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Joey Gallo Foul Ball Bonks Fan In Head

Joey Gallo’s known for crushing it, and the Rangers slugger nearly tallied up another dinger with this bomb that landed just wide of the foul pole—and directly into one fan’s noggin.

Chris Iannetta Hospitalized After Taking Fastball To The Face

Diamondbacks catcher Chris Iannetta had a scare Friday night when he took a 93-mph fastball directly to the face, laying him out and giving him a terrifyingly bloodied nose:

Where's A Bad Place To Crash Your Drone?

Right in the middle of a bike race!

Steven Adams Annihilated Patrick Beverley

NUPE IT.

Dale Scott Immobilized, Taken Off Field On Stretcher After Taking Foul Tip To The Face

Dale Scott left the field in Toronto tonight on a stretcher as the 31-year veteran umpire took a foul tip directly to the face.

Keon Broxton Hit In The Head By Pitch: Helmet Flap "Saved My Life"

Today’s Brewers-Rockies game got a bit frightening in the second inning when Keon Broxton was hit in the head by a pitch. The 92 mph fastball from Antonio Senzatela struck the outfielder squarely on the side flap of his helmet, taking him down instantly. (A slo-mo replay makes it appear that the pitch forced the flap…

Stephen Piscotty Had An Extremely Painful Inning

Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty had a great day yesterday, signing a six-year extension with St. Louis the day after beating the Cubs on national television. He had the opposite sort of day today, as he had to leave the Cards’ game early with a head contusion after getting hit by a trio of baseballs thrown by…

Stars Player Hospitalized After High Stick To The Face

Dallas Stars forward Curtis McKenzie left a trail of blood on the ice after the Bruins’ Kevan Miller high-sticked him in the third period of Thursday’s 2-0 Boston win.

Eddie Lack Stretchered Off Ice After Getting Wrecked While Giving Up OT Goal

The Carolina Hurricanes lost in dramatic fashion tonight, falling 4-3 to the Red Wings in overtime. Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack got flattened by Andreas Athanasiou as he scored the winner, and he had to be stretchered off the ice.

Logan Couture Ate A Puck And Lost A Tooth

Sharks center Logan Couture could miss some time after taking a deflected puck to the mouth in Saturday’s 7-2 loss to the Predators.

Dong Hits Man In Dong

Yurendell de Caster bashed a two-run homer in Wednesday’s World Baseball Classic game to give the Netherlands a 7-0 lead over Cuba. The shot also crunched a fan’s crotch.

Cricket Man Takes Ball Right To The Googly

West Indies batsman Jonathan Carter spent several minutes on the ground in agony after inside-edging himself right in the nuts during his squad’s one-day international against England today in Barbados. Yowza! The Guardian’s live blog put it thusly:

Cycling Team Derailed By Disintegrating Wheels

Team Sky have spent the past few weeks embroiled in one of the biggest doping controversies the sport has seen since Lance Armstrong, and this morning, their on-road fate has ominously aligned with the team’s image. Sky are usually one of the best team time trial squads out there and they’ve taken TTT’s at multiple…

American Cup Interrupted By Injury To Dutch Groin

Bart Deurloo of the Netherlands had a painful interruption to his pommel horse routine at today’s American Cup—coming down hard on the corner of the horse, groin-first.

Michael Beasley Leaves Game After Gross-Looking Knee Injury [Graphic]

The Bucks have played the Cavaliers tough this year, and they somehow ended the first half against Cleveland up by two. They had to play a bit of the half without Michael Beasley, after his leg buckled and he had to leave the game with a knee injury. The Bucks announced that he’d suffered a left knee sprain and…

Jusuf Nurkić Loses Two Teeth, Misses Zero Minutes

P.J. Tucker managed to both draw a personal foul on Jusuf Nurkić and commit a technical on him as the Blazers big man had two teeth knocked out by the Raptors swingman—teeth Nurkić had to later hand over to the team trainer:

Buddy Hield Ejected For Brutal Nutshot On DeMarcus Cousins

NOOO. Buddy, you can’t do that. It’ll earn you an ejection every time, and shared pain among many, many men.

Aleix Vidal Stretchered Off After Horrible Ankle Injury At End Of 6-0 Match

Barcelona butchered Deportivo Alavés 6-0 today, but lost their right back as Aleix Vidal had to be stretchered off following a nasty ankle injury following a tackle in the 87th minute.

The Only Thing Worse Than Getting Dropped During A Cheerleading Routine Is Getting Dropped Again On Your Way Off The Floor

If at first you don’t succeed, make sure that whoever is responsible for carrying you to safety doesn’t drop you accidentally trip and body slam you.

Canada Loses Davis Cup Tie To Great Britain After Player Drills Umpire In The Face

Canada lost its Davis Cup tie to Great Britain 3-2 after Denis Shapovalov accidentally drilled the chair umpire in the face with a ball in reaction to losing a point.

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Skiing Guy Flies Off Cliff, Lives To Tell The Tale

Gotta score this round for gravity.

Ryan Mason Stable And Speaking After Breaking His Skull Going Up For A Header

Just 13 minutes into Hull City’s Premier League match against Chelsea yesterday, Hull midfielder Ryan Mason went up for a header in the box. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill rushed to intercept the ball, but instead, he smashed into Mason’s head, immediately sending him to the ground.

Cyclist Takes Nosedive Into A Ravine, Films The Whole Thing

Road cycling season started this week with the Tour Down Under (it’s in Australia, which, duh), and it began without Spanish superstar Joaquim Rodriguez for the first time in 16 years. Rodriguez was waffling on whether or not to ride for Bahrain-Merida, but ultimately decided not to.

Matt Moore Knocked Out Of Game Briefly By Bud Dupree Hit

Bud Dupree’s crushing, and penalized, hit on Matt Moore knocked the Dolphins quarterback out of the game for a play as Miami attempted to come back from a 20-3 deficit in Pittsburgh.

Cricket Player Gets His Genitals Wrecked

Australian cricketer Hilton Cartwright was tasked with standing in the silly point position—a spot just a few feet away from the batsman—during a Test match against Pakistan today. Cartwright’s corn cob ended up paying a heavy price:

2017: The Year Virtual Reality Became The Norm

You're No Joey Julius

Derrius Guice made Louisville kicker Blanton Creque regret every part of this tackle attempt.

Soccer Fan Takes Ball Square In The Face

A spectator at yesterday’s Porto-Feirense Portuguese league cup match learned the hard way to never look away from the match, even for a moment.

The Year In Wacky Sports Injuries

An unfortunate reality of being a sports fan is watching strangers in whom you have an emotional investment for some reason get pummeled, concussed, have their knees blown out, and have their appendages bend in ways that make you scream. Remember Teddy Bridgewater? He somehow shredded his knee so badly that his teammates were puking on the practice field.