Surgery for Bears’ White
First-round pick out for start of season with stress fracture.
One day after injured Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White started running on grass for the first time at training camp, he felt pain and knew he faced a worstcase scenario.
White will have surgery on his left shin to repair a stress fracture and will start the regular season on the physically unable to perform list after rest and therapy failed to cure shin pain he first had in June in organized team activities.
“I mostly just tried to let it heal on its own,” White said Saturday. “I wanted to do it natural.
“Surgery is not a No. 1 option for anyone so it was obviously the last option and we’re at a last option.”
White, the formerWest Virginia player drafted seventh overall, will have a rod put in the tibia to stabilize the leg. It’s possible he could miss the entire season, but the Bears are holding out hope he can return for the second half of the season. They can use his roster spot for another player untilWeek 11 without activating him or putting him on injured reserve.
White had figured into the Bears’ plans as either an opening-day starter or eventual starter during the regular season opposite wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, who currently is sidelined with a calf strain. For now White will be on PUP doing rehab and studying the offense.
Right tackle Phil Loadholt suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon on the team’s first possession against the Buccaneers on Saturday night.
Running back C.J. Spiller underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Friday, but is expected to be back for the regular season, ESPN reported.
Tight end Julius Thomas and safety Johnathan Cyprien will be out for the rest of the preseason.
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Coach Gus Bradley said Cyprien will be sidelined because of a broken finger on his right hand. That news came a few hours after Thomas broke a bone in the back of his right hand in the preseason opener against Pittsburgh on Friday night.
Oft-injured running back Darren McFadden took handoffs in practice for the first time with Dallas.
■ Running back Lance Dunbar returned after missing a week with a sprained right ankle.
Rookie Mykkele Thompson will miss the season with an Achilles tendon injury, and fellow safety Landon Collins is sidelined by a sprained knee.
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Running back Chris Johnson will visit Arizona today to undergo a physical.
Johnson, who turns 30 next month, rushed for a career-low 663 yards with the New York Jets last season after gaining at least 1,000 in each of his six seasons with Tennessee.
Defensive end MuhammadWilkerson says he recently had a
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“minor, little setback” with his sore hamstring, and remains day-to-day for a return to practice.
■ Second-year tight end Jace Amaro sprained a shoulder in a preseason-opening 23-3 loss against Detroit on Thursday night, and coach Todd Bowles says he’s “week-to-week.”
Tight end Logan Paulsen will have surgery Monday to repair a turf toe condition, coach Jay Gruden announced.
Paulsen suffered the injury in practice last week and traveled on Tuesday to meet with the specialist.
Gruden also confirmed running back Silas Redd is out for the season with a torn ACL and MCL in his right knee.
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Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor returned to practice after missing more than a week with a hamstring injury.
Special teams player Daren Bates will be out about a month with a MCL knee sprain sustained in the preseason opener against Oakland on Friday night.
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Cleveland Indians AllStar outfielder Michael Brantley is expected to be out a few more days while he deals with a sore left shoulder.
Brantley stayed behind in Cleveland as the Indians departed for an 11-game trip beginning in Minnesota on Friday and had an MRI on his throwing shoulder, which manager Terry Francona characterized as “good.”
Brantley had an injection, according to Francona, who said the outfielder will miss a “couple, three days” but isn’t expected to be placed on the disabled list. Brantley has hit .312 this season with eight home runs, 63 RBIs and 12 stolen bases while playing in 103 games.
An All-Star for the first time this season after finishing third in the AL MVP voting last year, Brantley has missed 10 games this season. He has hit .380 with three homers in 24 games since the All-Star break.
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Manager John Farrell visited the team a day after announcing he was taking a medical leave for the rest of the season to deal with lymphoma. Farrell, 53, was in his office Saturday morning and joked with the players and interim manager Torey Lovullo. The Red Sox had their best offensive game of the season Friday, posting season highs in runs and hits in a 15-1 win over Seattle. They surpassed that effort Saturday, defeating the Mariners 22-10. “The feedback was it took him staying out of the dugout to score that many runs yesterday,” Lovullo said. “He added some humor that we all appreciated through that tough moment.”
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Struggling left-hander Chris Capuano was designated for assignment Saturday, three days after he was recalled from Triple-A Scranton. Capuano hasn’t pitched for New York since giving up five runs in two-thirds of an inning in a 21-5 loss to Texas on July 28. He is 0-4 with a career-worst 6.97 ERA in 16 games.
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Ichiro Suzuki singled in the first inning for his 4,192nd career hit in the major leagues and Japan, passing Ty Cobb’s total that ranks second in history. ... Outfielder Christian Yelich was placed on the 15-day disabled left because of a bruised right knee, and outfielder Marcell Ozuna was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. Ozuna was demoted to the minors July 5 after struggling the first half of the season, batting .249 with four homers. He hit 23 homers last year.
Bryce Harper, who homered late Friday against the Giants, became the 37th player to hit as many as 30 home runs as a 22-year-old.
First baseman Justin Morneau (cervical strain and concussion symptoms) took batting practice Friday. He’s been sidelined since May, but still hopes to return this season.
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