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Manny Harris Cut by the Cavaliers After Suffering Freezer Burn in a NIKE Cryogenic Cooling Chamber

Posted December 27, 2011, 1:31 pm by Jason McIntyre (62 Comments)

Harris, a beast in the NBDL, had a decent 2010-2011 season with the Cavaliers.

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Chris Davis of the Orioles is Headed to the DL Due to a Shoulder Injury He Aggravated While Sleeping

Posted August 17, 2011, 6:55 pm by Jason McIntyre (27 Comments)

If you’ve ever woken up with a sore shoulder, then you know the pain of Chris Davis.

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Zack Greinke is Off to a Bad Start In Milwaukee

Posted March 9, 2011, 12:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (43 Comments)

Zack Greinke: Perhaps the second most significant offseason acquisition in baseball will get late start to the season with the Brewers. Greinke suffered a cracked rib and bruised rib playing some pickup basketball at the start of training camp and he’ll start the 2011 season on the DL. He landed hard after going up for [...]

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Ty Thomas Woke Up From a Nap and Had a Torn Meniscus

Posted January 22, 2011, 11:45 am by Jason McIntyre (3 Comments)

Ty Thomas: The Bobcats forward participated in Thursday’s morning shoot-around. Then, he took a nap. Upon waking up, he felt a swelling in his knee. Thomas (11.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg) had somehow suffered a torn meniscus. He’ll be out 8 weeks. He probably has those jimmy legs Kramer talked about. [Observer]

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The Roundup: Jay Cutler & Kristin Cavallari, Man is BFF With a 17-foot Crocodile & Rugby Trick Shots

Posted September 28, 2010, 8:45 am by Jason McIntyre (190 Comments)

Blake Lively … the gap between rich and poor hits record levels … who would want to ban Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five? … billionaire Segway owner dies after driving Segway off a cliff … Fox News and the Republican primary … how to survive when your elevator plunges … Georgia and Oregon won’t be playing football in [...]

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Russell Branyan is Doing Nothing to Enhance the Image of Baseball Players as Tough Guys

Posted September 22, 2010, 3:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (60 Comments)

Russell Branyan of the Mariners suffered an injury in July closing the curtains in his hotel room and missed a few games. Now, this: “I took my family to a pizza parlor. They had plastic chairs, and after we’d eaten, my little guy had kicked one of his flip flops off. I was sitting on [...]

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Chris Coghlan to the DL – He Might Need Surgery – For Injury Suffered Following Pie-in-the-Face Celebration

Posted July 27, 2010, 10:00 am by Jason McIntyre (27 Comments)

Chris Coghlan: The Marlins oufielder celebrated Sunday’s win over the Braves by slamming a pie in the face of teammate Wes Helms. Coghland landed awkwardly and is headed to the DL with a “torn meniscus [in] his left knee.” There’s a chance Coghlan will need surgery, in which case he’d be out 6-8 weeks. Worse [...]

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