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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Sports Oden: The Rumor!

Posted by Ezra Caraeff on Tue, Sep 18 at 10:16 AM

This weekend, a friend of mine at Nike (no, not this guy) told me the top-secret rumor going around town that Greg Oden damaged his knee by playing Dance Dance Revolution. I was sworn to secrecy, but now that other media outlets are reporting it (complete with blurry camera photo images), I guess the cat is out of the bag.

Blazers fans, are you upset? Does it matter to you how an athlete gets injured?

Video game injuries to athletes are not uncommon (this one being my favorite), and of all the games on the market, I can certainly see how one can hurt themselves by playing DDR.

I once punched my brother in the jaw while wearing the Nintendo Power Glove. We were playing Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! (hey, King Hippo was a tough opponent, that is, before we found out that you just punch him when his pants fall down), but thankfully my brother was not a number one draft pick in the NBA so the incident didn’t make any headlines.

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I actually have video of Oden injuring himself. It happens at the end here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yk-ESYl7Bc

Posted by chas | September 18, 2007 10:59 AM

"I once punched my brother in the jaw while wearing the Nintendo Power Glove."

I don't know why but I can't stop giggling. that sentence is so funny right now.

I'm not pissed if Oden hurt himself on dance revolution---but in light of recent injuries I think pro athletes should be banned from:

A: riding motorcycles
B: slicing tomatoes
C: carrying any luggage
D: making chicken
E: playing dance revolution (NBA players only)
F: playing guitar hero (NFL quarterbacks only)
G: playing against Bruce Bowen
H: being on the cover of WW (just kidding!)
I: playing a Wii console (MLB pitchers only)

I trust I have been more then fair?

Posted by jragel | September 18, 2007 11:50 AM

you forgot dog fighting.

Posted by notfunny | September 18, 2007 2:10 PM

Fortunately they have a version of Dance Dance Revolution for cell phones. Seriously! A cow-orker of mine had it on her last phone (she's otaku, so that should tell you quite a lot).

We called it Thumb Thumb Revolution.

Give The Oden that if he's so hot for DDR. Probably break his thumb next tho...

Posted by Samuel John Klein | September 18, 2007 4:17 PM

I'm honestly curious as to how he could've injured himself so bad playing DDR. Unless he did something n00bish like attempting the Matrix Walk, the only way you can get really hurt playing DDR is slipping on a sweat puddle during a 9 or 10 step song.

Posted by Tom X. Intern | September 19, 2007 1:57 AM

haha, you play DDR... seriously.

Posted by jim | September 20, 2007 11:43 AM

Ahh, the dangers of video games. Ezra, you nailed it, next Oden will be killing prostitutes in his Cadillac and shooting down police helicopters with an RPG (that's rocket propelled grenade, not roll playing game you goofs). They've spoiled our chances again! But don't worry Mr. Careff, I'll still share my season tickets with you, and we can use your fab street cred to get court side and get hints on how to unlock the secret levels from our sidelined chief.

Posted by Eli Green | September 24, 2007 10:39 AM

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