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Hewitt Withdraws From Hamburg Masters

Lleyton Hewitt has withdrawn from next week's Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament because of a calf muscle injury, his management team said in a statement Friday.

Chelsea Defender Terry Injures Leg

Chelsea defender John Terry will miss the rest of the Premier League season with a leg injury, but is expected to be fit to play for England at the World Cup.

English World Cup Hopeful Rooney Hurt

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will miss six weeks with a broken bone in his foot, a major blow to England's World Cup hopes. He was injured in Saturday's Premier League match against Chelsea.

Cavs' James Sits Out Against Knicks

Cavaliers star LeBron James sat out Thursday night's game against the New York Knicks with a sprained left ankle he sustained late in the third quarter of a blowout loss at Detroit.

Hincapie Pointing Toward Tour De France

American cyclist George Hincapie is expected to be ready for the Tour de France after separating a shoulder and bruising a wrist during a fall at the Paris-Roubaix race last weekend.

Gustavo Kuerten Out With Hip Injury

Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten will not return to professional tennis for at least another month because of a hip injury and could skip Roland Garros.

Transplanted Mice Cells Ease Rat Paralysis

Scientists eased the paralysis of rats with spinal cord injury by transplanting cells taken from the brains of adult mice, an encouraging sign for developing a human treatment, researchers reported.

Oral Roberts Breaks His Hip in Fall

University founder and evangelist Oral Roberts fell and broke his hip, Oral Roberts University officials said Friday.

Heat's Mourning Out With Foot Injury

Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning was sidelined for Wednesday night's game against the Washington Wizards because of a sprained left foot.

Wrist Injury Could Cost Guillen 3 Months

Washington Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen has a wrist injury that could require surgery and sideline him for three months.

Carter Sidelined With Hamstring Injury

New Jersey Nets guard Vince Carter left Sunday's game against the Indiana Pacers in the first quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return.

Geo. Washington C Out With Knee Injury

George Washington will have to complete its bid for an undefeated Atlantic 10 season without Pops Mensah-Bonsu.

Man Injured While Boarding Disney Ride

Walt Disney World reopened its Peter Pan ride Wednesday, a day after a 70-year-old man was injured while attempting to board it.

Kim Clijsters Hopes to Return Soon

Kim Clijsters is hopeful of returning to play earlier than expected after doctors told her an ankle injury she suffered at the Australian Open last month was not as serious as previously thought.

Polamalu 'Tweaks' Ankle During Practice

Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu said he "tweaked" an ankle during practice Thursday and was added to the team's Super Bowl injury report as probable.

The Wire

NFL: Roethlisberger takes road less traveled

Source: Sports Illustrated

"The sweet, ebullient sounds of Super Bowl triumph filled the bowels of Detroit's Ford Field as the Pittsburgh Steelers opened their doors to a steady stream of reporters.

Cisse out of World Cup after breaking leg

Source: soccernet.espn.go.com

Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing his right tibia in tonight's friendly against China in St Etienne.

Barbaro Comes Up Injured in Preakness

In a dramatic turn of events, the heavy favorite Barbaro came up lame just after breaking out the starting gate. Edgar Prado, the great jockey immediately pulled him up after sensing there was something wrong.

Rooney stretchered off at Chelsea

Source: itv.com

For once, I actually got to see a front-runner game on Fox Soccer Channel (usually they push the big games like Manchester United v Chelsea to Pay Per View) and this is what happens.

Lee sidelined by fractured wrist

Source: chicago.cubs.mlb.com

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee has a fractured right wrist and will be in a cast for up to six weeks, the team announced late Thursday.

DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Foot Sues Uncle Sam

Source: thesmokinggun.com

Not for shooting himself in the foot but for DEA releasing the video of him shooting himself in the foot. Included in this article, the video the agent is suing over.

Part Of Teacher's Hand Gets Blown Off In Class

Source: CBS - KCAL9

A teacher's hand get's blown off by a live 40mm round, which he was using as a paperweight. How strange...

“Trapped in between life and death”

Source: The Seattle Times

Spc. Brandon Powell, a quadriplegic since being shot in the neck in Iraq 16 months ago, now relies entirely on his younger brother Blaine for the most basic daily care.

Is anything better than a good snowboarding injury?

Source: gonzorangers.com

Spring riding is sweet. Nothing to worry about except trying to look sweet as you stop your landing at the park....until someone you are with breaks an arm.

Portugal's Andrade to miss World Cup with injury

Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Portugal defender Jose Andrade will miss the World Cup after injuring his left knee during Deportivo La Coruna's league match at FC Barcelona.

Jesse Phillips injured again

This morning it has come to my attention that in the last few days Jesse “James” Phillips has, once again, been placed on the injured reserve list. At the time of this posting there has been no official statement on the Calgary Roughnecks website.

Smith ankle op 'a success,' say United

Source: soccernet.espn.go.com

Manchester United midfielder Alan Smith has had a successful operation on his ankle and leg after suffering a horrible injury during their FA Cup 5th round match against Liverpool.

Injury could keep Paul from All-Star spotlight

Source: newsok.com

It would be a shame if the future rookie of the year couldnt play in the rookie all star game

New Scientist Breaking News - 'Walk again' drugs to be tested on people

Source: newscientist.com

TWO antibodies that enabled the severed spinal nerves of rats to be regenerated are to be tested in humans.

Marine Medics have most Dangerous Job in Iraq

Source: estripes.com

Marine medics in Iraq are more likely to face serious injury or death than are the riflemen they’re working to help, according to the assistant commandant.

Woman gets six severed fingers sewed back

Source: upi.com

Surgeons in Britain successfully sewed back on six severed fingers of a 62-year-old woman injured in an accident in a biscuit factory.

Many Hurt as Kenya Building Falls

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A four-storey building has collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, leaving dozens of people injured.

Toronto Defense Hurting

The Maple Leaf defense is in tons of trouble, league leader Bryan McCabe is injured and in tonights game agains the Wild #3 dman Khavanov left the game with an upper body injury.

Baseball world Classic and Bonds?

What are your thoughts on the Classic? Will this hurt or help the game of baseball? I have mixed emotions on this new event.

Corrales' rib injury postpones rematch with Castillo

Source: ESPN.com

I hope this is really for an injury and not some stunt by Corrales to push it back due to training. I was really looking forward to his bout.

Favre bruised, battered, but he won't sit

Source: msnbc.msn.com

Brett Farve is the most rugged and dependable QB of all time, I wish he could be traded to Seattle for Hasselbeck to finish out his career.

Injured McNabb out; McMahon to start

Source: mercurynews.com

Eagle's star QB McNabb to sit out while McMahon fills in.

Bulger is Out Two Weeks

Source: ESPN

Looks like Bulger has a shoulder sprain.