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Yesterday we heard from the coach and well hear from the parents. the coach claims last spring the 14-year-old carelessly tossed his helmet in the air after his team won a game. something little leaguer does all the time. the coach says the helmet hit him in the leg and ruptured his achilles. but he kept coaching, and he told me he had no idea it was ruptured for months. >> i had physiotherapy and everything done to it. i rested it. i iced it. i come pressed -- >> rupturered a kill lease. >> i t...

Million dollars in pain and suffering, and yet you tell me now all you want is an apology. why do you have a lawsuit which calls for them to pay you upwardded of hundred thousand for an -- $600,000 for an injury you didnt have treated for months on end. >> i did have it treated. i had physical therapy. i did everything if needed to do i rested it. i iced it, i come pressed -- compressed it. i didnt know it was ruptured. i thought it was a deep bruise, con tugs, and the swelling was to massive bu...

On thursday r thursday, he will skate for the gold against gold medal champion plesh encompany. >> a lot of people are excited to see how lindsey vonn is doing. she announced she had the deep bruise on her shin a week ago. she has been out on the slopes and hits them today for economic. finally the first of her five competitions. now, a couple of things going her way. first thing there have been delays. she had a chance to heal a little bit and got a middle draw. thats exactly where you want to ...

Problems at whistler mountain. officials have just made a decision about the womens downhill. lets go to chris jansing. >> i think well actually see some skiing. the worst job has to be the person in charge of these venues. theres been so much rain. for the foreseeable future, less precipitation. temperatures will continue to be above normal. they are, in about half an hour, have some practice runs in the women hes downhill. yesterday, lindsey vonn actually got on her skis and skied full out for...

Schedule is for the mens downhill to come tomorrow, on monday. and then the super combined. that will allow bode miller to come back and try to redeem himself from the terrible torino olympics that he had. wednesday and thursday downhill and super-combined. on the womens side, of course what we are waiting for is lindsey vonn. shes had all these extra days now to have that terrible deep bruise in her shin get a little bit of r&r, relax, take some treatments, and get back on skis a little bit. an...

Collided off capital barricades. there was a mini scandal with the capital police. they were accused of covering up for him. he came out and said, look, i was on ambien, have had some other struggles, i dont know what happened that night. mental health parody is something that patrick kennedy and a lot of the kennedy family is very proud of, something patrick kennedy accomplished, along with his father, edward kennedy, while he was in congress. >> nbcs mike viqueira, with all things capitol hill...

Try, and her try is the best. im hopeful for her still to medal at least a couple times. she may have to juggle a little bit as she gets deeper into the games based on the time frame on snow and whatnot. the more time she banged into that, the more it is going to keep bugging her. it will be a matter of whether she wants to mask the pain or not. even though you mask the pain, your subconscious mind knows what your body is doing. she has to said in her mind, its okay, i may not race at 100%. but ...

Anniversary of nelson mandelas release from prison. he was freed in 1990 after spending 27 years behind bars. just four years later, he became the countrys first black president. that is a quick look at news headlines for you. now, we go to willie geist with sports. willie. >> thank you very much, mika im joined by two very special guests. somehow we conned them for joining me on the set. meredith vieira and ann curry. how big is a thrill of this to be with me at 3:20 in the morning in the cold ...

>> essentially a deep muscle bruise. i have a contusion, so the muscle is bleeding. its really deep inside the muscle. so i talked to my doctor, dr. sterrett today and he said it could take a couple of weeks before its healed. >> this could be a major setback. jay gray in vancouver. jay, what are you hearing about this? whats the impact on the atmosphere for the u.s. team. >> david, this is a very serious injury. not only for the u.s. team but vonn. lets talk about that. she has said -- continui...

Sure she can competing. she injured her right shin in practice last week. her first event is scheduled for sunday. >> its been a very interesting ride and very emotional, very scared. and not the positive way you want to be starting the olympics. wow, nbc sports contributor allen in vancouver. tell us how lindsey will be able to prepare if she is going to compete. the extent of the injury, im told its a deep bruise. >> its on her shin where the ski boot hits the shin. you can imagine it is exc...