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...those of you who haven't heard by now, Terrier freshman Travis Roy fractured his fourth cervical vertebrae in a game against North Dakota, an injury that has left him paralyzed below the neck. Surgery was performed on Monday to remove bone fragments and stabilize his spine, but the prognosis is not encouraging and doctors think he probably will not regain use of his arms and legs...
...play was a freak accident. Roy was finishing a check on a North Dakota player in the corner, when the rookie from Yarmouth, Maine stumbled and fell face-first into the metal portion of the boards before slumping down...
Support for Roy has poured in from all over the country. Newspapers and television networks throughout the country have done features on this story, and NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has dedicated his next race to Roy...
...Could Roy's injury have been avoided, people ask? The answer is, yes--but that would mean that Travis never could have put on his hockey pads and skates in the first place...
Mantle's father, a miner in Oklahoma, taught Mickey how to switch hit practically before Mickey could walk. Mantle's father, after an exhausting day in the mines, would come home and play catch with Mickey. Images of a young Mickey making his own bat, like Roy Hobbs in The Natural, fill one's mind when imagining this most American story of a father playing baseball with...