Why did Michael Thomas and the Saints delay ankle surgery until June? When things don’t make sense from the outside, that usually just means we don’t have all the information yet. Teams, players and medical staff are not stupid. They sometimes make decisions that don’t work out, but no one intends to make a poor More
Cam Akers, the LA Rams’ No. 1 running back, tore his Achilles in practice yesterday, and surgery will end his season before it ever got started. He has no chance to return this year, even if his team makes the Super Bowl. Other players around the league should take note. Achilles is now the other More
The Phoenix Suns were heavy favorites to win the NBA Championship but now find themselves as underdogs, down 3-2 and facing elimination by the now heavily-favored Milwaukee Bucks. So what happened? How did the script flip? The answer could lie in the health of each team’s star player. The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo has recovered from More
It makes sense why MMA fighter Conor McGregor broke his leg so easily during UFC 264. The fighter now claims that he had stress fractures in his leg prior to the fight on July 10, which helps his legacy but could land him in trouble with the Nevada Athletic Commission. In the trilogy fight, McGregor’s More
The parade of star NBA injuries continues. Giannis Antetokounmpo exited in the third quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a knee injury. By video, he came down and hyperextended his left knee. The good news is, his ACL is likely spared. The bad news is that he is unlikely to return the More
The news that Trae Young has a bone bruise in his foot is actually good news. If the ankle were the main issue, Young might be slowed by overnight swelling, even though he returned to the game. The MRI has confirmed the diagnosis, and now it is a matter of playing through the pain and More
A well-known saying is numbers don’t lie but people can. In the same vein, videos don’t lie but the way they are interpreted can be quite different. Is the optimism after Bud Dupree workout posts justified? No question Dupree is a supreme athlete and progressing well after ACL surgery. No question the Titans have enough More
As the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns begin the series for the right to play in the NBA Finals, both teams will be missing a star player. Both Kawhi Leonard and Chris Paul will miss game 1 but who will return first? Leonard has been out with a reported ACL injury and Chris Paul is More
LeBron James had a mini tweetstorm about NBA playoff injuries that linked them to the lack of rest before the start of this season. Does what he says make sense? Read for yourself and let me present some data. No question there have been more injuries to star players these playoffs, but can we really More
