Word: knee
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TONY BROWN, 18, BROWNING, MONT.; high school wrestler Brown survived a horrific train accident last April that resulted in the amputation of both legs below the knee. But after intensive rehab, the high school wrestler refused to give up his sport. By adjusting his skills and maneuvers, he continued to compete--without the use of his prostheses. At a state meet last month, he placed sixth out of 16 finalists at 105 lbs. His coach, Steve Komac, calls him "one of the most courageous people I've ever...
Wake Forest All-American Tim Duncan was weak with the flu and guard Tony Rutland hobbled with a knee injury, but the Demon Deacons (25-5) still rallied from 10 down in the second half...
...trying to imply that a contest in which some brute is permitted to pound his opponent into submission by nearly any means at his disposal--a knee to the groin, a stomp on the nose--is, when all is said and done, slightly wimpish. I certainly mean no disrespect to those who participate in Ultimate Fighting and may list their hobbies as "beating smart alecks to a pulp...
Every team has its share of injuries, but at times it seemed the Crimson had theirs, and then some. Defensemen Melissa Milbert and Colleen Malek missed most of the season with knee problems, cutting the Harvard blue line nearly in half. Several key players also succumbed to sporadic ailments of varied nature throughout the season...
...that the Iditarod had become a "circus" run by people who knew little about dog racing. "I have nothing to prove," Swenson told KTUU-TV in Anchorage, "There are other dog races in the world." According to Swenson, his 16-dog team didn't seem right after passing through knee-deep overflow ?- freezing slush -- while crossing a river. When he finally stopped, Swenson found Ariel, a three-year-old female, had fallen. He spent 15 minutes trying to revive her. While the cause of Ariel's death is still unkown, race officials determined that the death was preventable...