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Collins undergoes surgery
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced center Jason Collins underwent successful surgery to repair a partial rupture of his triceps tendon in his right elbow. Dr. David Auerbach of the Southern California Orthopedic Institute (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) performed the surgery Monday evening. Collins is expected to be sidelined for the next eight weeks. From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: He was injured in what a team spokesman called a freak accident that occured when his golf cart skidded on wet ground and tipped over. If he s sidelined for exactly eight weeks, Collins, ...
First Cup: Friday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "... your very own new Wolf is the one chosen for the cover of this season's EA Sports college-basketball video game, named NCAA Basketball 09 appropriately enough. Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, O.J. Mayo aren't on the cover. Kevin Love is the guy, a fact he attributes to the UCLA mystique and the Bruins' run to last season's Final Four rather than his rugged good looks. 'If you saw the cover, you would know that's not why,' Love said when asked if he was selected because of his handsome mug." ...
Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Freak Accident Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... Much speculation has been going around about Monta Ellis' injury that apparently happened outdoors and not on a basketball court. Here's one for the freak accident file. The Timberwolves new center, Jason Collins,injured a triceps tendon in his elbow when his golf cart skidded on wet ground and tipped over. You can't make stuff like that up. ...
Jason Collins Attacked By Golf Cart
Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos —
... Collins will miss training camp and the first week of the season after crashing a golf cart in California. The official story is that the cart flipped after hitting a wet surface. He underwent surgery on his triceps tendon in his elbow and will be out for eight weeks. ...
