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We rank 'em. You react. That's how the Daily List rolls.10/26/2007 11:24:00 AM Weird Sports Injuries
By Lang Whitaker, SI.com When the Miami Dolphins take on the New York Giants on Sunday in London, they will be without linebacker Zach Thomas. He was hurt last Sunday, not during the Dolphins desecration at the hands of New England, but after the game, when Thomas was rear-ended in postgame traffic by a man wearing a Pats jersey. This is the same Pats team that utilizes punter Chris Hanson, who was injured as a member of the Jaguars when coach Jack Del Rio's motivational routine involving an axe and a stump of wood resulted in Hanson requiring stitches. And during the World Series, try not to smile when you see Rockies first base coach Glenallen Hill, who once had a bad dream about spiders, so vivid that he woke up, crashed through a glass table and fell down a flight of stairs. Injuries happen frequently in sports, and they're usually no laughing matter, but occasionally, something happens to an athlete that's so bizarre it's funny. Here's my top five weird injuries to athletes. 1. Just a few years ago, while playing in Switzerland, midfielder Paulo Diogo scored a goal and celebrated by hurdling a fence into a crowd of fans. His wedding ring had other ideas, however, and it decided to celebrate with the fence. Diogo's ring finger was torn from his hand. Luckily, he plays soccer. 2. In the mid-'90s, Steve Sparks was a career minor league pitcher hoping for a shot at the big time. He visited a motivational speaker, and after returning home tried to replicate a stunt he'd learned, trying to rip a phone book in half. Unfortunately, the only thing he ripped was his shoulder from its socket. 3. Cavs forward Ira Newble did time in a hospital with a face infection. And his current teammate, Drew Gooden, once was hospitalized with what was originally thought to be a spider bite, but turned out to be an infected leg hair. 4. The wee kicking Gramatica brothers, Bill and Martin, were perhaps best known for their post-kick celebrations, in which they gesticulated wildly, even if they had just booted a 20-yarder to make it a three-touchdown game. This continued until Bill hit a FG to give his Arizona Cardinals a 3-0 lead in a game, and during his revelry, he tore his ACL. 5. A couple of Braves pitchers suffered strange injuries a decade ago: John Smoltz burned his chest while ironing a shirt...a shirt he was wearing at the time. And Tom Glavine allegedly broke a rib while throwing up an in-flight meal. What are your favorite weird sports injuries? Let us know below... Lang Whitaker is the executive editor of SLAM magazine and writes daily at SLAMonline.com
Who can forget Bill Grammatica injuring himself after celebrating a field goal?Matt Campbell/Getty Imagesposted by SI.com | View comments |
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Gus Frerotte head butting the goal post in the late 90s. I think he had to miss a few games after a trip to the hospitalPervis Ellison out for the season after dropping a table on his foot.How can you not include Frerotte head butting the wall?Terry Harper
A Georgia native signed by the Braves as a pitcher in 1973, Harper was made an everyday player in 1976, but it was 1983 before he spent a full season in Atlanta. In July 1982 he dislocated his left shoulder while standing by the plate and enthusiastically waving a runner home. In his one solid season, 1985, he hit 17 homers. He played in Japan after his 1987 release by Pittsburgh.how about gus ferotte injuring his neck when celebrating a touchdown by slamming his head into a concrete wall??Don't forget Gus Ferotte...after celebrating a TD as Redskins quarterback, he headbutted the goal post...had to leave the game with a neck injury...Gus Frerotte head butting a wall after scoring and screwing up his neckHe was actually starting to play well and pull his game together after a lengthy run of trials and tribulations. But this has to be the dumbest, if not the weirdest injury ever.
His team having scored, Quarterback Gus Ferotte could not contain his excitement and decided to show the home crowd just how pumped he was by head butting a BRICK WALL....yes, head butt a brick wall.
Game over.I have 2:
Paxton Crawford (RHP RedSox circa 1999) Cut shoulder on glass when he fell out of bed in hotel room.
Jeff Kent Fell out of Pickup Truck while washing it (or hurt self riding dirt bike)Ken Johnson was a journeyman pitcher in the majors but did manage to throw a complete game no-hitter and lose to the Reds. One game invovled a bench clearing brawl where he stood up to rush the field and smashed his head into a dugout beam that embedded the top button of his cap into his head. He then spiked himself attempting to run up the steps and left a gash in his shin. Bleeding from two different places and he hadn't thrown the first punch.Todd Sauerbrun injuring his leg or feet when some axe he was swinging in the locker room fell on him.Pitcher Charlie Hough broke his finger shaking hands.Back when the NHL employed a rather sinister shaped pointed metal centerpiece in the middle of the net Mark Howe was unfortunately impaled in his thigh almost ending his career. Even more gruesome though was the Clint Malarchuk near decapitation.What about Baltimore Oriole Marty Cordova falling asleep in a tanning bed! Burning him so badly that he missed one or two games.Joel Zumaya injuring his pitching arm playing " Guitar Hero ".A couple years ago Padres minor leaguer Tagg Bozied was having a great year and capped it off w/ a walk off home run. His teammates were waiting for him at home and when he jumped on the plate he tore his acl costing him a major league call-up.George Brett missed a few games in the '80's w/ hemmoroids. Ouch!COMEEE ONNN... Sammy Sosa Sneezing so hard that he cracked his ribs or something??? that had to be there--- oscar pBrian Griese tripped over his dog and injured him self when he was with the Broncos. Actually, that that helped the team!Sammy Sosa a few years back missed a game or two with a sore back from a "violent sneeze"Kevin Brown of th Yankees broke his hand in 2004 after punching a wallI believe that George McCloud, while playing for the Indiana Pacers, broke his ankle getting up from his couch.In 1988, Mets pitcher Bob Ojeda severed the tip of one of his pitching finger using an electric hedge trimmer.Vince Coleman of the St Louis Cardnials getting run over by an automatic tarp roller before 85 World Series. The fastest man in baseball!!!!How about John Runyan of the Eagles. Iron man who has started something like 166 straight games. He has missed practice this week after fracturing his tailbone when he fell trying to get into the whirlpool at the Philly facility. He may miss this weeks game.Seattle Mariners Kazuhiro Sasaki severely bruising his ribs after tripping carrying his luggage up the stairs.Don't forget about Clint Barmes, who tore his ACL when he was walking down his stairs last year. Remember, he was the last great Rockies shortstop.Mike Matheny missed the MLB playoffs after slicing his hand by missing sheath with a hunting knife he received as a birthday gift. "Hey, thanks for the GIIIIIFFFFFTTTTT!!!!!!!!!"Glenallen Hill ran into a glass table while sleeprunning as he was having a nightmare about being chased by spiders when he played for the Blue Jays.During a cricket tour of the West Indies English player Chris Lewis shaved his head - then got sunstroke.Cardinals pitcher John Tudor had a lousy outing and finished it by injuring his hand punching out a fan.
An ELECTRIC fan.
At least he had the good grace to feel stupid afterwardsLionel Simmons on the Sacramento Kings in the early 90's got tendinitis in his wrist playing too much Nintendo.Kevin Johnson on the Suns pulling a hamstring after a game winning shot and hug from Charles Barkley.Several Cubs moments: Sosa injuring his back on the sneeze, Kyle Farnsworth pulling something (I foorget what) while punching a clubhouse (air) fan, Zambrano getting tendinitis from spending too much time on the computer instant messaging his family back in VenezuelaI broke a rib coughing whilst recovering from pneumonia (that itself was the indirect result of mosquito bites) ...so I think Mr. Glavine deserves a break.Former Sacramento Kings player, Lionel Simmons, missed at least a week with carpal tunnel syndrome he sustained after playing too many hours of Nintendo.Milton Bradley tearing up his knee when his manager tackled him.Two words: Milton Bradley.Adrian Mcpherson (quarterback) getting ran over by the SEgway driving Titian mascot while he was warming upAdrian McPherson, quarterback, getting ran over by the Segway driving mascot of the Titians while he was warming up on the field.How about Ted Ginn from Ohio State celebratng his opening touchdown and then having to sit out the rest of a blowout national championship loss?MILTON BRADLEY...Tearing his ACL arguing a callRon Egloff - TE for the Broncos - dislocated his shoulder spiking the ball.what about sammy sosa sneezing and messing up his back?Spergon Wynn, quarterback in the CFL. Slipped while getting out of the shower, one leg in and one leg out.
Diagnosis .... groin injury. Out for 4 weeks. Ouch.How about Gus Frerotte... oh wait, it was only funny the first time someone posted it...How about Gus Frerotte head-butting... oh wait, it was only funny the first time it was posted...What about Glenallen Hill waking up from a nightmare about spiders, running down his stairs, and crashing through a glass coffee table when he was with the Cubs? Weirdest. Injury. Ever.Lionel Simmons missed two games with wrist tendonitis ´cause he played too much Game Boy.Milton Bradley tearing his ACL after getting tossed to the ground by his coach during an argument with the ump.Didn't Ken Griffey miss a game after pinching himself with his cup?!Let's not forget about Milton Bradley's recent ACL tear when his own manager threw him to the ground while arguing with an ump.It was Chris Hanson (P, Jaguars) who injured his foot with the ax, not Todd Sauerbrun.
Jack Del-Rio used the saying "Keep chopping wood" that year and placed an oak log in the locker room with an ax. The players took turns "chopping wood" with that ax when Hanson swung it and buried the ax into his non-kicking foot.Spanish goalkeeper, Santiago Canizares, missed the 2002 FIFA World Cup after dropping an aftershave bottle on his foot.Jose Theodore (Avs Goalie) breaking his foot slipping on ice. insanely ironic.Lionel Simmons, a Sacramento Kings forward during the 1990's, spent time on Injured Reserve with tendinitis in both thumbs from playing too much Nintendo.i like when Sammy Sosa sneezed and pulled his quadAntoine Carr, seems like he was with the Utah Jazz at the time, stepped into a bathtub with water that was too hot and scalded his feet and legs.what about the minor league pitcher who got carpel tunnel syndrome from playing guitar heroPadres pitcher Ed Whitson throwing out his back putting on his sanitry socks.Milton Bradley tears his ACL yelling at an umpireVince Coleman in 1985 and the tarp incident has to be one of em. The Cardinals were still up 3-1 in the Series before losing to the Royals but you would have to think the leading base stealer and Rookie of the Year would have made a difference.How about the starting soccer goalie who just before the 2002 World Cup dropped a bottle of cologne on his foot severing a tendon, he missed the world cup, I wonder why he was using a 3 gallon bottle of cologneI think it was someone from the Browns who missed a game because he had a "swelling in his groin area." I've had that myself and I never wanted to play football then, either.MacArthur Lane, a running back for the 70s Packers, scored a touchdown, threw the ball up in the air to celebrate, lost his balance in the snowy conditions, and crash landed over a rolled up tarp. I think he had to miss a couple of games.As others have mentioned, definitely the Sammy Sosa sneeze.Luc Longley when with the championship Bulls put himself on the Dl when he hurt himself bodysurfing.Carlos Zambrano was ordered by the Cubs to limit his e-mailing time to a cousin on the internet due to tendinitis he was giving himself.you cant forget the Padres player this year tearing his ACL after his coach pulled him away from arguing with the umpireryan klesko while with the braves missed a couple of games because he strained his back lifting up his lunchHow about Jose theodore breaking his foot in a terrible season, when he was shoveling snowAaron Boone pretty much ending his career playing basketball. The Gus Frerotte one was good too, I think i'll go watch it on youtube. Thanks Gushow about shaq slicing open his hand because he was playing "spiderman" with his kids. or jeff kent injuring himself washing his car.I do believe that Lionell Simmons once missed an NBA game with sore wrists from playing Nintendo.Thurman Thomas, Bruised liver. Ouch!Kevin Brown, punching the wall after a bad outing, and breaking his hand.Kevin Johnson got a hernia while lifting Oliver Miller in celebration of a play.how about Joel Zumaya: "inflammation in his right (throwing) wrist and forearm" from playing guitar hero on PS2... he miss two or three games of the ALCS last yearWhat about David Wells falling from a barstool?Jake Peavy broke a rib celebrating the Padres' NL West Championship.What about multiple MLB MVP winner and former Houston Astro, the late Ken Camanitti falling out of a deer stand and injuring himself?OTTO STOWE, DALLAS COWBOYS
Stowe,a very sure-handed receiver (unlike T.O.),played in the early 70's. He had just caught a TD pass when workers started raising the net behind the goalpost to keep the ball from going into the stands after the XP.(Believe it or not, they did that back in the day.) As Stowe was returning from the back of the endzone, his foot got caught in the netting, injuring his ankle so badly that he never recovered to play again!canizares, Spanish goalkeeper. 2 weeks before a world cup he was shaving in the comfort of his own home, dropped the bottle of aftershave, tried to stop it with his foot. the bottle broke and cut his right ankle (achiles) ligaments in about 3 places. He missed the world cup.Canizares, Spanish goalkeeper. about 2 weeks before the World Cup he was shaving in the comfort of his own home. dropped the bottle of after shave and tried to stop it with his foot. the bottle broke and cut his ankle (achiles) ligaments in about 3 places. he obviously missed the world cupThere was a european basketball player in the mid 1990s who headbutted the post supporting the basketball hoop and became paralyzed.how can you forget Walt Weiss with the Atlanta Braves. He sneezed and coughed at the same time and tore his muscle loose from his ribs.Me! I ran over my own hand sled riding and missed a couple of 8th grade basketball games. Also, tore a pec trying to pull frozen hamburgers apart during a softball tourney!Alan Trammel got glass in his butt when idiot pitcher Dave Rozema pulled a bar stool away from him causing him to fall on a glass.
I can't believe nobody mentioned Gus Ferotte.Don't forget Nolan Ryan's injury after he attacked a coyote.Kellen Winslow Junior (Rocket Scientist) doing wheelies and endos on his new motorcycle he bought with his signing bonus. Whoops he wasnt Evel Kneivel he was out for the entire season.A rumor in Detroit circa 2006...Pitcher Joel Z goes down with tendonitis in his pictching hand...too much guitar hero.Adrien Peterson, in his last season with the Sooners, during a great run, breaking a few tackles, and with one foot already in the endzone, felt the need to dive in for a touchdown, breaking his collar bone and ending his Heisman bid.Jose Theodore, then playing for the Montreal Canadiens slipped on ice and broke his heal. But it wasnt ice at the arena, he walked out of his house after a freezing rain storm and slipped and fell. You'd think a guy who plays a sport on ice would have a better concept of "slippery"Henry Cotto of the NYY punctured his ear drum using q-tip while sitting on the bench during a game earning a trip to the DL.Gus Frerotte once head-butted a goalpost celebrating a TD, I think.
Oh yeah, and Lionel Simmons once hurt his wrist playing too much Nintendo.
OH! and don't froget Glenallen Hill running into a glass table because of a bad dream he had.
AND Milton Bradley tore his ACL arguing with an umpire.
There, that pretty much covers it. Good thing I didn't read any previous comments.How can you guys forget Vladimir Radmamnovich hurting himself snowboarding and missing the entire NBA season last year. On top of it all he initailly lied that he hurt himself doing something else, and was not snowboarding. What a fool!How about PJ Carlesimo's injured neck. I believe he received it from yelling too much ... at Sprewell, and the rest as you know it is history.He's not really an athlete, but the injured sausage or hot dog or whatever in the race at a Milwaukee Brewer's game, courtesy of a bat to the face from one of the MLB players.The poor lady who got sick from Ron Mexico. Of course she is not an athlete, but she is still injured by one.How about Nancy Kerrigan when she ran into a tire iron from Jeff Gilooly. Ouch that hurted.Brian Griese Twice. Once for tripping over his dog and another for tripping in Terrell Davis driveway at a party, hitting his head on a car, chipping a tooth and getting a concussion. Of course, alcohol was not involved either time.Adam Eaton stabbed himself in the stomach while trying to open a tightly wrapped dvd case with a knifeJoe Theismann sticking his leg under Lawrence Taylors rear end.Orlando Brown getting hit in the eye by the referees penalty flag while playing for Cleveland in 1999.What about when Wade Boggs missed a week when he lost his balance putting on his cowboy boots and fell into a couchI can't remember his name for the life of me, but there was a Baltimore Colts offensive lineman who somehow got injured running onto the field for the coin toss. Marty Cardova's injury was pretty funny too, when he burned himself tanning. I heard that some MLB pitcher got injured stretching over to push the snooze button on his alarm clock as well.The story about Smoltz burning himself with the iron is NOT TRUE. I've heard him say that himself.
But, Marcus Giles did hurt a finger and miss several games trying to open a sealed hotel window.
Ron Gant sat out a year after breaking a leg dirtbiking.I'm surprised that no one mentioned Moises Alou. He was running on a treadmill when he fell off & tore his acl & put him out for the whole seasonDuring the 1990s, I remember outfielder Terry Harper of the Atlanta Braves dislocating his arm while waving a runner home at the plate.Nextel Cup Champion, Jimmie Johnson, broke his wrist last winter after trying to "surf" on top of a golf cart early this year.When Ian Snell burned his finger making a grilled chicken salad and then said the salad wasn't even good.Steve Morrow, a player for Arsenal in the mid 90's, scored the winnign goal in teh league cup final, then fell off his team mates shoulders while being carried off the field. He Broke his arm.Brewers reliever Matt Wise sliced his hand open with salad tongs in the clubhouse.Anybody remember SF Giants OF Jeffrey Leonard (flap up, flap down) who used to style after hitting homers? Mr. Leonard also did a great imitation of Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman's batting stance. However, the fun all came to an abrupt end one day when he tore his ACL while performing the routine for team mates.Sammy sosa has got to be the best when he threw his bck out or something while sneezingMilton Bradley injuring his ACL during the arguement while playing the Padres?Bruce Walker, Patriots, getting stitches in his chest after he and a friend were playing catch with a knife.What about Sammy Sosa taking his back out just by sneezing???hello
it seems like there is alot of blogs talking on this topic.. i even found http://www.youherbal.com making fun of them... i guess other people getting hurt is still funny!! thats so sad...
JessicaI remember when Gramatica hurt himself celebrating after scoring a field goal! That was hysterical! But now he is a Dallas Cowboy (my team) so I can't make fun of him anymore! But its nice to read that others remember! HaHaHa! :)Ted Ginn Jr was jumped on by ANOTHER team mate. He did not hurt himself, as this article suggests these players did.Recent Posts
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