INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Kansas City’s Rashee Rice might be lost for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury on a bizarre play against the Los Angels Chargers on Sunday. Rice was carted to the team bus after the Chiefs’ 17-10 victory with his right knee in a brace that had a dial … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU’s top linebacker, Harold Perkins Jr., has an anterior cruciate ligament tear that will end what was expected to be his final season with the Tigers before entering the NFL draft, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Monday. “Certainly an injury that we feel terrible about, especially for Harold and the work … Read more
BEIRUT — For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to keep up with the flood of patients whose eyes were injured when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse across Lebanon. He has lost track of how many eye operations he has performed in multiple hospitals, surviving on two hours … Read more
BOSTON — A dozen Tufts University men’s lacrosse players have been diagnosed with a rare muscle injury after participating in a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout that the team conducted, a university spokesperson said Friday. Five of the players who have been diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis remained hospitalized Friday, according to Patrick Collins director of media relations … Read more
Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan, wounding six officers and three civilians PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting … Read more
As climate change reshapes the way humans live outdoors, it’s affecting the way they play, too. That includes runners, who may find themselves in harm’s way on a warming planet. They pursue a sport that esteems grit and suffering in pursuit of improvement. Experts told The Associated Press that can be a recipe for heatstroke … Read more
CHICAGO — New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. appears headed to the injured list with a left elbow injury, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. The 26-year-old Chisholm has a probable ulnar collateral ligament injury and Boone said he will “likely” end up on the IL. He said more physicians are evaluating the elbow … Read more
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France — The scars from the career-threatening injury to her thigh were covered by the blue warmup she wore onto the medal stand inside the Olympic velodrome, though the bandage covering the three stitches on Chloe Dygert’s chin — courtesy of her crash during the road race at the Paris Games — were very … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like “Love in an Elevator” and “Livin’ on the Edge” posted a statement Friday announcing the cancellation of remaining dates on its tour and … Read more
For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise. It turns out, both those things can be true, but the differing advice has created some confusion. Stretching can help make you more flexible, … Read more
