Ricky Williams out indefinitely after breaking arm

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Williams out indefinitely after breaking arm

Associated Press

REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Running back Ricky Williams broke his left arm in the second quarter of the Toronto Argonauts' 26-23 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday night and is out indefinitely.

Argonauts coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons confirmed the injury but did not specify which bone was broken.

"He has a broken arm, so he's going to be out for a little while," Clemons said.

Williams, who was not available for interviews, left the game midway through the second quarter after a 3-yard gain when he was tackled by several Saskatchewan players, including linebacker Mike McCullough. X-rays taken at a Regina hospital revealed a broken bone.

"He was actually holding himself off the ground," Clemons said of Williams. "He was running with the ball and he was trying to hold himself up, I think. It was a pile of people and we saw him coming down.

"We knew he was hurt when he came off the field. It looked like it was his shoulder [from] the way he was leaning, but it turned out be his arm.

"You're talking about some fortitude. It's a clean break. He just came off quiet, didn't say a thing. Like, I'd have been screaming."

[Continental Soldier]

"Ricky Williams out indefinitely after breaking arm." Whoa! Stop the presses on this one!

[Richard Kimball]

Your comment kind of reminds me of the difference between major and minor surgery. If you're having it, it's minor surgery. If I'm having it, it's major surgery. I understand your point, but running backs tend to have short careers (Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith are exceptions, not the rule), Add to that, Williams has already p!ssed away more career than most running backs even have, and he supposedly owes megabucks of signing bonus back to the Dolphins. The broken forearm may not be a career ending injury, but it's another fender bender in a career that already looks like a series of bumper car rides.

I suspect that Williams will end his career in debt, and hope that he can avoid the fate of "Jefferson Street" Joe Gilliam.

[Richard Kimball]

It's no Pirate Bruce

The old Tampa Bay uniforms and the current San Diego Chargers uniforms win my award for most butt-ugly uniforms in the history of the NFL.

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