“Now, Victor is a powerful boy, and even his sneezes are powerful.”

Sammy Sosa strained his back ligaments in 2004 by sneezing, rendering him unable to play for 15 days. In 2015, Lindsey Vonn was hospitalized after she hurt her thumb breaking up a fight between her dogs. Michael Jordan severed a tendon in his finger in 1999 while cutting a cigar. Glenallen Hill, an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, ended up with cuts and carpet burns after he tried to escape spiders in a nightmare in 1990. And in 1996, Bruce Walker, a defensive lineman for the New England Patriots, wound up with a chest injury while playing catch with a knife.

Last week, Croix Bethune, a midfielder for the Washington Spirit, injured her knee after she threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals game. She will miss the remainder of the National Women’s Soccer League season.

  • ThePowerOfGeek
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    222 months ago

    Back in the early 2000s, Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman pulled his back by reaching for his TV remote control. He was out for a few weeks as a result.

  • @foggy
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    72 months ago

    I once threw out my back taking a bong rip.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 months ago

    I sprained my neck when I was around 13, when I turned my head to look out the back of a car window. So lame and weird.

    Also, my uncle broke his collar bone throwing a ball when he was a kid.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    -132 months ago

    The only reason this is oniony is athletes aren’t expected to be in their forties

    • @SuperIce
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      2 months ago

      The athlete the article is talking about is 26