Back Surgery

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH When shortstop Hanley Ramirez tore a ligament in his thumb diving for a ground ball in the final game of the World Baseball Classic this spring, the Dodgers decided very quickly...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers right hander Chad Billingsley admits, "I thought I was in the clear," when he got through spring training without any return of the elbow pain that was diagnosed as a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The story of the Dodgers' pitching has become part soap opera, part medical drama. The latest twists and turns involve left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Ted Lilly. Kershaw was...

Imagine back pain so severe you found yourself hunched over. One Boones Mill woman endured that kind of pain for more than four years until this year when she underwent spinal surgery at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. "It was like a chronic...

NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT As odd as it sounds, the fact that Jarvis Jones ran so poorly at Georgia's pro day put a smile on the faces of those who run the Steelers. It meant they had a chance at drafting him. "When he worked...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig was the star of the Dodgers' spring training, batting .517 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in preseason games. But his unpolished skills on the field...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Offensive production from the left side of the Dodgers' infield has been non-existent. But help might be on the way. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez began a minor-league injury-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Journeyman infielder Luis Cruz was the feel-good story of summer 2012 for the Dodgers. He became a quick fan favorite while breaking through with a .297 average, six home runs and...

They finished their careers as All-Americans, hoped to touch their dreams Thursday night, but Notre Dame standouts Tyler Eifert and Manti Te'o actually took winding, arduous paths to arrive on football's big stage. Only one of them landed there...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH If the Dodgers' best-laid plans had come true, veteran lefty Ted Lilly would never have found his way back into their starting rotation. But injuries have sent three starting...

Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney denied Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold's request for acquittal on all charges in his misconduct trial, clearing the way for closing arguments Tuesday. The defense rested today after calling a total of...

An Anne Arundel County police corporal told a judge Tuesday that County Executive John R. Leopold told him to watch a cash box at a political fundraiser, to plant campaign signs for him, and to compile a dossier on his 2010 challenger. Cpl. Howard Brown,...