Damian Lillard pulls off a Lindsey Vonn: he will participate in the All-Star three-point contest with a torn Achilles
Lindsey Vonn's terrifying crash at the Milano Cortina Winter Games has made headlines around the world. The American skier was seriously injured again by risking and competing after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament 10 days earlier. Is it excessive ambition? Recklessness? It is not a unique case in the world of sport, where more than once the protagonists, in fits of competitiveness, have forced the machine while injured or in precarious physical condition.Just hours after Vonn's dramatic downhill crash, the NBA announced that Damian Lillard, one of its stars, would compete in the All-Star three-point contest. His choice would not be news if it were not for the fact that the Blazers point guard, one of the NBA's biggest stars, has a torn Achilles tendon in his left foot.He broke down after some calf problemsThe 35-year-old, who has spent 14 […]
