Baltimore Even the best story of the Green Bay Packers' season will not have a happy ending. Running back Samkon Gado, the undrafted rookie who has burst onto the National Football League scene in a way no one could have anticipated, appears to have had his season ended by a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
The pitch was a changeup, no different than 178 other changeups Stephen Strasburg had thrown for the Washington Nationals. But as the baseball left his hand Aug. 21, 2010, something inside his $15.1 million right elbow popped. Strasburg shook his arm. This wasn't right. A thick, stubby link in his elbow called the ulnar collateral ligament had ripped apart. The ligament, better known for the procedure to replace it - Tommy John - holds the joint together.
University of Charleston senior Ibrahim Marone is probably more frustrated than any of his teammates, but doesn't show it. He has a torn medial collateral ligament in his right ankle he injured on the first day of practice.
No matter how many athletes' lives he might have improved with his orthoscopic breakthroughs, Dr. Frank Jobe's legacy in the sports world will be defined by three words: Tommy John surgery. Nearly 200 Major League Baseball players - not all of them pitchers - have had their careers extended by the ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery in their elbow, which Jobe decided to try with the 31-year-old John when he was a Dodgers left-handed pitcher in 1974 and on the verge of retirement.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith expects running back Matt Forte to return this season from a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Smith said he "looked pretty good" on Monday, but he wouldn't put a timetable on Forte's return. Chances are he will miss a few games, although he played through a similar injury in 2009.
Adam Wainwright's season is over before it started. The St. Louis Cardinals ace learned Thursday that he will need surgery to replace a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, an injury that usually take at least a year to recover from.
As Hurricane Irene buffeted the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday night, Stephen Strasburg stood under a sky streaked with pink from the setting sun. The storm felt far away at Alliance Bank Stadium. So did the tumult of Strasburg's past year, which included surgery to replace the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.
The Missouri football program got good news on Tuesday afternoon when an MRI exam done on Dan Hoch's left knee revealed only a strained medial collateral ligament. The sophomore right tackle is only expected to miss two weeks and should be back on the field in time for the Tigers' season opener Sept. 5 against Illinois in St. Louis. Beasley
Adam Wainwright's season is over before it started. The St. Louis Cardinals ace learned Thursday that he will need surgery to replace a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, an injury that usually take at least a year to recover from.
MINNEAPOLIS - For the past two seasons, the Grizzlies have enjoyed a comfort that came with Zach Randolph bullying the opposition with his bruising style of play in the paint. But the star power forward was again immobile Wednesday night, sitting at home wearing a brace to help nurse a slight tear in his right medial collateral ligament. The knee injury will sideline Randolph for 6-8 weeks, team doctors announced Wednesday afternoon before the Grizzlies earned a 90-86 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Target Center.
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