Life can change in the blink of an eye. One minute you’re shooting hoops with your buddies, the next you’re wearing the rim like a championship net and laying on the ground with blood leaking from your head. Yeah that’s life… If your 13-year-old Adam Duff of the UK. Read the full story

Quarterback Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys has a broken pinky on his right hand and is expected to miss four weeks with the injury but that’s the least of his concerns right now. The team is on the verge of imploding, but it’s something that Romo’s girlfriend Jessica Simpson said that should have him scared. Read the full story

Linebacker Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers is joining Tom Brady on the sidelines after telling the team he’s going to undergo season ending knee surgery. Merriman played with two torn ligaments in his left knee in the season opener, but said he didn’t feel right and now he’s shutting it down. I wonder if he still had his party?

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Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans reportedly has a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee and is expected to miss two to four weeks. Veteran qb Kerry Collins will take over the Titans for now.

Vince Young’s injury is big news, but just as interesting is the scene on the Tennessee sideline four plays before VY was hurt. The Titans’ offense was on the field, but Vince was on the bench talking with head coach Jeff Fisher. Read the full story

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will have to throw more money at the problem next year because the team’s fading 2008 championship hopes went down with Dirk Nowitzki on Sunday. Dirk is expected to miss two weeks with what is being called a lower left leg injury.. In layman’s terms that means season killing injury. Read the full story

“I hate to quit. I’m not a quitter, I don’t like people to think, ‘She gave up.’ Maybe I worry too much about what other people say.”

I keep up with all things Serena Williams because 1) I’m secretly dating her (shhh.. Don’t tell her.), 2) Google and yahoo seem to like her, and 3) She works her way onto my radar.. Somehow some way, Serena ends up in ESPY bits and at soccer parties, or she talks.

This time Serena did her talking after retiring from her opening match in the Zurich Open. A match that she was losing 6-0, 3-0, when a sore right thigh prevented her from continuing. Serena’s my girl, and she was playing in her 3rd tournament in 3 weeks, so I’ll walk with her on this one. A lot of people probably won’t be able to do it. They’ll think she quit because she was losing, and they’ll say playing it out is better than quitting.. And with the way she was getting womanhandled, it was only gonna be another 20 minutes before Serena could have “retired”… But those people are haters, and Serena already knows she doesn’t need to worry about what they say.

Serena retires in Zurich opener. Courtesy of The Miami Herald

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The Minnesota Timberwolves’ lovable mascot Mark Madsen had successful shoulder surgery on Friday. The surgery was to repair the pectoral muscle in the right shoulder which Madsen injured during a personal watercraft accident. Madsen called the incident “an unfortunate accident” and GM Kevin McHale says it’s “an unfortunate situation”.  I say it’s Madsen being Madsen. After the problems we’ve seen athletes have with motorcycles, snowboards, and video games, it can’t be long until teams start caging the athletes on the premises after practice, after games, and during the offseason. Mark is expected to return to the lineup some time in November.

If you go to You Tube you can find a gang of jet ski accident videos but I had to roll with this one. The crash, the music cutting off, and the cussing had me on the floor.

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Madsen injured; out three months after surgery. Courtesy of The Star Tribune