The United States World Cup team made it to South Africa just a few days ago and already they have an injured player – just nine days prior to the commencement the team’s opening game. Starting forward for the U.S. team and one of the youngest players for the U.S. team, Jozy Altidore from Villareal suffered a mild sprain injury to his ankle during practice this past Wednesday.

20-year-old Altidore did not participate in Thursday’s practice with the team and his status is considered to be on a day-to-day basis right now. However, Altidore was taken to the hospital and admitted for X-Rays. The X-Rays turned out to be negative, though. Since the X-Rays were negative, it seems that Altidore just has a mild sprain to his ankle. Continue Reading…

Activated from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday for the San Diego Padres was outfielder Scott Hairston. Hairston was first placed on the 15-day DL on May 16 due to a left hamstring strain. This activation comes just prior to the commencement of the final game of the series against the New York Mets.

The outfielder’s injury initially came the day before being placed on the DL when he was attempting to catch a line drive in the games against Dodgers, which the Padres loss. Before his placement on the disabled list, Hairston had participated in a total of 32 games, was hitting .247, and had posted two home runs as well as 14 RBI’s. Continue Reading…

Coach Bob Bradley for the United States World Cup team made the final cuts to the 30-man roster last week and narrowed it down to the final 23-man roster.

Edson Buddle is one of the players that made the final cut and was in complete disbelief. If you would have asked him a couple months ago if he thought he would even be a candidate for the World Cup, he would have said no. Now, that the truth is right in front of him, it’s still hard for him to believe. Continue Reading…

The Seattle Seahawks made an announcement today that they have signed TE Anthony McCoy, draft pick from the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft, to a multi-year contract deal. The terms of the deal were not released when the announcement was made on Tuesday; however, there was a post on the National Football Post saying that the deal was a $1.895 million four-year contract.

22-year-old tight end McCoy was drafted in this year’s draft as the 185th overall pick coming from USC, where McCoy spent time with Pete Carroll, who is the current coach for the Seattle Seahawks. Continue Reading…

Marlin Jackson, safety and defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles has ruptured his right Achilles tendon. The injury occurred Tuesday during the team’s practice. Jackson apparently left the field in tears and was unsure of the extent of the injury and what exactly the injury was.

26-year-old Marlin Jackson is a newcomer for the Eagles as he was a free agent this past March until he signed a two-year contract deal with Philadelphia. Continue Reading…

It has been 18 games since Brad Lidge has played a game with the Philadelphia Phillies. Monday, prior to the commencement of the game against Atlanta, the Phillies activated the right-handed closer from the disabled list where he was placed after experiencing stiffness in his elbow.

At the beginning of this year, in January, Lidge’s elbow was operated on. He made an appearance in a game on April 30, but his was still experiencing some stiffness in his elbow. He underwent an MRI early in May that revealed that there no current structural damage but he needed to rest in order to fully recuperate and to do so properly. Continue Reading…

Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers will more than likely go on the disabled list come this Tuesday. It appears after some examination, he has mild inflammation in his left rotator cuff.

In Sunday’s game against the Twins, Holland felt some numbness in his left hand and was immediately removed from the game in the second inning. He had thrown a little more than 40 pitches and was examined Monday by Dr. Keith Meister. He is expected to be off the field for anywhere up to five days at which time he will probably commence a throwing program. Continue Reading…

Yup, you read the title right. The Boston Red Sox activated Jacoby Ellsbury from the disabled list just a few days ago on May 22 and now he is already headed back to the DL. He is being placed on the 15-day DL due to an injury to his ribs. The injury is the same one that landed him on the disabled list in April.

Last month, April 11, Ellsbury came in contact with Adrian Beltre, third baseman, which caused Ellsbury to suffer from hairline fractures on four of his ribs. Continue Reading…

Ryan Newman, U.S. Army No. 39 of Stewart-Haas Racing, captured the pole with success yesterday in the qualifying for this Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He didn’t get the pole without being nervous though.

Newman watched other drivers that qualified before him and he realized that to be his fastest he would need to hug the wall. This is not something that you see Newman doing very often so it did trigger a bit of uneasiness inside him. However, he decided to do what he needed to do and he captured the pole position. Continue Reading…

It seems that Ben Roethlisberger has shown some impressive progress, or at least to Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL. Goodell is so satisfied with Roethlisberger’s improvement in his behavioral sessions that he is allowing him to return to practice sessions with the Pittsburgh Steelers as early as next week.

Roethlisberger was suspended for a total of six games without pay earlier this year. He was initially suspended due to allegedly violating terms within the NFL’s personal conduct policy. He was then required to participate in behavioral evaluations. This all steamed from a sexual assault case in Georgia. Continue Reading…