Jazz Bear boo-boos
"Knock on wood for me. I'm feeling really healthy," Bear said. "I feel that if I can continue to be healthy, I can go for quite a while."
Despite numerous injuries, Bear has only missed four games in 16 years as the Jazz mascot. Here are some of his painful mishaps:
Broken big toe
Ankles are almost bone on bone; can move joints about 90 degrees
Torn right calf muscle
Blew MCL, ACL, meniscus on right knee
Pulled quad
Torn and strained both hamstrings
Numerous groin pulls
Hernia
Ruptured disc — required back surgery
Torn left rotator cuff
Sprained both wrists
Torn tendons in thumb and pinkie; dislocated fingers
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Torn right bicep in half.
Had stitches on his head
Blown out both bursa sacs in elbows
Fractured foot