Sports Injuries
A recent spate of particularly troubling helmet-to-helmet collisions and concussions in the NFL has brought our moral compasses to bear on sports injuries and their repercussions. Ever since Achilles’ had trouble with that pesky tendon in his heel, spectators and athletes have always harbored those nagging little fears of bodily harm during the pursuit of physical brilliance and glory. We probably don’t want to admit it, but just like drivers will rubberneck when they roll by a bad traffic accident, sports fans have a love/hate fascination with watching their players get “jacked up”.
- Worst Soccer Injury Ever
It's reassuring to know that people other than skaters can break their ankles in really disgusting ways. This soccer injury is a great example. Eve... - Hockey Player Suffers Concussion from Cheap Elbow
Niklas Hagman of the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered his second concussion of the season after a malicious elbow by Brendan Witt. He has a lot of trou...
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Surprisingly, in terms of ER visits, football is actually only the third most dangerous sport in America according to data taken from the U.S. Consumer Produce Safety Commission. Basketball and bicycling both tallied more injuries than football, with soccer edging in at 4th place. NFL owners will likely cite this statistic if and when any of their market shares might be in jeopardy; otherwise, no one’s changing the rules back to two-hand touch or anything in pro football. That’d be about as American as telling Michael Bay that he only got to have one exploding helicopter in his next movie. It’s unthinkable.
