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Skin Scares and Setbacks
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So here's a head scratcher. This article documents our Redskins' legend Nick Sundberg's long...
So here's a head scratcher. This article documents our Redskins' legend Nick Sundberg's long history of playing through all kinds of injuries and ailments. Then the article mentions something odd. Last season Nick battled staph infection. What? Our snapper had an infection that is most commonly transmitted by touching the same surfaces as someone with staph (or by direct human contact) and is most frequently spread in areas used by many people, such as locker rooms. That's the guy we had handling the ball!? Whoa! Sundberg is tough but for my money he doesn't displace the guy on the other end of that ball, Sav Rocca, as the toughest guy on our team. (But we already knew that, didn't we?)
Isaac Sopoaga Injury And The 49ers Defensive Line
We break down the news that 49ers NT Isaac Sopoaga has reportedly suffered a staph infection.
Cole Escovedo vs. Renan Barao Booked for UFC 130
Veteran featherweight and bantamweight fighter, Cole "Apache Kid" Escovedo has finally been offered a UFC contract, and will face Renan Barao at UFC 130 in May.
Paging Dr. Cox, the Nevada Athletic Commission needs your help
Paging Dr. Cox, the Nevada Athletic Commission Needs your Help
"The doctors and the Commission were aware and repeatedly examined the red mark on Matt's back....
"The doctors and the Commission were aware and repeatedly examined the red mark on Matt's back. They concluded that it was healing and hardened to the point that it posed no threat to Matt or anyone else inside the Octagon." Duff Holmes(Matt Hamill's manager) tells MMAFighting Why The Doctor's Allowed Hamill To Fight With Staph.
It's a bad thing that the NSAC reminds us of Monty Python
NSAC: "Bring Out Your Dead"
Hammer camp: Commission docs said Matt Hamill's staph 'posed no threat' to anyone at TUF 11 Finale
Hammer camp: Commission docs said Matt Hamill's staph 'posed no threat' to anyone at TUF 11 Finale
Doctor: Hamill Fighting With Staph Infection a "Poor Medical Decision"
UFC fighter Matt Hamill fought at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale with a raging staph infection. Doctor Johnny Benjamin says the decision to allow Hamill in the cage was dangerous for all the other fighters competing that night.
