Aye Dreadful all round. When I posted I was just watching a young lad being interviewed about his Dad being killed and it just seemed adding to the cruelty to me. Even worse in the States, but you shouldn’t be shoving cameras in the face of anyone close to the deceased, let alone youngsters.
Former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports television star Mark Sanchez is in critical condition after being stabbed late Friday night in downtown Indianapolis, reports TMZ. Police were called shortly after midnight to a location near West Washington Street and North Senate Avenue where two people were injured, one of them now identified as Sanchez. Officers with the Indianapolis metropolitan police department responded to what was described as a “disturbance in an alley” about 12.30am Saturday, WTHR reported. One person had been stabbed, while another sustained separate injuries. Sanchez was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, according to TMZ Sports. The circumstances surrounding the attack remain unclear. The suspect involved has been detained, according to WTHR. Sanchez, 38, was in Indianapolis before Sunday’s Colts v Raiders matchup at Lucas Oil stadium, which he was set to call for Fox Sports. He joined Fox in 2021 as an NFLbroadcaster and also contributes to FS1 studio programming. Before his broadcasting career, Sanchez played 10 seasons in the NFL with several teams, including the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. He retired in July 2019 and soon after began working with ESPN’s college football coverage before transitioning to Fox. Off the field, Sanchez married his wife, Perry, in 2023. The couple shares three children.
Sad news Lewis Moody, the former England rugby captain and 2003 World Cup winner, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The 47-year-old told the BBC he was having trouble accepting what the news meant for his future, and for his family, though his symptoms were relatively mild. “There’s something about looking the future in the face and not wanting to really process that at the minute. It’s not that I don’t understand where it’s going. We understand that. But there is absolutely a reluctance to look the future in the face for now.” Fellow rugby players Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow died from the illness in recent years, with rugby – and in particular the England skills coach, Kevin Sinfield – embracing a high-profile fundraising campaign to tackle it. Moody said: “You’re given this diagnosis of MND and we’re rightly quite emotional about it, but it’s so strange because I feel like nothing’s wrong. I don’t feel ill; I don’t feel unwell. My symptoms are very minor. I have a bit of muscle wasting in the hand and the shoulder. “I’m still capable of doing anything and everything. And hopefully that will continue for as long as is possible.” MND can prove fatal within 12-18 months of diagnosis, with people in Britain believed to have a one in 300 risk of developing the neurological condition. About one in five cases are believed to be related to genetics, and it was announced last year that relatives of people with the condition were to be offered genetic testing that would tell them if they were also likely to develop it. Moody, who won English and European titles with Leicester during his playing career, told BBC Breakfast two weeks after learning he had the disease that he felt “at ease” as he sought to concentrate on his immediate wellbeing, his family and preparing for the future. “Maybe that’s shock or maybe I process things differently, and once I have the information, it’s easier.” He discovered he had MND after noticing some weakness in his shoulder while training in the gym, the BBC reported. After physiotherapy failed to improve the problem, scans showed nerves in his brain and spinal cord had been damaged by MND. “You’re given this diagnosis of MND and we’re rightly quite emotional about it, but it’s so strange because I feel like nothing’s wrong. It’s never me that I feel sad for,” added an emotional Moody. “It’s the sadness around having to tell my mum – as an only child – and the implications that has for her.” And he spoke of the difficulty in telling his two teenage sons. “We sat on the couch in tears, Ethan and Dylan both wrapped up in each other, then the dog jumped over and started licking the tears off our faces, which was rather silly.”
That's terrible news at a relatively young age. Starting to look like a statistical correlation higher than the average for contact sports unfortunately. Could spell the end of full contact rugby at schools.
