Sports hernia is actually an oblique tear, I believe.
- bodiva88

Thank you, Dr. Bo.

NO ONE HAS PITS IN THEIR STOMACHS!!!!

You have a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. Sorry. This is a fractured idiom that just drives me nuts. Probably largely because Anthony Gargano, purportedly a professional writer, uses it all the time.
- bodiva88

Thank you, Dr. Bo (2).

Thank you, Dr. Bo.
- hscesq

I should have waited to see if jak was still around.

I should have waited to see if jak was still around.
- bodiva88

OB-style: Act first, ask questions later.

OB-style: Act first, ask questions later.
- hscesq

Shhhhh!

because crim and sarahB and i pretty much tackled him as he exited a mens room. he was a great sport.
- Don'tForgetTocchet

i hope he washed his hands.

Sports hernia is actually an oblique tear, I believe.
- bodiva88

Conversation came up the other day about Renberg's sports hernia in 1995-96 that negatively affected the rest of his career. I forgot that when he had sports hernia surgery in 1995 preseason, he was back in the lineup (opening night in Montreal) just 10 days post-op! Then when he tore it again in December, he suffered a complete muscle separation from the pubic bone and still played that way -- poorly -- for an entire month until the pain was finally too much take in the first game back from the All-Star break.

For the rest of the season and post-season, when he did play, they numbed the lower half of his body with a gigantic needle injected somewhere too cringe-worthy to even describe.

He never had the same skating jump again, even after post-season surgery and so-called "complete healing". If he had sat out the 6-8 weeks in the first place during the preseason, he may never have had the second, complete tear.

At any rate, the thought of sports hernia surgery being a 10-day injury would seem utterly impossible just seven years later. Back then, no one made a big deal out of just how much Renberg rushed -- with team approval -- to play in October.

NO ONE HAS PITS IN THEIR STOMACHS!!!!

You have a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. Sorry. This is a fractured idiom that just drives me nuts. Probably largely because Anthony Gargano, purportedly a professional writer, uses it all the time.
- bodiva88

Oh, get over it. It's the same thing, for all intensive purposes.

NO ONE HAS PITS IN THEIR STOMACHS!!!!

You have a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. Sorry. This is a fractured idiom that just drives me nuts. Probably largely because Anthony Gargano, purportedly a professional writer, uses it all the time.
- bodiva88

i HATE FRACTURED IDIOMS!!! HATE. THEM.

i hope he washed his hands.
- hammarby31

i trust that man explicitly.

Oh, get over it. It's the same thing, for all intensive purposes.


- BulliesPhan87

supposably that's true, irregardless of what the masses say.

Conversation came up the other day about Renberg's sports hernia in 1995-96 that negatively affected the rest of his career. I forgot that when he had sports hernia in 1995 preseason, he was back in the lineup (opening night in Montreal) just 10 days post-surgery. Then when he tore it again in December, he suffered a complete muscle separation from the pubic bone and still played that way -- poorly -- for an entire month until the pain was finally too much take in the first game back from the All-Star break.

For the rest of the season and post-season, when he did play, they numbed the lower half of his body with a gigantic needle injected somewhere too cringe-worthy to even describe.

He never had the same skating jump again, even after post-season surgery and so-called "complete healing". If he had sat out the 6-8 weeks in the first place during the preseason, he may never have had the second, complete tear.
- bmeltzer

Didn't Briere have sports hernia issues his first season here? Or was that a simple groin pull? I thought he was done.

Conversation came up the other day about Renberg's sports hernia in 1995-96 that negatively affected the rest of his career. I forgot that when he had sports hernia surgery in 1995 preseason, he was back in the lineup (opening night in Montreal) just 10 days post-op! Then when he tore it again in December, he suffered a complete muscle separation from the pubic bone and still played that way -- poorly -- for an entire month until the pain was finally too much take in the first game back from the All-Star break.

For the rest of the season and post-season, when he did play, they numbed the lower half of his body with a gigantic needle injected somewhere too cringe-worthy to even describe.

He never had the same skating jump again, even after post-season surgery and so-called "complete healing". If he had sat out the 6-8 weeks in the first place during the preseason, he may never have had the second, complete tear.

At any rate, the thought of sports hernia surgery being a 10-day injury would seem utterly impossible just seven years later. Back then, no one made a big deal out of just how much Renberg rushed -- with team approval -- to play in October.
- bmeltzer

i trust that man explicitly.
- Don'tForgetTocchet

supposably that's true, irregardless of what the masses say.
- hammarby31

I mean come on, it's the spitting image of the proper phrase. Of course, here come the grammar police calvary to rain in our fun.

- hammarby31

Rennie ended up having an OK NHL career, when he was on track for an excellent one through his first 2 1/2 seasons. After that, he had an endless series of major injuries. Sometimes, talent and hard work aren't enough. Takes some sheer good luck to avoid injuries, too.

OB-style: Act first, ask questions later.
- hscesq

Oh, get over it. It's the same thing, for all intensive purposes.


- BulliesPhan87

I'm coming right through the internets to get you!!!!

I liked both We Don't Like You Either and the Jam one.
- bodiva88

my fave...I call it the Boruk special.

I hear you, but nonetheless, his knowledge of hockey personnel and talent is quite extensive.
- hscesq

I actually think McGuire might make a decent GM if not director of amateur scouting for a team.

Shhhhh!
- bodiva88

Rennie ended up having an OK NHL career, when he was on track for an excellent one through his first 2 1/2 seasons. After that, he had an endless series of major injuries. Sometimes, talent and hard work aren't enough. Takes some sheer good luck to avoid injuries, too.
- bmeltzer

i'm sure he didn't need the skate to the face either. what a mess.

No doubt. What will help them settle down is a big O push against a weaker 4th line...

Read - Schenn - Simmonds >>> Carter - Gionta - Bernier

Kinda unfair, really, IMHO. The Flyers 4th line could be a big difference maker tonight.
- dcflyerfan71

Not so sure about that. On paper maybe, but that Devils 4th line is a solid bunch. They provide energy and physicality and have been providing offense.

I'm coming right through the internets to get you!!!!


- bodiva88

that would be a very unique stunt. i'd pay good money to see that.

Walkom is nowhere as bad as Lee. There has never, ever been a referee in any sport, that is as bad as Chris Lee.
- hscesq

Dave Jackson and Stephane Auger. Right there are two in the NHL. Maybe Lee likes to go ticky - tack and over control a game, but Jackson and Auger just plain get poop wrong. Two worst officials in the league.