Clot in Brain Sidelines Penn St. Guard
689921
Penn State starting guard Marlon Smith is expected to miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a partial blockage of an artery in his brain.
763080
Chris Thomas, Notre Dame's leading scorer at 14.7 points a game, didn't play in the second half against St. John's on Saturday after he sustained a concussion in the final seconds of the first half.
720915
MINNEAPOLIS -- Laurence Maroney ran for 144 yards and a touchdown and No. 18 Minnesota overcame Penn State's scrappy defense to beat the Nittany Lions, 16-7, last night.
748516
ESPN is reporting that the former Philadelphia Eagle, Green Bay Packer and Carolina Panther had a massive heart attack Sunday morning.
549214
A serious car accident in 2004 ended defensive end Rashawn Ricks's career as a player. But it hasnÂt stopped him from being a significant contributor on the sidelines for Rutgers.
25911
PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Offensive lineman Shawn Andrews, Philadelphia&#39;s No. 1 draft pick this year, suffered a fractured right leg in Sunday&#39;s game against the New York Giants.
626752
NEW YORK  - High school football players have more than three-times the risk of having a catastrophic head injury compared with players at the college level, a new study shows.
607393
He is listed as questionable for Boston College's nationally televised home opener against Penn State tomorrow night. But yesterday, Jeremy Trueblood expressed his intent to play against the Nittany Lions after the junior left tackle practiced for the first time since injuring his left knee and ankle in the second quarter of BC's 19-11 victory last Thursday at Ball State.
750583
A magnetic resonance imaging exam Monday revealed a serious left knee injury for safety Mike Brown. Defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek also seriously hurt his left knee.
188036
HERKIMER, NY -- A former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers led troopers on a 40-mile high-speed today before driving into oncoming traffic and dying in a fiery head-on collision with a tanker truck.
389338
In his fourth NFL season, Kendrell Bell is reliving his sophomore jinx. The playmaking inside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers will miss at least the next two games with what is now being called a sports hernia.
458554
The blood clots that went from Aaron Cook's shoulder to his lungs might threaten his career.
105784
Pittsburgh Penguins star center Sidney Crosby sprained an ankle while crashing into the rear boards leg-first midway through the first period of a 3-0 home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night and will be sidelined indefinitely.
611863
PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Steelers  defense suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the team placed  Pro Bowl nose tackle Casey Hampton and safety Mike Logan on the  reserved/injured list, effectively ending the season for both  players.
409604
Penn State starting quarterback Zack Mills may miss Saturday&#39;s game against Ohio State because of the lingering effects of a concussion.
435386
Penn State linebacker Paul Posluszny and Southern California receiver Dwayne Jarrett overcame adversity to become two-time Associated Press All-Americans.
62648
Troy Vincent recalls going back to the huddle and forgetting to look at the sideline for the play, even though it was his job to relay the signal. He mentions the days after one concussion when he couldn't remember phone numbers and kept thinking his car was running. When he sees clips of himself knocked unconscious, he cringes.