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Pro wrestler The Dynamite Kid, also known as half of the tag team The British Bulldogs (w/Davey Boy Smith) died today (Dec 5), on his 60th birthday.

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In 1997, after having a great deal of complications he was experiencing with walking due to the large number of back and leg injuries he suffered during his career, Billington lost the use of his left leg. He had a paralysed left leg and used a wheelchair; he was cared for by his second wife, Dot. Billington was told he would never be able to walk again. Harley Race, the inventor of the diving headbutt, has stated that he regrets ever inventing the move, because it appears to cause spinal problems as well as concussions, and may have contributed to Billington's disability. In addition to his paralysis, Billington also suffered from heart problems. In November 2013, Billington reportedly suffered a stroke. In 2015, he was named in a lawsuit filed by WWE after they received a letter from him indicating that he intended to sue them for concussion-based injuries sustained during his tenure with them. He was represented by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who is involved in several other lawsuits involving former WWE wrestlers.

Well, this thread may as well have been called Dead Athletes...

Former MLB stars Luis Valbuena (L.A. Angels infielder), and Jose Castillo (Pittsburgh Pirates infielder), teammates on a Venezuelan league team, were killed in a car crash in Venezuela. Their car apparently struck a rock and left the road.

Valbuena was 33 yrs old. Castillo was 37.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1020293)

Their car apparently struck a rock and left the road.

Or they pissed off the dicktator.

***The squeamy amongst us may not want to look at the pic in the next post***

Cowboys lose WR Allen Hurns to gruesome left leg injury

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Wait, face down, toes up?! That's prolly not right.

Dayum, I bet that hurt.

Great/terrible video of the injury at the link.

That ruined my appetite. Un freaking real.

They won tho! Next!

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 1022645)

They won tho!

:lol2:

Yeah, I was not expecting them to beat Seattle.

Hey, didja hear that Dallas Cowboys owner got hisself a new boat. It's a pretty nice little dinghy.

The Bravo Eugenia (named after his wife, this man is no fool;)):

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Got it just in time for Christmas.

360 feet long. 2 helipads. Garage for watercraft. Sea trials were conducted in the North Sea, so it's prolly good to go.

It cost more than the Cowboys.

Fluff reel:

J.D. Gibbs, the son of the head of Joe Gibbs Racing and former Washington Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs, died Jan 11, at the age of 49, due to a degenerative neurological disease, diagnosed in 2015.

Can Liverpool actually win the EPL? Would be the first time since 1989-1990!

Bob Costas is done at NBC.:eek:

Bob Costas Confirms Buy-Out Agreement w/NBC

The pay check for the winner of the Indy 500 in 1913...

Says here the average speed in the 1913 Indy was 76 MPH. That's 225 MPH in 2019 speeds. :D