Friday, August 17, 2007

What's Behind Sportsmen Injuries

*Adam Eaton (baseball pitcher) apparently stabbed himself while attempting to open a DVD.
*Wade Boggs (baseball) missed several games for the Winston-Salem Red Sox after hurting himself putting on his cowboy boots.
*Dave Beasant (former England goalkeeper) ruptured his ankle ligaments avoiding a falling bottle of salad cream he had just taken out of his fridge. He was injured for two months.
*David James (England goalkeeper) pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for a TV remote control.
*Santiago Canizares (Spain's World Cup goalkeeper) missed the matches after he had dropped a bottle of cologne on his foot and injured it.
*Rio Ferdinand (England defender) injured a tendon behind his knee while watching TV with his foot up on a coffee table.
*Derek Pringle (former England cricketer) sat down to write a letter before a Test match and stretched back only to put his back out.
*Sam Torrance (former Ryder Cup golfer) fractured his sternum when he fell over a plant pot whilst sleepwalking.

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