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USC Star Recovering After Surgery on Crushed Throat

Tailback suffered mishap in weight room

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 29, 2009 4:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – USC tailback Stafon Johnson is in critical but stable condition and communicating nonverbally after surgery to repair a horrific weightlifting injury. Teammates say Johnson was bench-pressing yesterday and accidentally dropped the bar on his throat. After 7-plus hours of surgery, during which doctors realigned Johnson’...   Read full story »

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