N.BA. Roundup: Tonsillitis Knocks Oden Out of Summer League
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Portland center Greg Oden, the top pick in last monthâs N.B.A. draft, needs to have his tonsils removed and is expected to miss the rest of the Trail Blazersâ summer-league games.
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The Phillies ended months of speculation when they announced the dismissal of manager Larry Bowa before Saturday&#39;s game against the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park.
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Twice league MVP Steve Nash of the  Phoenix Suns was ruled out the NBA All-Star game because of a  sore shoulder on Monday.
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Greg Oden's highly anticipated NBA rookie season ended before it even started. Exploratory micro-fracture arthroscopic surgery performed on the heralded Portland Trail Blazers center yesterday revealed cartilage damage in his right knee. The top pick in the 2007 NBA Draft will likely miss the 2007-08 season. The 19-year-old is expected to be on crutches for up to eight weeks and ...
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FOXBOROUGH -- He needed a long hit of mouthwash when the festivities at Gillette Stadium were over yesterday.
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Sammy Sosa was out of the lineup against the Montreal Expos yesterday because of bursitis in his right hip. And his replacement, Ben Grieve, was injured while making a catch.
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Greg Oden, the top pick in this yearâs N.B.A. draft, will likely miss his first season after surgery on his knee Thursday.
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By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 17--INDIANAPOLIS -- Greg Oden had five blocked shots for the second  time in three college games yesterday.   His total impact on Ohio State's 72-50 victory over Cincinnati in the  Wooden Tradition was impossible to quantify.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Jon Kitna's mouth just about drooped off his chin. He appeared to be wearing "Vacancy" signs for eyes, though it was impossible to tell for sure because they were enshrouded by fog. His posture was agonizingly erect, as if he were trying to bear the unbearable.
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Trail Blazers center Greg Oden will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery this week because of pain in his right knee. A timetable for Odenâs return will be set following the surgery.
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The Boston Cannons lost their last regular-season game but it really didn't matter. They had already clinched a spot in the Major League Lacrosse playoffs. What mattered was that attackman Conor Gill went down with a left knee injury in the fourth quarter and was out for the rest of the game.
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Basketball Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden , the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery this week because of pain in his right knee. An MRI taken last week showed Oden may have some cartilage problems, general manager Kevin Pritchard said. A timetable for Oden's return will be set following the surgery, which will ...
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The team learned on Monday that full-back Jon Ritchie will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
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The New Jersey Nets have placed guard Ron Mercer on the injured list and have signed forward Jerome Moiso. Mercer played in the first three games of the season before injuring his left knee.
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Brian Winters is out as coach of the Indiana Fever after leading the team to the WNBA Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three years.
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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Juan EncarnaciÃ³n will miss the remainder of the season, and his career is in jeopardy after he sustained multiple fractures of his left eye socket when struck by a foul ball Friday night.The 31-year-old EncarnaciÃ³n was hospitalized for continued observation, evaluation and treatment. The team said in a statement that the long-term prognosis was âundetermined at this time.â.
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Number one overall draft pick Greg Oden said on Thursday he was heartbroken about missing the entire NBA season because of injury but vowed to become the best benchwarmer possible.