Lindsey Vonn Almost Lost Her Leg After Winter Olympics Crash

From Chuck Schilken: Lindsey Vonn says her near limb almost needed to beryllium amputated pursuing her horrific crash while competing astatine nan Milan-Cortina Olympics this month.

In a video posted to Instagram connected Monday, nan U.S. skis racing fable said she has been released from nan infirmary much than 2 weeks aft suffering a analyzable tibia fracture and different harm that led to compartment syndrome successful nan leg.

Vonn credited Dr. Tom Hackett, an orthopedic surgeon who useful for Vonn and Team USA, for redeeming nan leg. She besides gave indirect in installments to nan complete rupture of nan anterior cruciate ligament successful her near knee that occurred during different clang connected Jan. 30, conscionable a week earlier nan commencement of nan Winter Olympics.

“I ever talk astir everything happens for a reason,” Vonn said. “If I hadn’t torn my ACL ... Tom wouldn’t person been there. He wouldn’t person been capable to prevention my leg.”

Vonn has won 84 World Cup races and 3 Olympic medals, including golden successful nan downhill astatine nan 2010 Vancouver Games. She returned to competitory skiing past twelvemonth aft a six-year hiatus. Vonn did not let nan torn ACL to forestall her from competing successful what she has called her “fifth and last Olympics.”

Despite completing aggregate trial runs, Vonn lasted 13 seconds successful nan Feb. 8 downhill title earlier she crashed. She was airlifted from nan Olimpia delle Tofane people successful Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

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Kyle Tucker is fresh to contribute

From Jack Vita: There are expectations surrounding caller Dodgers correct fielder Kyle Tucker — not astonishing for personification pinch a four-year, $240-million contract.

But first things first.

“Last twelvemonth I sewage 1 deed successful spring, truthful hopefully I get much than that,” Tucker said, sharing a laughter pinch reporters aft grounding retired and stepping successful 2 sheet appearances successful his Cactus League debut Sunday. “So, that’s nan goal. But I mean, conscionable emotion comfortable.”

In a clubhouse afloat of superstar players, nan emotion seems communal pinch his teammates.

“I’m gladsome he’s pinch us,” Dodgers catcher Will Smith said, adding: “There mightiness beryllium different superstars connected this team, but it’s not really anyone’s attraction here. It’s each astir getting successful each day, moving hard, helping america triumph a ballgame that time and moving toward nan eventual extremity of winning nan World Series.”

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Mayweather-Pacquiao II

From Chuck Schilken: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao made boxing history successful 2015. More than a decade later, nan 2 legends are hoping to do it again.

The aging greats will person their rematch Sept. 19 unrecorded connected Netflix successful nan first boxing lucifer held astatine nan Las Vegas Sphere.

Mayweather defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision connected May 2, 2015 successful nan “Fight of nan Century” astatine nan MGM Grand Garden Arena successful Las Vegas. That conflict generated 4.6 cardinal pay-per-view buys and a unrecorded gross of $72 million, some of which are records.

It was a long-awaited matchup betwixt 2 of nan biggest names successful nan boxing world that yet earned Mayweather nan World Boxing Council, World Boxing Assn. and World Boxing Organization welterweight titles.

“I already fought and hit Manny once,” Mayweather said successful a connection released by Netflix. “This clip will beryllium nan aforesaid result.”

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This time successful sports history

1960 — Bill Cleary’s 4 goals lead nan United States to a 9-1 triumph complete West Germany successful nan lucky title information of nan Winter Olympics successful Squaw Valley, Calif.

1967 — Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia shoots 18-for-18 from nan section against nan Baltimore Bullets, an NBA grounds for section goals successful a crippled without a miss.

1978 — Kevin Porter of nan New Jersey Nets sets an NBA grounds pinch 29 assists successful a 126-112 triumph complete nan Houston Rockets.

1980 — The United States lucky squad wins nan golden badge pinch a 4-2 triumph complete Finland astatine nan Winter Olympics successful Lake Placid, N.Y.

1982 — Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th extremity of play en way to 92.

1985 — Jim Kelly of nan Houston Gamblers passes for a USFL-record 574 yards and 5 touchdowns successful a 34-33 comeback-win complete nan Los Angeles Express. Kelly completes 35 of 54 passes, including 3 for touchdowns successful nan last 10 minutes.

1988 — An unprecedented victor of nan 90-and 70-meter individual events, Matti Nykanen becomes nan Winter Olympics’ first triple golden medalist successful Nordic skiing erstwhile Finland wins nan caller 90-meter squad skis jumping event.

1993 — Steve Yzerman of nan Detroit Red Wings scores his profession constituent pinch 2 goals and 2 assists successful a 10-7 nonaccomplishment to Buffalo Sabres.

1994 — Lipscomb’s John Pierce becomes assemblage basketball’s profession scoring leader pinch 33 points successful his regular-season finale, a 119-102 triumph complete Cumberland. Pierce’s 4,110 points break erstwhile roommate Phil Hutcheson’s grounds of 4,106.

2002 — Svetlana Feofanova breaks nan rod vault indoor world grounds for nan 4th clip this month, clearing 15 feet, 6 1/2 inches astatine nan Gaz de France meet.

2002 — Canada thumps nan United States 5-2 for nan golden badge successful men’s lucky astatine nan Winter Olympics. It’s nan seventh clip Canada has won nan golden successful its nationalist sport, but nan first since 1952.

2006 — Julia Mancuso earns a stunning triumph successful nan elephantine slalom to salvage a disappointing Olympics for nan U.S. women successful their last Alpine arena of nan Turin Games. Mancuso gives nan American women their first Olympic Alpine badge since Picabo Street’s golden successful nan super-G astatine nan 1998 Nagano Games.

2012 — Missy Parkin becomes nan first female to scope nan lucifer play finals successful nan 69th U.S Open astatine Brunswick Zone-Carolier. Shafer, a 25-year Professional Bowlers Assn. Tour veteran, completes nan 26-game qualifying information of nan U.S. Open pinch a full of 5,825 pins, averaging astatine a 224.04 pace.

2018 — Ester Ledecka wins nan 2nd limb of an unheard-of Olympic double, taking nan golden badge successful snowboarding’s parallel elephantine slalom to spell pinch her astonishment skiing triumph successful nan Alpine super-G earlier successful nan games. The Czech prima is nan first to triumph golden medals successful some sports.

2018 — The United States wins nan Olympic golden badge successful men’s curling successful a decisive upset of Sweden. John Shuster skips nan United States to a 10-7 triumph for only nan 2nd curling badge successful U.S. history.

2020 — Memorial work for NBA prima Kobe Byrant held astatine nan Staples Center successful Los Angeles.

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