Torn

On Sunday, May 6, 2007, LOUIS TORN; devoted husband of Anna Torn (nee Baron); dear father of Chaya Schapiro, of Columbia, MD, Nathan Torn, of Pikesville, MD, Henry Torn, of Chicago, IL and Gail Binyamin, of Columbia, MD; loving father-in-law of Paul Schapiro, Diane Torn, Gayle Torn and Uri Binyamin; devoted grandfather of Robert, Renee and Steven Schapiro, Shoshana, Max and Jaclyn Torn, Shachar, Shiraz and Keren Binyamin, Natalie and Simone Torn....

Phil Castronova, who tore his left Achilles tendon during pre-game warm-ups before Johns Hopkins' annual rivalry game with Loyola on April 27, is expected to return in time for next season. Coach Dave Pietramala said the university's doctors and trainers have assured him and the junior short-stick defensive midfielder that he should be able to rehabilitate his leg and be ready to play in 2014. “Our medical staff has told us that he will be available to us full go and healthy - barring any major setbacks - for the spring,” Pietramala said.

Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth will miss the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Foxworth was a surprise absence from practice Friday, the first full-team workout for the Ravens. He was seen limping off the field during orientation practice Thursday (which was closed to the media). The Ravens are extremely thin at cornerback to start training camp. Along with Foxworth, Fabian Washington (removed from physically-unable-to-perform list) and Lardarius Webb were both not suited up for practice.

Syracuse attacker Michelle Tumolo will undergo season-ending surgery after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in the first half of Tuesday's game against Cornell. Tumolo, a senior and 2012 Tewaaraton Award finalist, ranks first in assists for the Orange with 24 and third in goals with 22. The Syracuse offense ranks sixth in Division I, averaging just under 15 goals per game. Alyssa Murray leads the team with 40 goals and 60 points, and coach Gary Gait sees an opportunity for other players to step up. "They're all capable," the former Maryland assistant said of his offense.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice, who has at least one reception in each of his past 89 regular-season games, said yesterday that he has played the past seven games with a torn knee ligament.Rice, whose productivity has fallen off dramatically, said a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test taken approximately four weeks ago showed a partial tear of the collateral cruciate ligament behind his right knee.He said that, after the results of the test, team trainer Lindsy McLean suggested he take a couple of weeks off."

Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala confirmed yesterday that sophomore defenseman Matt Drenan, who started all 14 games for the Blue Jays last year, will miss the 2007 season because of a left knee injury he suffered during a recent practice. Pietramala said Drenan, 6 feet 2, 220 pounds, had surgery late last week to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament. He said Drenan will request a medical redshirt and play for three more years at Homewood. "You never want to lose a kid like Matt.

LOS ANGELES -- In a delicate and extremely rare operation, a team of doctors at the University of Southern California's University Hospital has repaired the scalp of woman after it was ripped off in an accident at work.They say her prognosis is excellent.Patsy Bogle, 30, was working at a Monrovia, Calif., packaging company Tuesday when her long, brown ponytail snagged in a machine.She felt her head smash into the metal and, in an instant, her scalp was torn off in a single piece, from her eyelids to the nape of her neck, including two-thirds of her right ear.Employing sutures thinner than human hair and working under a microscope in a five-hour procedure, the doctors stitched together arteries and veins to return circulation to the woman's scalp, keeping the tissue alive.

Ravens wide receiver Marcus Smith is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, his agent confirmed Friday. Smith, who was vying for one of the top four wide receiver spots, injured his knee in the second quarter of Thursday's 23-0 win over the Washington Redskins. There is no timetable for Smith's surgery, but it could be performed in the next week if the swelling goes down. "He was having a good camp and had an opportunity for a lot of reps," said Kevin Omell, Smith's agent.

College Park -- Maryland linebacker Alex Wujciak, who was pushing for a starting job and is highly regarded by coach Ralph Friedgen, will miss the season with a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament. Wujciak had a magnetic resonance imaging yesterday and will undergo surgery, Friedgen said. "That's a blow for us right now," Friedgen said. Wujciak slipped on the turf Tuesday and hyperextended his knee, Friedgen said. He got up and continued to practice a bit more before taking himself out. That leaves Trey Covington and Jermaine Lemons as the Nos. 1 and 2 players, respectively, at the Terps' Leo position (linebacker/defensive end)

Washington -- The Orioles got the worst possible news on the health of Matt Albers. A magnetic resonance imaging of the right-hander's pitching shoulder revealed yesterday that he has a torn labrum, an injury that could cause him to miss the rest of the season. Albers, who was not available to comment yesterday, is considering whether to rehabilitate the injured cartilage, which would keep him sidelined for the next two months, or to have season-ending surgery. If Albers, 25, has the surgery, he won't be on the mound for eight or nine months, manager Dave Trembley said.

As a senior returning from last year's state championship season, Aberdeen's Jimmia McCluskey expected to play a leadership role as the Eagles set out to defend their Class 3A girls basketball title. She just didn't know how critical her leadership would become. In January, a young Eagles team looked to McCluskey when fellow senior Brionna Jones, last season's All-Metro Player of the Year and the centerpiece of the Eagles' offense, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and was lost for the season.

Good God this show is depressing. It's fun to look at dead bodies and blood and guts a little bit, but then you throw in all the nihilistic conversation and abandoned long distance hikers and by the end of the episode you're just like ._. This episode was kind of a departure from the norm because it didn't really address the Woodbury-Prison storyline at all, and it really only featured four characters: Rick, Carl, Michonne and ... Morgan!...

The strain on Loyola coach Charley Toomey and Maryland coach John Tillman isn't limited to determining a winner and loser in Saturday's showdown between the top-ranked Greyhounds and the No. 3 Terps . For the past week, the close friends have mutually agreed to refrain from contacting each other. "The one thing that I do miss when you play against your friend is that we don't talk that week," said Toomey, who has coached Loyola (2-0) since 2007. "We don't talk X's and O's, we don't wish each other luck, we don't do things midweek.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to help you become more acquainted with the player and his or her team. Today's guest is Towson senior defender Alexa Demski , a Loch Raven graduate and third-team All-American. Demski missed the last four games, including a first-round NCAA tournament game, last spring after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during the regular-season finale - but she still led the Colonial Athletic Association champions in caused turnovers.

Johns Hopkins is two days away from its season and home opener against Siena, and one of the few questions facing the Blue Jays is the status of senior midfielder John Greeley, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in an 8-2 loss to Navy on April 21. Greeley, who underwent surgery on the knee in May, has been cleared to practice and is participating fully, but coach Dave Pietramala said he hasn't made any determination on whether...

To understand how very conflicted Washington is about rooting for Baltimore, consider what happened to one of its biggest football fans when she dared suggest that Redskins supporters offer the Ravens a congratulatory word. The superfan in question dresses as a caped crusader and goes by the superhero name RG3 Woman, in honor of Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III. After Baltimore trounced the Patriots in the AFC championship game Sunday, she tweeted: "DC supports Baltimore! Let's go Ravens #semihometeam.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The image is as indelible as one can get in these MTV days of dizzying cuts: A short-haired Natalie Imbruglia stalks her apartment as she ponders her boyfriend's ambivalence in the video of "Torn," her No. 1 song. The track came off an album, Left of Middle, that sold more than 6 million copies in 1997. Her second album, White Lilies Island, sold a relatively tepid 1 million last year. Now Imbruglia, 28, is retooling her career with a third album in the works and a role as the babe in the spy spoof Johnny English, which opens Friday after earning more than $100 million in Europe.

A magnetic resonance imaging test on Sidney Ponson's right thumb yesterday revealed that the right-hander has a torn ligament and will be out at least three more weeks. Ponson has been on the disabled list and hasn't pitched since Aug. 7, when he was removed from a start in Texas after 2 1/3 innings with a strained right calf. His thumb was initially injured on July 28 against the Rangers when he took a ground ball by Sandy Alomar off the thumb in the third inning. Ponson worked out and threw a bullpen session in Oakland, Calif.

Aberdeen center Brionna Jones, last season's All-Metro Player of the Year, will miss the rest of her senior basketball season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. Jones said Wednesday that the diagnosis, which has been suspected since she hurt the knee in a game Jan. 3, was confirmed by MRI results. She plans to have surgery Jan. 25. The most dominating post presence in Baltimore-area girls basketball, the 6-foot-3 Jones signed with Maryland in November. She led the Eagles to their first state championship and The Baltimore Sun's No. 1 ranking last March. She finishes her high school career with 1,812 points and more than 1,000 rebounds.

It's easy to understand why Westminster senior guard Mackenzie Murray is savoring her time on the basketball court more than many others this season. In each of the past two seasons, Murray suffered torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments, requiring two surgeries (one to each knee) 13 months apart. Murray, also a standout forward on the Owls soccer team, spent 4 to 5 months in physical therapy after each procedure to be able to continue her athletic career. After finishing as one of Westminster's leading scorers on the soccer field this past fall, her third year on varsity, Murray is now doing whatever she can to help the basketball team to a winning season.