The NBA faces a surge of Achilles tendon injuries, sidelining star players like Tyrese Haliburton during the 2025 playoffs. Experts attribute this trend to year-round youth basketball, the game's ...

Three superstars suffered Achilles injuries in the playoffs. It left each of their teams scrambling to figure out new offseason plans in a hurry.

The late Basketball Hall of Famer tore an Achilles tendon on April 12, 2013, had surgery the next day and returned to the court with the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 8, 2013, at age 35.

The two-time NBA Finals MVP tore an Achilles tendon on June 13, 2019, playing for Golden State in Game 4 of the championship round. He missed a full season and came back with the Brooklyn Nets on ...

"The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body," Soslowsky said. "It withstands very high loads, could be 3-6 times body weight just by walking around or jogging.

The Indiana Pacers were playing for the NBA championship on Sunday night. But when star Tyrese Haliburton was carried off the floor with an Achilles injury late in the first quarter of Game 7 of ...

The Achilles tendon rupture is the scourge of athletes everywhere — professional and amateur, young and old, serious competitors and weekend warriors. Last week I discussed the definition, signs ...

First of two parts As most sports enthusiasts know, in 2021 golf great Tiger Woods ruptured his Achilles tendon while training at home. In 2023, Aaron Rodgers, a former Green Bay Packers ...

The late Basketball Hall of Famer tore an Achilles tendon on April 12, 2013, had surgery the next day and returned to the court with the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 8, 2013, at age 35.

Haliburton tore his Achilles tendon in his slip in the first quarter and will likely miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season, ESPN reported on Monday. The Pacers guard was the third player to ...

Tyrese Haliburton's torn Achilles raises many concerns, but there was no question he was playing in Game 7 Haliburton, who strained his calf earlier in the series, went down with an Achilles ...

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon, the team announced Tuesday.The Celtics did not provide a timetable for his return. Jayson Tatum today ...