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Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan needs season-ending surgery on his right forearm, which will be require a recovery time of six-to-nine months.
Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan will be sidelined at least two months and is scheduled to visit Dr. James Andrews for an examination that could determine whether the pitcher needs surgery.

Sure, Robert Griffin III wears Superman socks and stocks his locker with action figures from the Incredible Hulk to Captain America. But he's human, one whose right anterior cruciate ligament has been repaired twice since 2009.

I finally saw that ad so many people are talking about, the one where things blow up and RG3 works hard and talks about being all in for Game 1. As I watched it, I couldn't help but think, "Please, please, please don't let them mess this one up."
Marcus Lattimore is confident he'll be ready to play NFL football this fall.
Marcus Lattimore is confident he'll be ready to play NFL football this fall.

He barely limped, if at all, in his first public appearance since his since undergoing surgery on Jan. 9 to revise the reconstruction of the ACL and repair the torn lateral collateral ligament in his right knee.

As doctors expect Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III to rehabilitate his surgically repaired right knee ligaments and meniscus in time for the 2013 season, teammate Tim Hightower is proof that timetables are nothing more than frameworks established by precedents.
The NFL players' union does not plan a formal investigation into how the Washington Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III's knee injury.

The NFL players' union does not plan a formal investigation into how the Washington Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III's knee injury.

The relief in Robert Griffin III's voice is haunting now. The dramatic irony is one big punch to the Washington Redskins' collective gut. Griffin chuckled early in Sunday's playoff loss to Seattle, hopeful he escaped a serious knee injury. As we know now, he ultimately did not.
If Adrian Peterson can do it, maybe Robert Griffin III can, too.
Robert Griffin III had surgery Wednesday morning to repair a torn ligament and to determine whether there was any other damage in his ailing right knee.

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III on Wednesday morning had surgery to reconstruct the ACL and repair the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee, a procedure that could jeopardize his availability for the start of the 2013 season.
If Adrian Peterson can do it, maybe Robert Griffin III can, too.
Dr. James Andrews, the surgeon, said the same thing.
He said afterward he's a competitor, he isn't going to ask out.