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Phyllis Diller: Body Cast
Phyllis Diller was once injured and had to wear an upper-body cast for an openin...
Alan Hinkes: Chapati Blooper
"After great expense and preparation, British climber Alan Hinkes attempted to s...
Motor Mouth?
On October 28, 1970, the policeman leading Nixon's presidential motorcade throug...
Shoulder Level
The brillant barrister F. E. Smith once defended a bus driver against claims tha...
Scottish Striker?
During a tight match one day, Partick Thistle manager John Lambie was informed t...
British Brain Power
In November 2003, British Sea Power (BSP) reluctantly cancelled a much-anticipat...
Mama Cass: Heaven-Sent
When Ellen Naomi Cohen (aka Mama Cass) first tried to join John Phillips's band,...
Gutsy Actor
Russell Crowe, famed for doing his own stunts, sustained many injuries on the se...
Ironic Injury
Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik once fell off the roof of his apartment buil...
Jim Rose: Spoon Trick
"Circus leader Jim Rose makes a living eating light bulbs and balancing chainsaw...
Steve Sullivan: Errant Puck
During a game against the Colorado Avalanche one night (in Colorado), Chicago Bl...
Serenity Now?
As a young man, the slave Epictetus was horribly mistreated by his owner. One da...
Monster of the Midway
In the late 1960s, Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus - one of the "monsters o...
Revisionist History
In a hard-fought game against Carlisle Indian School, a soon-to-be-famous West P...
Injured Pride?
Many women growing up in the 1960s were inspired by Diana Rigg's portrayal of th...
Injuries
One day in 2001, Irish defender Gary Breen was amused to learn that a curious ca...
Mountain Man
The legendary American frontiersman Jim Bridger could often be found nursing inj...
Lambert Hillyer
One day during a rehearsal on the set of The Shock (1923), director Lambe...
Tail Boner?
In a memorable game against the St. Louis Rams in 1981, Baltimore Colts offensiv...
Crikey!
In his capacity as host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom," Greene once had an int...
Grand National (long)
"Few jockeys have been more regularly parted from their horse than the Duc of Al...
U.S. Open
In August 2002, Russian tennis sensation Marat Safin pulled out all the stops to...
Sweet Schadenfreude
At one point or another during the production of Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 horr...
Waterton Cure
The aptly-named Charles Waterton once sprained his ankle while visiting the Unit...
Furniture Hunter?
In December 2002, Paul Hogan, famed for his role as the fearless crocodile hunte...
Viggo Mortensen: Viggorous ...
In one scene in The Two Towers Aragorn (played by Viggo Mortensen) comes ...
Keith Richards: Da Vinci's ...
While rummaging around in his library one day, Keith Richards fell and broke two...
Give Up Sisters
"On Give Out Sisters (1942), again with the Andrews trio, there were so m...
Bullfight
During a visit to Spain in 1958, the writer Barnaby Conrad was badly gored while...
Tony Hawk: 360 Loop
In 2003, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk sustained the worst injury of his career...
David Lee Roth: Last Samurai?
In September 2003, former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth was forced to cancel...
Fiesty Field
In 1979, Sally Field starred in Martin Ritt's Norma Rae, a film based on ...
Barry Trotz
During a game one day, Barry Trotz was brutally checked - head first - into the ...
Bridget Fonda: Lovable Klutz
Bridget Fonda once recalled her worst sports injury: "I twisted my ankle on a te...
Ross Wilson: Back-up Goalie
Ross "Lefty" Wilson was the Detroit Red Wings' trainer in an era when NHL teams ...
Wayne Shelford: Errant Stud
"If ever there was one moment when Wayne 'Buck' Shelford embedded his name forev...
Glenn Collins: Climbing Eve...
In October 2000, Glenn Collins climbed Mount Everest without incident to raise m...
Pete Rose: Drinking Buddy
Shortly before the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (in July 1970), Nati...
Sylvester Stallone: Young S...
"I found myself reveling in the discovery of these new comic book heroes," Sylve...
Steve Irwin: Crikey Blooper
One day in 2004, "Crocodile Hunter" host Steve Irwin broke his collar bone. "The...
Charlize Theron: Kiddie Ride
After injuring her neck while shooting Aeon Flux (2005), Charlize Theron ...
Simon Le Bon: Motorcycle Crash
Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon once described a gruesome testiclular injury sustaine...
Dizzy Dizzy Dean
During one game in the 1934 World Series Dizzy Dean, famed for his penchant for ...
Superstar Contract
After batting just .187 in 86 games with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981, Danny Ai...
Concentrated Juice?
"Oklahoma coach Jim Tatum paced the sidelines frantically as the Army team took ...
Tail Boner?
On September 22, 1940, Washington Redskins captain Turk Edwards went out for the...
Henman
Like most professional tennis players, Tim Henman was often plagued by minor inj...
Limp
Beau Brummell, asked about a recently acquired limp one day, briefly explained t...
Butkus's Eye
During a rough game against the San Francisco 49ers one rainy day, Chicago Bears...
Eleanor
In her later years, with racial intolerance very much rampant, Eleanor Roosevelt...
Nice Move
In 1986, WWF wrestler Hulk Hogan used fellow guest Richard Belzer to demonstrate...
Monty Pythonesque
During the battle of Waterloo, the Marquess of Anglesey (in charge of the Britis...
San Diego Chicken / Scrambl...
"At a hockey game in St. Louis," Ted Giannoulas (famed for his role as the San D...
Eveready?
Following his 1999 summit of Mount Everest, Ukranian climber Roman Coval was ask...
Money Pit?
In 1999, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg began scouting locations for a prospecti...
George Chuvalo & Muhamed Al...
In 1966, Canadian boxer George Chuvalo fought Muhammad Ali in what became a mara...
Balls Mahoney
While wrestling one day as a teenager, Balls Mahoney "accidentally broke his opp...
World's Worst Jockey (long)
Beltran de Osorio y Diez de Rivera, the "Iron" Duke of Albuquerque, surely ranks...
Wise Move
The NBA's Sacramento Kings began their existence as the Rochester Royals, playin...
Old-Timer Johnny Mize
One day in 1992, 79-year-old Johnny Mize explained that he could not play in an ...
Mouse Marriage
According to his sparring partner, Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss (famed for his abys...
Te Deum
The baton used by seventeenth-century conductors was much longer and heavier tha...
Aussie Rules?
Sky-TV broadcaster Ray French was covering a rugby game one day when a player wa...
Serious Issues?
Boxer Alan Minter once found himself embroiled in a debate over the dangers of h...
Sporting Wisdom
Tom Glavine was once asked why he had chosen to play baseball rather than hockey...
Trice
In October 1923, a young black Iowa State football player named Jack Trice died ...
Knife Fight?
Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker E.J. Holub paid a heavy price for his profe...
Wrestling with Writing
After 16 years of professional wrestling, Mick Foley began writing. "When I left...
Man U?
In a match against a Spanish team before the 2002 World Cup, Manchester United m...
Jackie Chan, Madman
Jackie Chan, famed for his incredible stunts, once jumped off the top of a build...
Stunt-Chan
Jackie Chan, famed for his incredible stunt work, broke his ankle one day during...
Breakaway Blooper
Arnold Schwarzenegger was injured on the set of Terminator 3 one day whil...
Human Acceleration
In the 1930s, Col. John Paul Stapp established the limits of human acceleration....
Eugene Ormandy
Eugene Ormandy was famed for his enthusiasm. While serving as musical director o...
Lavar Arrington: Quarterbac...
Maxim sportswriter Diane Hill once interviewed Washington Redskins lineba...
Hangman's Injury
"[In 1995, Christopher] Reeve broke his neck at an equestrian competition in Cul...
Sam Who?
Incredibly, two players were drafted before NBA legend Michael Jordan in 1984. T...
David Letterman: New York C...
"I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon," David Letterman once r...
Foreigner: Double Vision
One evening in 1978, Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm went to see the New York Range...
Handy Steve Harwell
"My favorite piece of equipment is my drill," Smash Mouth's Steve Harwell once t...
Mike Metzger: Motorcycle Ac...
At Disney's California Adventure X-Games Experience in 2003, Mike Metzger - once...
Mike Harmon: Clutch Perform...
While racing in Homestead, Florida one day, NASCAR driver Mike Harmon blew a wat...
Young Bikram Choudhury: Min...
At thirteen, Bikram Choudhury - inventor of Bikram yoga - won the National India...
Collapse of Toilets in Glasgow
In 2000, Jonathan Wyatt, W.M. Tullett, and G.W. McNaughton were awarded an Ig No...
Miles Davis: Davis' Downfall
Booze and drugs led Miles Davis into many sticky situations.
According to Chris...
Harrison Ford: Stuntman
One day during the filming of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
Hannes Schneider: Schneider...
"One day, after taking a couple of particularly nasty falls, [legendary Austrian...
Wade Boggs: Disabled List
Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs once missed several games after injuring...
Bob Burnquist: Medic!
"I was skating this ramp in Switzerland," star skateboarder Bob Burnquist once r...
Sam Wyche: Mr. Sensitive
While trying to tackle San Francisco 49ers running back Roger Craig during Super...
Walter Matthau: Oscar Speech
At the Academy Awards show in 1967, Walter Matthau made history when he collecte...
Young Kiefer Sutherland: Ou...
Kiefer Sutherland started playing hockey at an early age. "I had my head down as...
Maria Menounos: Broken Toe
How did Maria Menounos land her role on the hit series One Tree Hill?
Kiefer Sutherland: Acting I...
Kiefer Sutherland was once asked ever been hurt doing stunts on "24." "I have go...
Aaron Boone: Boonehead
New York Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone won a spot on Men's Fitness ma...
Charlize Theron: Shirley Ma...
After injuring her neck while shooting Aeon Flux (2005), Charlize Theron ...
Ouch
Former Guns 'N' Roses guitarist 'Slash' sent many British television viewers int...
Seating Reservations
In the 1990s, after stage-diving and moshing (slam-dancing in a stagefront pit) ...
Lynn Dickey
Green Bay Packers quarterback Lynn Dickey was once asked why - with injuries inc...
Minor Misdemeanor
When she was six years old Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot sustained an unlikely inju...
Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell, best known for his hit song "Streets of London," was a great suppo...
Angelina Jolie: Stunt Double
Any doubts about Angelina Jolie's professional credentials were quickly laid to ...
Nice Timing?
Ten days before filming began on The Man Who Wasn't There Frances McDorma...
Aikidoh!
During the filming of Never Say Never Again, Steven Seagal (an aikido mas...
Saving Face
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (whose turbulent relationship was marked by scre...
Hough's Finger
After breaking his finger in a game one day, Charlie Hough declared that the han...
Ronnie Lott
One year, after badly fracturing a finger, legendary San Francisco 49ers defensi...
Daniel Bedingfield: Braced ...
Following a car crash in New Zealand in January 2004, Daniel Bedingfield had a h...
Dick Francis
The son of a professional rider, Dick Francis got his first job riding ponies fo...
Gravity Games
Three-time world wakeboarding champion Shawn Murray was once asked whether he ha...
Whitehurst Hurt
"The latest tragic victim of a hitherto unknown footballing injury is Peter Whit...
Daly Occurance?
While practising for the TNT Open in Holland in July 2002, John Daly was dismaye...
Damn Ewes
In 1994, beloved veterinarian James Herriot tried to shoo some ewes out of his g...
Near Ms?
In July 2002, shortly after having his right leg injured while saving his uncle ...
Old Lamotta
"I had a lot of injuries," legendary boxer Jake Lamotta once recalled, "but cons...
Bonehead Fan
Like many rockers, Elton John was literally showered with gifts from adoring fan...
Mike Vogel: Grinder
Though Mike Vogel was a regular skateboarder in high school, many of his friends...
Jim McKenzie: Fractured Hand
In 2003, Anaheim Mighty Ducks left winger Jim McKenzie scored a goal two games a...
Jason Biggs: Walking Disaster
In 1999, American Pie star Jason Biggs took up snowboarding.
"I wanted t...
Bobby Baun: Game Winner
In the 1964 Stanley Cup finals, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Bobby Baun scored...
Angelina Jolie: Wouldn't Ki...
During her marriage to Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie was once asked what sh...
Sami Kapanen: Cross-Check
Sami Kapanen lost some teeth after a nasty cross-check one night. "One was on th...
Youngblood
Los Angeles Rams defensive end Jack Youngblood was one tough customer. He played...
Bummer
Before pursuing an acting career, Kurt Russell played second base for the Califo...
Toller Cranston
After breaking an ankle during warmups one day in 1995, the famed figure skater ...
Bill Kazmaier: World's Ston...
Legendary weightlifter (and three-time "World's Stongest Man") Bill Kazmaier, wh...
Siegfried & Roy: Montecore ...
During a tragic Siegfried & Roy show at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in 2003, R...
Conrad Keely: Trail of Dest...
The destruction for which And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead became famou...
John Walsh: Dedicated
"John Walsh is this dedicated to his work: In May [2003], the ...
Sammy Sosa: Clubhouse Chat
In May 2004, Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa missed a game against the San Diego...
Blanchard Ryan: Open Water
While auditioning for Open Water star Blanchard Ryan, was informed that s...
Lame Injury
Late in life, Martin Routh was injured when an an immense book, for which he was...
Gwyneth Paltrow & the Londo...
During a London stage production one evening, Gwyneth Paltrow dislocated her kne...
Jacques Mbembo, African acr...
"A burning rope and a grass skirt may be a dangerous combination for the average...
Steve Begin: Passion
After colliding with the boards during a first round playoff game against the Bo...
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