Baron Davis' Knee Injury and More Cringe-Worthy Sports Disasters

The New York Knicks' Baron Davis went down in a heap during Sunday's clash with the Miami Heat. It mandated the millions watching to shout four-letter expletives, followed by the simplest of terms: "Ew."

Let me state, straight-up, that I don't look forward to sports injuries. They are awful to look at, and the pain on athletes' faces is a miserable agony that drains all the goodwill from the room where you might be watching. 

However, it doesn't mean we aren't drawn to these things. We are a human race of sickos who slow down at accidents on the freeway and demand that our buddies watch the latest and greatest malady. 

"Dude, you have to take a look at this."

We have all paused and rewound some gruesome injuries. Sure, they makes us cringe, but they keep us riveted. 

Here are some of the worst. The queasy and easily rattled need not click ahead.

Actually, stop being a baby and watch. 

15. Japanese Little Leaguer

It's almost time for the Little League World Series, an event that has a perfect set of rules for a drinking game I may divulge in the coming months. 

However, we had to show one tough hombre amid all the crying, whining and carrying on.

This kid gets domed in the middle of the 2009 LLWS, and he shakes it off with the poise of George Clooney on a date.

Getting hit in the face is the last thing you want to do on a baseball field—well, aside from being Juan Uribe. Yet this kid handles it with utter swagger, and we love that. 

14. Baron Davis

I screamed from my office as Baron Davis went down like a sniper had taken aim and fired. Those sounds of agony caused my wife to come running, thinking I may have dropped the burrito I was eating. 

Instead, we spent the better part of the next 10 minutes watching Davis blow out his knee. 

I have suffered the same injury, so I felt Davis' pain—only, I never had all of Madison Square Garden chanting my name. That would have been nice. 

13. Shaun Livingston

This is one that is burned into my memory. 

Shaun Livingston broke pretty much everything that holds the knee together. I am sure he broke new body parts that doctors weren't aware existed. 

Video is tough to come by now, but here is the injury, courtesy of Daily Motion. 

As you can see, Livingston's leg kind of does its own thing and goes rogue for a spell. Think of the end to every game of Jenga ever played, and that is what happened to Livingston's knee structure. He tore his ACL, PCL and sprained his MCL.

At that point, they sorta just ran out of letters. 

Livingston recovered, joined the Bobcats and is currently with the Milwaukee Bucks. Which begs the question as to what was worse, the injury or the teams he has had to play for?

12. Mary Pierce

Here, you get a video that is hard to watch and listen to. Hooray for awfulness. 

Pierce was leading Vera Zvonareva, 6–4, 6–5, in the second round at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in October 2006 when her ACL ruptured.

You know what? That description doesn't really paint the perfect picture as to how painful that is, so I implore you to watch and listen.

11. Allan Ray

Broken bones and ripped ligaments are hard to watch, but I have a real issue with eyes popping out of skulls. 

Yes, this is exactly what happened to the unfortunate Mr. Allan Ray, a man who had his eyeball get away from him for just a tad longer than any of us would ever like. 

During the 2006 Big East tournament, Ray was poked in the eye, a benign action that should have ended with, "Damn, bro. You poked me in the eye."

Instead, Ray had to deal with blindness thanks to the sudden onset of OMG my eye is out.

He is fine now and plays pro ball in France. 

10. Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron

Bro-hugs can be dangerous. 

Mike Cameron and Carlos Beltran came together after chasing full speed after the same fly ball. They both suffered a myriad of injuries that are listed here in the official breakdown of the incident. 

Among them, Beltran suffered a concussion and Cameron suffered facial fractures.

Yes, the man broke his face. 

9. Greg Todd

Ah, cricket. A sport that I don't understand, but seems perfectly free of any real injuries to—oh, dear God, what happened to that guy's leg?

This is bowler Greg Todd slipping and subsequently shattering his leg and ego at the same time. Cheers!

8. Tyrone Prothro

One thing you don't want to mutter when watching a game is, "His foot is dangling like a Christmas Tree ornament." 

The Alabama wide receiver went up to grab a touchdown and came down with a complete fracture of the tibia and fibula in a 31-3 victory over the Florida Gators on Oct. 1, 2005. 

That is what we in the business call a "bad day."

7. Janos Baranyai

My loving wife often asks why I don't lift a finger around the house.

Well, this video is my first and last line of defense. 

The Hungarian weightlifter attempted to bite off a little more than he could chew at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He subsequently blew out his arm and had the combined weight of Albert Haynesworth and a doughnut fall on his back. 

I will stick to being lazy. 

6. Willis McGahee

Imagine a world wherein the knee could bend the other way without being utterly painful. Things would have been far more pleasant for Willis McGahee in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. 

Ohio State's Will Allen leads with his helmet and takes out Miami's McGahee in an act that just made me lose my appetite. 

I am now on the lesser-known Willis McGahee Video Diet. 

5. Kickboxing Shin Snap

I would love to find out the names of these fighters and the bout that is taking place.

The only thing I can tell is, kicking shins can end up being the worst idea ever. 

The kickboxer is blocked and subsequently suffers a sudden case of Gumby legs. He tries to plant the leg, only to find out that his leg is more mushy than it was prior to the fight. 

4. Sid Vicious

Wrestling is fake?

You have grown men built like mountains getting after it with the zeal and passion of their millions of fans. Sometimes, the action goes awry, and mountains crumble. 

In a January 2001 pay-per-view event, Sid Vicious jumped from the second rope and landed awkwardly. As we all know, landing awkwardly is a great way to splinter a leg. 

3. Ewald Lienen

It's that time of the slideshow to present to you the gaping-wound injury award. 

This made-up accolade goes to Arminia Bielefeld's Ewald Lienen, who had his thigh opened to revel its insides. 

"Yuck," "Ew" and "Dear God, no more" are all viable reactions. 

2. Joe Theismann

The Giants and Redskins took to the field in a November game back in 1985. At that time, Lawrence Taylor was arguably the most feared football player around. 

He laid out Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann in the granddaddy of all sports injuries. The "ew" factor is off the charts, as Theisman's leg does things that legs were never intended to do. 

The really eerie moment is seeing the big, bad Taylor obviously affected and calling for help. 

1. Clint Malarchuk

NOTE: I know that all the videos are hard to watch, but this takes the cake. If you are the least bit squeamish, you may want to read prior to clicking play. 

On March 22, 1989, the St. Louis Blues took on Clint Malarchuk and the Buffalo Sabres. At one point, the Blues' Steve Tuttle cut Malarchuk on the neck by accident, severing his jugular. 

Pools of blood emptied onto the ice as the announcers slowly began to freak out. 

Amazingly, Malarchuk came back to the ice within days, having been saved by the quick wits of the team's athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli. 

There, you have been warned. 

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