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...American midfielder Peter Predun may be lost indefinitely to the Crimson--Predun suffered a bone chip and possibly a severed tendon in his thumb when the Brown goalie delivered a late hit in the third quarter. Predun finished the game despite the injury. Bruin goalie Meister received an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play...
...White House East Room; while dancing with Ballerina Patricia McBride, he soared so high in a flashing cabriole that his head very nearly collided with a massive crystal chandelier. Surviving that, Baryshnikov, alas, was unexpectedly hobbled by a familiar dancer's affliction, an aggravated Achilles' tendon, and forced to miss his final performances...
Pappy Hunt's thinclads entered three relays; but when Pat Gopaul pulled her achilles tendon in the 4 X 200-meter relay, the squad also had to pull out of the mile relay, leaving the two mile as Harvard's only relay event. Gopaul is expected back for the Easterns...
...addition to the three problems on defense, several other minor ailments plague the team. Tough second-team offensive tackle Brian Silvey will have to sit out several weeks with a cast on his damaged achilles tendon, and split end John MacLeod remains hampered with a sprained ankle...
...quarters that often lead to unpremeditated mayhem. But both games involve cutting movement, sharp changes of direction and sudden stops that can cause injuries to knee and ankle. Says Berson: "The knee joint really wasn't designed for these movements." Ankle sprains are common, especially in women whose tendons and ligaments have been stressed by years of wearing high-heeled shoes. Then there are ruptures of the Achilles tendon. In the unconditioned, the unexpected force exerted by rapid movements sometimes causes the tendon, which runs from the muscle in back of the leg down to the heel, to snap...