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Vonn Has Surgery After Crash Ends Comeback
Vonn Undergoes Operation
After 'Heartbreaking' Crash
2026 olympics
Feb 8, 2026 5:00 PM CST

Vonn Undergoes Operation After 'Heartbreaking' Crash

World Cup champion fractured her leg in comeback attempt

(Newser) - Champion skier Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery to stabilize a fracture in her left leg in Italy on Sunday after she lost control and crashed horrifically during a downhill race at the Winter Olympics, silencing a crowd that included her father. She was airlifted to a clinic in Cortina, then moved...

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After Crash
Lindsey Vonn Airlifted
From Course After 2nd Crash
2026 Olympics
Feb 8, 2026 7:13 AM CST

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After 2nd Crash

US skier's comeback attempt at 41 is over

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn's comeback bid from a serious fall nine days ago lasted only 13 seconds on Sunday: The 41-year-old Team USA legend was again airlifted to the hospital after crashing on the Olympia delle Tofane slope at the Winter Olympics in Italy, reports USA Today . Vonn, who ruptured her...

Kate Beckinsale's Lawsuit Is 'Quite Something'

Actor says producers behind Canary Black didn't provide safe working conditions, leaving her injured

(Newser) - Kate Beckinsale's action flick Canary Black debuted last year on Amazon Prime, but her involvement in it isn't quite done. Per Variety , the 51-year-old actor, who plays a CIA operative being chased by terrorists, is suing the movie's producers for unsafe working conditions while they were filming...

His Knee Injury Was So Bad ESPN Wouldn't Air Replay

Browns star running back Nick Chubb is out for the season

(Newser) - The play looked as ordinary as could be , except that Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb could not get up afterward. Then ESPN announcer Joe Buck provided the first hint of real trouble at the Monday night game: "I'm told the replay of Nick Chubb getting injured is...

Someone Celebrated His Baseball Win a Little Too Hard

Mets closer Edwin Diaz may be out for season after hurting knee in World Baseball Classic celebration

(Newser) - New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz suffered a possibly season-ending injury Wednesday at a World Baseball Classic game, but it wasn't during the game itself. The Wall Street Journal reports that Diaz, 28, finished off the ninth inning during the international tournament in Miami for Puerto Rico's 5-2...

Ongoing Issue Leads Pope to Nix Africa Trip

Vatican said it was canceled on doctors' orders

(Newser) - Pope Francis canceled a planned July trip to Africa on doctors' orders because of ongoing knee problems, the Vatican said Friday, dashing hopes of the faithful there and raising further questions about the health and mobility problems of the 85-year-old pontiff. The Vatican said the July 2-7 trip to Congo...

3-Year-Old Skins Knee, Ends Up Losing Both Legs

'He wasn't supposed to make it'

(Newser) - Kids skin their knees all the time, only to be fixed by a Band-Aid and a hug. Unfortunately, that did not suffice in a devastating case out of California. After skinning his knee in October, 3-year-old Beauden Baumkirchner underwent at least 18 surgeries over two months spent in an intensive...

Report: Chicago Bear Hurt So Badly He Could Lose Leg

Vascular surgeons reportedly operated on Zach Miller Sunday night

(Newser) - Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller suffered an ugly-looking knee dislocation in Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints, but according to an ESPN report, the reality is even uglier. The network reports that a "regular dislocation" would be considered "serious," but sources tell the network'...

Lindsey Vonn: I'm Skipping Olympics

After latest fall, she's pulling out of Sochi

(Newser) - Turns out that February crash will sideline Lindsey Vonn for the Sochi Olympics after all, despite her promises to the contrary and a successful surgery . "I am devastated to announce that I will not be able to compete in Sochi," Vonn wrote on Facebook today. "I did...

Most Popular Knee Surgery Is a Big Waste for Many
Most Popular Knee Surgery
Is a Big Waste for Many
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 29, 2013 7:14 AM CST

Most Popular Knee Surgery Is a Big Waste for Many

Study: arthroscopic surgery as good as fake surgery for some meniscus tears

(Newser) - If you're anticipating having arthroscopic surgery in the new year to fix your torn meniscus, bad news for you: A new study found the procedure is, for many, as effective as ... fake surgery. That could have big implications, considering the US spends an estimated $4 billion a year on...

Lindsey Vonn's Surgery a Success

And she got a ride home from Tiger Woods

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn just took the first step toward recuperating in time for the Olympics : The surgery she had yesterday to repair torn knee ligaments and a fractured shin was successful, her doctor says, adding that he's optimistic she'll recover fully. In slightly less imporant news, People reports that...

Pie in the Face Leads to Disabled List

Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan injured while celebrating

(Newser) - It's always funny till somebody gets hurt—and that goes for professional baseball players hitting teammates in the face with shaving cream pies while they're giving postgame interviews. Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins is on the 15-day disabled list and may need knee surgery thanks to a pie-ing that...

Shakira Imitator Can't Sue Bar
 Shakira Imitator 
 Can't Sue Bar 

shake it, don't break it
Oct 23, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Shakira Imitator Can't Sue Bar

Shake it and break it? You're on your own, court rules

(Newser) - A woman who says she shredded knee ligaments when she fell during a “Shake it Like Shakira” contest can't sue the New York bar that staged the competition. Calico Jack’s Cantina is off the hook after Megan Zacher's lawyer failed to convince a judge the bar “knew...

Brady, in Return, Rallies Patriots Past Bills

(Newser) - Quarterback Tom Brady, in his first game since missing almost all of last season with a knee injury, threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:06 to lead the New England Patriots to a comeback 25-24 victory over the visiting Buffalo Bills tonight, the Boston Herald reports. Brady, 32,...

Defending-Champ Steelers Work OT to Beat Titans

(Newser) - The Pittsburgh Steelers got a 33-yard field goal from Jeff Reed 4½ minutes into overtime tonight to beat the visiting Tennessee Titans, 13-10, in the first game of the NFL season. It was an uneven performance for the defending champions, the Post-Gazette reports; Pittsburgh also lost Pro Bowl safety Troy...

Gimpy Venus Needs Big Comeback to Advance
Gimpy Venus Needs
Big Comeback to Advance
US OPEN
Aug 31, 2009 10:29 PM CDT

Gimpy Venus Needs Big Comeback to Advance

Third-seeded Williams rallies to beat 47th-ranked Russian in three sets

(Newser) - Quite close to losing in the US Open's first round for the first time, Williams came all the way back from a set and a break down to beat 47th-ranked Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 tonight. The No. 3-seeded Williams, twice the champion at Flushing Meadows, had...

Running May Be Good for Knees

Runners' 'motion groove' can prevents arthritis in old age

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom holds that running will eventually trash your knees by wearing down their cartilage, ultimately leading to arthritis. But that may have to be revised: Recent studies suggest that runners may have healthier knees in old age than their sedentary peers, reports Gretchen Reynolds for the New York Times....

Injured Nadal Won't Defend Wimbledon Title

(Newser) - Rafael Nadal announced today that he will not defend his Wimbledon title, the BBC reports. A nagging knee injury and losses in exhibitions today and yesterday appear to have convinced the world’s No. 1 tennis player to bow out of the tournament, to begin Monday. “He is having...

Inspire Us, Tiger
 Inspire Us, Tiger 
OPINION
Feb 27, 2009 9:23 AM CST

Inspire Us, Tiger

(Newser) - Ignore the nonstop gloom and doom of economic news to consider a wonderful thing: Tiger Woods is playing golf again. Woods has been rehabbing his left knee since just after his gutsy 2008 US Open win settled forever the question of whether a golfer could be called an “athlete,...

Everyone, Even Tiger, Is Watching That New Knee

Golf great is optimistic about return, but no more sure than the rest of us

(Newser) - As Tiger Woods returns to golf today after an 8-month hiatus, the big question is how his surgically repaired left knee will hold out, the Miami Herald reports. If the injury that had plagued him for years is really fixed, could Tiger’s swing become even more fearsome? “I’...

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