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Tampa Bay Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks is sporting a pretty nasty black eye, but the explanation for the injury is a hilarious one. Fairbanks revealed that he got the injury while slam dunking on his 3-year-old son in a swimming pool, and had a great …
New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will have his injury return delayed thanks to another injury, this one of the unusual variety. Donaldson has only played five games this season due to a hamstring injury, but the veteran was thought to be …
San Francisco Giants pitcher Anthony DeSclafani exited his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier than expected on Saturday, and apparently a piano bench was to blame. DeSclafani threw just 77 pitches while allowing five hits and three earned …
The Los Angeles Dodgers can now add strange injuries to their list of woes to begin the 2023 season. Dodgers right-hander Michael Grove, who got the start on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, was forced to exit early with a groin strain. Grove …
Fans who came to watch Kevin Durant play on Wednesday got a rather unpleasant surprise. Durant was a late scratch for the Phoenix Suns’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Durant injured his left …
One San Diego Padres player suffered an unfortunate (and almost cartoonish) injury this week. The Padres revealed on Tuesday that starting pitcher Joe Musgrove broke his left big toe in a weight room accident on Monday. Musgrove suffered the injury …
Derrick White has an injury that you probably won’t see (or rather, hear about) every day. In the second quarter of Tuesday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics guard White took a shot to the left ear during a collision with …
Marcus Smart is making a troubling revelation about his infamous injury from five years ago. The Boston Celtics guard Smart told reporters in a recent interview that he still plays with some glass in his hand as a result of the 2018 incident where he …
It turns out that the players are not the only ones who can be sidelined with strange injuries. Boston Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzulla has not been with the team for the last two games. He missed Tuesday’s game against the Houston Rockets …
The Miami Heat will be without guard Duncan Robinson for Friday’s game over a bizarre injury he suffered during shootaround. According to Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Robinson suffered a hand injury when his finger got caught in a …
New York Giants safety Xavier McKinney seems to have had a little too much fun during the team’s bye week. McKinney revealed in a post to his Twitter page on Monday that he suffered a hand injury while riding an ATV in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico …
The Indiana Pacers’ season is starting off on the wrong foot … literally. Pacers center Myles Turner was a late scratch for Wednesday’s season opener against the Washington Wizards after injuring his left ankle in pregame warmups. …
Philadelphia Phillies reliever David Robertson will not pitch in the NLDS thanks to a strange injury he suffered during the second and deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series. Robertson suffered a right calf strain while jumping in the air to …
Oakland Athletics righty James Kaprielian suffered a real “Looney Tunes” moment this week. Kaprielian, who was supposed to start Friday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, was scratched just hours before the first pitch. The team …
LSU defensive lineman Maason Smith has unfortunately gone the way of Bill Gramatica. The Tigers defensive tackle was injured during Sunday’s loss to Florida State when he jumped up to celebrate a tackle for loss and landed awkwardly on his left …
The Cleveland Guardians will be without starting pitcher Zach Plesac for the foreseeable future after he hurt himself punching the ground in frustration during his last start. The Guardians placed Plesac on the IL Friday with what the team called a …
