Jayson Tatum underwent surgery for a torn Achilles tendon that he suffered during the Knicks’ Game 4 win over the Celtics on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. He is likely to miss all of ...

Dolphins guard James Daniels is recuperating from an Achilles tendon tear that ended his 2024 season, but he says no one should feel sorry for him. Daniels said he keeps his injury in perspective ...

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 ...

Forbes, citing a study published in the Orthopedics Journal of Sports Medicine, reported this week the average number of Achilles tendon tears among NBA players per season from 1990 to 2023 was only 1 ...

"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.

His injury also reopened discussion about why so many NBA players are tearing their Achilles tendons. This postseason alone, Haliburton, Bucks guard Damian Lillard and Celtics wing Jayson Tatum ...

The worst fears for the Indiana Pacers have come true. Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton suffered a torn right Achilles tendon in the first quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the team announced ...

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 ...

Achilles tendon injuries have become all-too-familiar headlines in professional sports, and this NBA season saw more than its usual share. During the NBA playoffs alone, Milwaukee Bucks guard ...

Jayson Tatum's ruptured Achilles Dr. Khalil studied NBA players who sustained Achilles tendon ruptures going back to the 1970s, and found that 72 percent of players returned to the league.

The achilles tendon, which is of course named after the legendary Greek warrior whose only vulnerability was his heel, is a thick, rope-like tendon about 10cm long connecting the gastrocnemius and ...