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NBA players seem to tear their Achilles more frequently nowadays. Why is that? June 25, 2025 - 1:31 PM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves.
Team physicians in college sports wary of greater liability risk with athletes now making big money June 24, 2025 - 1:00 PM

The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future earnings.
To Ohtani's surgeon, a 103 mph fastball was a red flag, but his $700M deal shows trust in TJ surgery March 14, 2024 - 5:14 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — There is no one like Shohei Ohtani in the major leagues. Just last year, the two-way star took the mound and reached 103.5 mph during spring training with the Los Angeles Angels.
Durant among 4 Nets to test positive for new coronavirus March 17, 2020 - 6:57 PM

NEW YORK - Four Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA.
Blues' Bouwmeester still in hospital but 'doing well' after collapse February 12, 2020 - 2:52 PM

ANAHEIM, Calif. - St. Louis Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester remained hospitalized and was undergoing tests Wednesday one day after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during a game in Anaheim.
Toronto FC puts Piatti through medical ringer before signing Argentine veteran February 08, 2020 - 11:04 AM

TORONTO - It appears Toronto FC put Pablo Piatti through a medical ringer, turning to the Maple Leafs and Raptors to help check out the Argentine's surgically repaired right knee.
Toronto FC skipper Michael Bradley undergoes successful ankle surgery January 22, 2020 - 12:13 PM

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley has undergone successful ankle surgery in New York City with the MLS team confirming that the veteran midfielder will be out for four months.
Knockout that left Montreal boxer in coma prompts questions in medical community December 03, 2018 - 3:26 PM

MONTREAL - One of the doctors who worked the boxing match Saturday night in Quebec City that left Adonis Stevenson hospitalized in an induced coma said he and his colleagues are at a loss to medically justify the sport.
Med school beckons, Calgary Stampeders quarterback Andrew Buckley retires May 07, 2018 - 2:06 PM

CALGARY - Playing football and following his parents into medicine were Andrew Buckley's childhood passions.
Dr. Anthony Galea, who treated elite athletes, loses licence for 9 months December 07, 2017 - 5:39 AM

TORONTO - A renowned Canadian sports doctor convicted in the U.S. for importing unapproved drugs will lose his medical licence for nine months and face a formal reprimand for professional misconduct, Ontario's medical regulator ruled Wednesday.
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