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How Basketball Players Get Hurt

How basketball players get hurt.
Amateur basketball players get hurt frequently. Photo by Anthony Langley. Some rights reserved.

When University of Connecticut star Ryan Boatright rolled his ankle Sunday, he was treading on a well-worn trail. About 600,000 basketball players get hurt so badly they end up in U.S. emergency rooms each year. That’s more than any other sport.

But a close look at how basketball players get hurt shows that many of the injuries could be avoided.

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