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Some injuries seem to distribute themselves differently between the sexes. Boys suffer concussions more often than girls do, no doubt because boys play more contact sports. But researchers are only beginning to understand why girls are more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a piece of connective tissue that helps hold the knee together. The difference can be dramatic. A recent study by researchers at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in Manhattan determined that adolescent female athletes were eight times as likely to injure their ACL as their male counterparts...
...what this game - all our games - have lost. Just don't let it go to your head, rummaging through the attic in search of your old football shoes. They probably won't fit anymore. And if they do, they're more likely to carry you on to an ACL injury than to the Pro Bowl...
...gave Delaney-Smith much to look forward to over the next three seasons. Another rookie, guard Niki Finelli, proved herself as one of Harvard’s most viable threats beyond the arc. Add in starting sophomore point guard Lindsay Hallion, who missed her freshman season with a torn ACL, and the Crimson played young all season long.“I’ve never in my 24 years here played this many young kids so much,” Delaney-Smith said. “This will be an entirely different team next year just because they played...
...what happens when you come out sluggish defensively against the league’s premiere post player, as Princeton’s Becky Brown buried 24 first-half points in the teams’ first meeting. Sophomore Lindsay Hallion, who missed all of her freshman season with a torn ACL, logged serious time in the point guard spot. And Emily Tay, who began the season trying to make a play with every touch, finally put it all together in a 24-point performance at Cornell. “I’ve never in my 24 years here played this...
...says. “She’s quicker than ever, she’s more confident, and we love what she’s doing on the floor.”Helping her cause will be three talented guards—sophomore Lindsay Hallion, who returns from an ACL injury, promising freshman Emily Tay, and steady senior Laura Robinson—who will man the point this season. With the departure of All-Ivy center Reka Cserny, the Crimson will employ a more aggressive, motion-oriented attack that better suits Holsey’s skills...