Kicking causes most severe injury
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Kicking is more likely to cause serious injury than fists or weapons in fights, a study shows.
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'Heart in the mouth' moments during a big football match may literally put fans' lives at risk, research shows.
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Kevin Everett's life-threatening spinal injury raises anew concerns about the dangers of the gridiron
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NEW YORK  - Body shaving and "turf burns"  seem to be two of the factors that raise football players' risk  of contracting an increasingly common antibiotic-resistant skin  infection, U.S. health officials report.
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As bruising and violent as most Sundays are around the NFL, it's hard to top last week's for physical pain.
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Women&#39;s soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and new research has linked knee injury to an increased risk of developing arthritis.
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A sprained ankle can increase the risk of developing a potentially deadly blood clot, research suggests.
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Ravens kick returner B.J. Sams breaks a bone in his lower right leg during the second quarter against Cincinnati on Thursday night.
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NFL rushing and scoring leader Priest Holmes was out for Sunday&#39;s game against the New Orleans Saints because of a knee injury and replaced by Derrick Blaylock.
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Physical play and a bruising running attack have been staples of the Hingham football team this season. Generally a smashmouth attack is not a recipe for a quick-strike offense.
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Brian Russell had no idea what hit him. A guy who routinely tackles 250-pound running backs head-on and occasionally gets pulverized by rampaging 350-pound NFL linemen for a living nearly saw his season end because of a microscopic germ. The Cleveland Browns safety was flattened by a staph infection that hospitalized him during the preseason.
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After being involved in the collision that caused the spinal cord injury of Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, Domenik Hixon became the Giantsâ top kick returner in their postseason run.
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The Patriots can be healthy or hurting. The field can be drenched or dry. The opponent might have a stingy defense or a high-scoring offense.
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IT WAS a great kick; a wondrous kick; high and long - and executed with Eyes Wide Shut. Scotlandâs rugby selectors looking for an unshakeable kicker into touch while the opposing pack thunders towards him
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: The Springboks destroy England in Paris, a defeat compounded by several injuries.
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NEW YORK  - Some knee injuries appear to  cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among  female soccer players, a new study shows.
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Some knee injuries appear to cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among female soccer players, a new study shows.