
Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva injured in outrageous tackle, possibly ending his career. A truly horrific injury, broken pieces of bone were sticking out of his sock as he was stretchered of the field. This is the sort of injury that you never truly recover from (See Alex Smith). I hope the FA bans Martin Taylor for life.
posted by Goyoucolts at 01:12 PM on February 25
"Has anyone considered that Martin Taylor might be deserving of some sympathy and compassion?" I'll get back to you once I'm done sympathizing with Da Silva and his rehab over the next 2 years. Don't get your hopes up.
posted at 01:16 PM on February 25
No Jokinen, Zednick's Throat Slashed During Hockey Game. Florida Panthers' forward Richard Zednik had his throat slashed by teammate Olli Jokinen's skate in Buffalo Sunday night while playing against the Sabres. Zednik is in stable condition following surgery to repair a "deep gash" in his neck, and the Panthers are flying his wife Jessica to Buffalo to be with him.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 10:02 AM on February 12
I think you might be surprised how much resistance you'd get from the players on wearing neck guards. Some years ago I read a great first-hand account of the first training camp and season for a DE in the NFL (sorry, source forgotten). One of the themes was how quickly players tried whatever they could to get an advantage, including dumping every piece of protective gear they could get away with. WRs cutting down their shoulder pads to reduce weight, not wearing a cup unless you were on special teams, anything they could think up. Pro athletes are extremely competitive, they know they only have a small window to play and they have trouble accepting that anything could hurt them; unless they literally didn't even notice they were wearing a neck guard a lot of players would ditch it at the first opportunity.
posted at 12:15 PM on February 12
Steve Downie at it again. Already suspended this year, Steve Downie takes a cheap "thumb" at the eye of Jason Blake. At what point does the NHL do something serious about the Flyers, who have already been suspended 52 games this season for a variety of cheap shots. Is it a team mentality or just a series of unfortunate events?
posted by dfleming at 12:44 PM on January 07
As a western NHL fan who couldn't give a rat's ass about the east as long as the Leafs lose - Downie can crawl back to his cave any time now. 4 NHL games, 10 PIM, 20 games suspended, 1 point. It's not tough, gritty play, its cheap, late, intent-to-injure play. At what point will Philly wake up and realize they'll be shorthanded twice every game he's on the ice? NHL refs do call based on reputation, for a team to dress a team with that many bad rep players is just asking for penalties. Four games into his career and he already has a worse image than Avery, Bertuzzi and Pronger . Stupid. (And being forced to watch the Leafs-Flyers game by HNIC, it did look like he poked Blake's eye in real-time. You don't get that immediate bruising deep in the socket unless something jams the eye. Faint possibility he just meant to punch not poke but Downie's been in too many hockey fights to punch with his thumb stuck out, he does not get any benefit of the doubt)
posted at 12:37 PM on January 07
Crossing The Great Divide The kids from blue collar Matraville High School thought they'd enter the elite State Rugby Union competition. Just for fun. See inside for what happened next.
posted by owlhouse at 07:17 PM on December 03
After reading the article its a nice story but I'm less impressed. Matraville HS is a long way from a mug rugby school, they've produced some great Wallabies over the years with the Ella brothers and Russell Fairfax. Then you turn it into a selective sports high school and start collecting the cream of the junior RL crop from as far away as Auckland on scholarships from NRL teams. They turn into the dominant high school RL team with the core of their team being Kiwis and islanders, playing mostly rugby as kids. I'd be shocked if they weren't in the top 4 rugby schools just on athleticism alone.
posted at 01:13 PM on December 03
QB: T-Rac Wrecked My Season Quarterback Adrian McPherson, who was injured during a pre-season game when run over by a golf cart driven by the Tennessee Titans's raccoon mascot, has sued the NFL team for $20 million in damages.
posted by scottypup at 01:20 PM on December 19
Anyone know what the rules are for qualifying for the NFLPA pension plan? Not sure of the details on how the ex-players are compensated in the NFL but it could be a thousand or up a month for a backup QB/#4 WR/special teamer who can stick around for a few years. That's gone now too...
posted at 04:06 PM on December 19
Five-time Olympic swimming champion Thorpe retires Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe retired from competitive swimming Tuesday at the age of 24, saying breaking records "wasn't as inspiring as it should have been."
posted by STUNNER at 11:49 PM on November 21
Ehhh, he ain't inspired because its been too long since he was the absolute best. 4 years since he set a world record...he isn't living up to his own high standards. When you're that much better than anyone else you are your only competition and he can't meet his own standards anymore.
posted at 12:01 PM on November 21
Mario Williams is no Sam Bowie Now that Reggie Bush has given a game away, will people admit that maybe he wasn't such a slam dunk top pick?
posted by justgary at 02:56 PM on November 14
Three comparisons that paint an ugly picture for Bush. Barry Sander's rookie year: 1470 yds at 5.2 per, 14 tds. Deuce McAllister this year: 547 yds @ 4.2, 7 tds. Laurence Moroney this year: 495 yds @ 4.2, 3 tds. Bush was touted by several high-visibility college football writers as the greatest RB talent since Sanders. He splits carries with Deuce and Moroney was this next RB taken, 20 spots later. Sanders dominated from day 1 in the NFL and Deuce and Moroney are both bringing significantly more value to their teams right now. If you want to include the receptions compare Bush to Marshall Faulk's rookie year, another #2 pick. 4.1 yds per rush, 10 yds per catch for Faulk. I just can't see anything but the next Desmond Howard when I look at Bush, he has so far to go.
posted at 12:30 AM on November 14
"Enough over emotional hyperbole please. Eduardo is fully expected to be playing again by Christmas." So orthopedic medicine has improved enough so he'll only be out a year; good to hear and a vast improvement. I would still like to know why I should feel any significant amount of sympathy for someone who put another player through a whole heap of pain and surgery and cost him a season out of his prime through being too clumsy/lazy/reckless to keep his studs down in a tackle. Seriously if a driver is careless and hits a pedestrian, breaking their leg in two places, I do not start wondering how traumatized the driver feels for causing such suffering. Taylor's problems are self-inflicted. Just as Da Silva should've known that serious injuries are part of the game anyone making a tackle like that should know what happens to the other guy when they stuff it up.