basketbawful.blogspot.com - 10/14/2009
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In honor of Francisco Garcia's physioball nightmare , I have updated my original dumb injuries post into an official Hall of Shame post! Because laughing at stupid injuries never gets old. Update! Did I miss one? Provide a story and citation, and I'll add it to the list! Amare Stoudemire: ...
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Amphibious Sports Duo —
... Calipari. [TBL] The Red Sox have questions, questions that need answering. [Rumors and Rants] Joe Pos on the ten best hitters of all time. [Joe Posnanski] People are not happy with LSU's play calling after that anemic display against Florida. [Friends of the Program] Obligatory Rush Limbaugh NFL ownership post. [Yahoo] On the heels of Francisco Garcia's injury via Physioball, the dumb injury hall of fame. [Basketbawful] It's trivia Wednesday. Stadium names are not as iconic as they used to be, ...
Points in the Paint
BallerBlogger.com —
... A favorite entry from Basketbawful’s dumb injury Hall of Fame: “In the fall of 1988, Larry Bird was attempting a comeback from dual-Achilles surgery when he permenantly injured in his back. How? He was undercut by Michael Jordan, who then fell on Bird…in the Kenny Rogers Charity Basketball Tournament in Kentucky. According to his second autobiography, Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching The Game I Love, Bird said: ‘We were in the final minutes of this charity basketball game when I went up for a rebound and came down a little sideways. ...
Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Two Man Game —
... Strange moments in Mavs injury history: Dirk once sprained a tendon putting on his shoe, Gooden sat with an infected hair follicle. Ancient history, but still bizarre. ...
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