Warning: The visions this story conjurs up aren’t safe for work. Or home. Injured Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is going to try an unorthodox treatment for his injured ankle. He’s flying to the Serbian home of Mariana Kovacevic. Once there, the housewife will (close your eyes) rub placenta on the injured area to help [...]
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Landon Donovan has swine flu
After losing 2-1 in a World Cup qualifying match in Mexico, American soccer star Landon Donovan has confirmed he contracted swine flu (now known as H1N1) while there. Now this piece of brilliance from Donovan, about whether he’ll play in the L.A. Galaxy’s next game: “If I feel well there’s no reason why I can’t [...]
Man’s arm snaps while arm-wrestling
I could only bring myself to actually watch this once and had to avert my eyes quickly, but I figured many of you would want to see this. The sound of “snap” and the “Oh my God” that comes after, combined with the visual, are too painful to watch over and over. Either way, the [...]
Quick hits: U.S. Open, Favre, Nadal, L.A.
The U.S. Open is off to a rainy start and will tee off on Friday; Thursday is a wash.
Today’s tea leaves: Favre will play as Vikings say his future is up to him.
Nadal in serious doubt for Wimbledon due to lingering knee injury.
Manny Ramirez is coming back for some Class A ball. The Dodgers are [...]
More proof hockey players are manly men
In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ seventh-game Stanley Cup victory at Detroit, Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom revealed the reason he missed the final two games of the Western Conference semifinal series against Chicago: he had surgery after being speared in the testicles by Chicago’s Patrick Sharp in Game 3 of that series.
Lidstrom told [...]
RIP Polamalu/Fitzgerald
The fans of 30 teams in the NFL have just breathed a sigh of relief. EA Sports has revealed the cover athletes for Madden 10, and as you can see, we’re going to get two horrific injuries/derailed careers this year instead of just one! Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Larry Fitzgerald of the [...]
The Ruler’s back
Anyone watching the 2008 British Open, won by Padraig Harrington with a 3-over, had to be wondering (as were some of the commentators): By how many strokes would Tiger Woods have won this tournament? Then when Harrington turned around a month later and one the PGA Championship as one of only two subpar performers, you [...]
A-Rod wears a cup
In a recent podcast, Jim and Cyd discussed athletes’ use of cups and Jim followed up on this blog by asking the immortal question, “Who should wear a cup?” Thanks to the ever-enterprising paparazzi, we now have photographic evidence that at least one pro athlete wears one. Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankee and Madonna’s latest [...]
The dangerous sport of figure skating
And some people think you have to be a pansy to figure skate. No wonder so many of those guys have buns of steel . . .
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Who should wear a cup?
In our latest Podcast, Cyd and I discussed whether athletes wore cups or even needed to. We received this thoughtful response from a listener who provided some terrific information:
I enjoyed listening to the podcast about cups and jocks. Who SHOULD wear a cup? As a former EMT who took care of many athletic injuries, I [...]
Seeing the wheels fall off in Cleveland
Week 14 of the NFL provided some atrocious games for a lot of AFC football fans this week. Pittsburgh made Matt Cassel look like the inexperienced kid he actually is and not the god that passed for 1000+ over the last few weeks. The Jets suddenly looked very mortal when the Broncos bullied them into submission. [...]
Our thoughts go out to Dr. Z
We here at Outsports reference no writer or sports journalist more than Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman. He has, at times over the years, thrilled us, frustrated us, informed us, and made us laugh. He is regarded (certainly on this site) as the most insightful NFL columnist there is. In an age when style-over-substance guys like [...]
The shot heard ’round Manhattan
My partner was asking me this morning, “How can anyone be so stupid?” It’s a great question, as details of the weekend escapades of New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress come to light. In case you hadn’t heard, the fool (allegedly) took a gun to a Manhattan club and (allegedly) accidentally shot himself in the [...]
Proof that not all NFL players wear cups
I was surprised to learn a few weeks ago from a former NFL player that not all guys in elite football wear cups, and that in fact there are many who don’t. I found my proof watching the Broncos-Jets game on Sunday. Capping off his career day, Denver RB Peyton Hillis reached down and grabbed [...]
How did Kyle Korver injure his wrist?
Utah Jazz forward Kyle Korver (one of the NBA’s hottest players) has been sidelined with a wrist injury. According to a video via 1280 The Zone, I’m surprised all of Chelsea isn’t walking around with wrist braces….
Hat tip to Towleroad.
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