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spt_KneeInjuries[i-1].body = "In just his first tournament since knee surgery, Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in sudden death following an 18-hole playoff to win the 2008 U.S. Open. Days later it was learned that Woods had played with two stress fractures and would require season-ending knee surgery, further adding to the legend of Tiger Woods.";
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Indiana Pacers forward Al Harrington grabs his right knee after being injured in a game against the Boston Celtics on Jan. 23, 2002. Harrington missed the rest of the season with a torn ACL.";
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Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning is placed on a stretcher by paramedics after injuring his knee after colliding with an Atlanta Hawks player in the first quarter Dec. 19, 2007. It was originally thought to be Mourning's final game, but the center has talked about making a comeback.";
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Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire rebounds for his team during warmups prior to Game 7 of the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 6, 2006, in Phoenix. Stoudemire had microfracture surgery on his right knee a month prior to the game.";
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Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum grabs his leg after injuring his knee in the second half against the Memphis Grizzlies, Jan. 13, 2008. Bynum, a big factor in the Los Angeles Lakers' strong start, missed the rest of the season.";
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Baron Davis, then a freshman at UCLA, tore his ACL during an NCAA Tournament second round game against Michigan in 1998 when he fell awkwardly after a slam dunk. Davis has gone on to be one of the most injury-prone players in the NBA.";
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New York Knicks forward Bernard King, injured last March, tells the media about his current condition at a New York news conference at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, Dec. 16, 1985. The injury robbed King of much of his explosiveness, but he adapted his game and enjoyed a resurgence before finally retiring in 1993.";
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After playing just six games with Kansas State, Bill Walker suffered a season-ending knee injury. He was able to red-shirt his 2006-07 season, but he ended up declaring for the NBA Draft following the 2007-08 season anyways.";
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Bob Lanier, St. Bonaventure's all-time leading scorer, led the Bonnies all the way to the national semifinals, averaging 29 points and 16 rebounds per game. The Bonnies defeated Villanlova for the Eastern Regional title, but after scoring 18 points, Lanier suffered a season-ending knee ligament injury. Lanier went on to have five more knee surgeries throughout his NBA career.";
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Cadillac Williams is carted off the field Sept. 30, 2007 after suffering a season-ending injury to his right knee. His status for the 2008 opener has been in question, but Williams vows he will be ready.";
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During a Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Jan. 8, 2006, Carson Palmer suffered a season-ending knee injury on Cincinnati's second offensive play of the game. He tore his ACL and MCL and also had cartilage and meniscus damage.";
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Curtis Martin came up short in his bid to become the first player to start his career with 11 straight 1,000 yard seasons. His season was cut short in 2005 by a serious knee injury. He started 2006 on the physically unable to perform list and was never able to return due to a bone on bone condition in his knee.";
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Danny Manning suffered a torn ACL in his first season in the NBA in 1988 with the Los Angeles Clippers. Manning went on to average 14 points per game throughout his career, but he could never fully shake his knee problems. He became the first player to successfully return from reconstructive surgery on both knees.";
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Daunte Culpepper was already struggling during the 2005 season, but his time to make a comeback was cut short when he went down with injuries to his ACL, PCL and MCL. Culpepper wound up with the Dolphins and later the Raiders, but he was never able to recapture his explosiveness and remains an unsigned free agent.";
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After leading Oregon to a No. 2 ranking, Dennis Dixon had to leave against a game against Arizona State. He returned two weeks later against Arizona but was knocked from that game as well. It was later learned he tore his ACL against Arizona State and aggravated the injury against Arizona. Dixon missed the rest of the season and ended up being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 5th round of the NFL Draft.";
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb holds his injured right knee as he is carted from the field against the Tennessee Titans after the second play of the second quarter of Nov. 19, 2006, in Philadelphia. McNabb tore his ACL and meniscus jumping out of bounds and missed the rest of the season.";
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Six games into the 2001 season, Edgerrin James tore his ACL and missed the rest of the year. James struggled the following season, but finally regained his form in 2003.";
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Sayers tried to come back from his injury, setting the stage for his friendship with Brian Piccolo that inspired the movie Brian's Song, but he could only add two games to his breathtaking career. Sayers became the youngest player elected to the NFL Hall of Fame at 34 after setting seven NFL records and scoring 56 touchdowns in 68 games. He ran for a then-NFL record 22 of those on his way to becoming the 1965 NFL rookie of the year.";
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Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden walks off after posing for the Trail Blazers' media day Oct. 1, 2007. The 7-foot center from Ohio State has yet to play a game with his team after missing the season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery.";
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Atlanta Falcons All-Pro running back Jamal Anderson holds his right knee after hurting it in the first quarter of the Falcons' 24-7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys Sept. 20, 1999. Anderson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, going down without being touched on his third carry of the game and missed the rest of the season.";
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The Ravens were coming off a Super Bowl victory and a rookie season for Lewis that included 1,364 yards rushing when a training-camp knee injury struck before the 2001 season. Lewis rebounded to rush for more than 1,300 yards again the following season.";
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During the season opener of the 1997 season he tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee. The injury broke his streak of 189 consecutive games played. Fourteen weeks later he made his return, much earlier than doctors wanted him to. He scored a touchdown, but when he came down with the catch, he cracked the patella in his left kneecap. He was forced to miss the Pro Bowl for the first time in 11 years. However, he made a full recovery, coming back to record 82 catches for 1,157 yards and 9 touchdowns in 1998 and being named to his 12th Pro Bowl.";
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Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse is helped from the field in overtime against the New York Giants on Sept. 17, 2006. He came back in 2007 but seemed to have lost a step and couldn't regain his starting job.";
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On Oct. 27, 2007, Vilma was placed on injured reserve. He suffered a season ending knee injury during the New York Jets' Week 7 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Jets ended up trading Vilma to the New Orleans Saints.";
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Winslow, while riding his Suzuki GSX-R750 motorcycle in a community college parking lot, hit a curb at about 35 mph and was thrown from his bike. Winslow sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and was placed on the physically unable-to-perform list for the 2005 season. He has rebounded to become one of the most dominant tight ends in the NFL.";
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After playing just two games in the 2006-07 season, Kenyon Martin underwent microfracture surgery and was shut down for the rest of the season.";
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On Nov. 1, 2005, against the San Antonio Spurs, Nene suffered a serious knee injury on an awkward fall consisting of a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a sprained medial collateral ligament and a torn meniscus in his right knee during Denver's first game of the NBA season.";
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Street lost parts of seven seasons to three knee injuries before retiring in 2002. Her honors included a 1998 Olympic gold medal for the Super-G in Nagano, Japan, and the 1994 downhill silver at Lillehammer, Norway. Street also won the World Cup downhill gold in 1995 and World Cup overall downhill and World Championships downhill titles in 1996. She squeezed all these victories in between the injuries that broke up her 14 seasons as a member of the U.S. ski team.";
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On Oct. 21, 2007, the Dolphins bad season got even worse when they lost Ronnie Brown for the rest of the year after suffering a torn ACL.";
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Los Angeles Clippers' Shaun Livingston sits on a stretcher after dislocating his knee during the first quarter against the Charlotte Bobcats in Los Angeles, Feb. 26, 2007. Livingston has yet to make it back to the Clippers.";
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Shea Ralph, the 2000 NCAA Final Four MVP, went down in the Big East semifinals with a knee injury. Ralph, who twice tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, suffered the same injury in her left.";
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The Broncos won back-to-back Super Bowls and went 33-6 with Davis running for 3,758 yards and 36 touchdowns from 1998-99. He won the regular-season and Super Bowl MVP awards after the second of those seasons. Four games (and four losses) into the 1999 season, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament and partially tore his medial collateral ligament and the Broncos plummeted to 6-10.
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The Miami Hurricanes were 12-0 and McGahee was picking up momentum with 67 rushing yards and a score before tearing two ligaments in his left knee in the fourth quarter of their 31-24 loss to Ohio State in double overtime in the Fiesta Bowl. McGahee ran for a school-record 1,686 yards and 27 touchdowns heading into the national championship game. Instead of going among the first picks of the 2002 NFL draft, he fell to the 23rd pick, going to the Buffalo Bills. ";
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