16-Year-Old Snowboarding Sensation Suffers Sickening Crash In Halfpipe Final

uring the men’s halfpipe final on Wednesday, 16-year-old Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka crashed into the upper lip of the halfpipe while performing his second run.

It was a violent crash and it left those in the crowd and the commentators watching speechless.

After the crash, Totsuka lay motionless on the ground and had to be stretchered off the course by medical staff.

It was a somber moment in an otherwise exciting event. After the brief interlude, American snowboarder Shaun White later won the gold medal and Totsuka’s teammate, Ayumu Hirano won the silver.

Very little was said of Totsuka’s status during the event, other than that he had been evacuated from the mountain and taken to the nearest hospital.

Washington Post’s national sports reporter Adam Kilgore recently provided an update on Totsuka’s status with a tweet that said: “Quick update on Yuto Totsuka, the Japanese snowboarder who suffered a horrific crash yesterday: He was transported to a hospital for tests and a CT Scan. He has hip pain, but no broken bones. He’s back in the Olympic village.”

Time Magazine reached out to the Japanese Olympic Committee for comment on Totsuka’s status but has yet to receive a response.

Totsuka isn’t the only snowboarder to be stretchered off in the games so far.

Days before Totsuka’s crash, Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin suffered a similar fate and had to stretchered off her events course during training.

Blouin’s injury didn’t stop her from competing, however, as she managed to come back and win Silver in women’s slopestyle. 

Making matters more difficult for the athletes is the fact the weather has not been the best for the mountain-based events so far.

Dangerous winds have resulted in many events getting rescheduled.

One can only hope that the remaining week of the Olympic Winter Games is full of moments of glory and not moments of terror.

Tom Brady Breaks His Silence on the Patriots' Super Bowl Loss

Tom Brady is finally ready to address his loss at the Super Bowl.

The New England Patriots quarterback shared a photo of himself and teammate Rob Gronkowski on Instagram Friday, along with a message of gratitude to everyone who supported him and his team.

“It has taken me a few days to reflect on our SB loss as well as the great season our team had. There are many emotions when you come up short of your goal. And they are all part of learning and growing in this journey of life,” Brady, 40, wrote almost a week after he and his team lost to the Philidelphia Eagles 41-33.

“Learning turns everything into a positive. And the number one feeling I have had the past 4 days is gratitude. Gratitude to my teammates for the incredible effort given all season regardless of the challenges we faced,” he wrote.

He continued saying he felt gracious toward his coaches for their sacrifice toward the team.

“Gratitude to the NEP organization for supporting us on our very challenging and difficult journey. Gratitude to the Philadelphia Eagles team and organization for bringing out the best in us and being gracious winners (as well as congratulations on winning the championship),” he continued.

It has taken me a few days to reflect on our SB loss as well as the great season our team had. There are many emotions when you come up short of your goal. And they are all part of learning and growing in this journey of life. Learning turns everything into a postitive. And the number one feeling I have had the past 4 days is gratitude. Gratitude to my teammates for the incredible effort given all season regardless of the challenges we faced. Gratitude toward my coaches for the effort and sacrifice they make to put us players in the best position to win. Gratitude to the NEP organization for supporting us on our very challenging and difficult journey. Gratitude to the Philadelphia Eagles team and organization for bringing out the best in us and being gracious winners (as well as congratulations on winning the championship) Gratitude toward our fans who showed up every week to cheer us on and commit their time and energy and love and support to what our goals are. And gratitude to my family and friends who continue to love and support my dreams. Thank you all. I love you all. Best, Tom

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“Gratitude toward our fans who showed up every week to cheer us on and commit their time and energy and love and support to what our goals are,” Brady added. “And gratitude to my family and friends who continue to love and support my dreams. Thank you all. I love you all. Best, Tom.”

His wife, model Gisele Bündchen, supported the athlete during Sunday’s game. While the mother of two will continue to cheer on her husband if he chooses to continue playing, a source recently told PEOPLE she’d still like to see him retire.

“Gisele always supports Tom no matter what,” a source close to the couple said.

Though the source added that “nobody really knows what’s next for him now,” it’s likely Brady won’t be retiring.

But even though she’ll stand behind whatever her husband decides, a different source close to the 37-year-old supermodel tells PEOPLE that Bündchen has “been telling friends for a couple years now that she would like him to retire and just be able to be at home, but he is so committed to the game.”

“He didn’t want to retire after ‘Deflategate,'” the second source added, referencing the 2015 scandal where Brady was issued a four-game suspension for his part in allegedly deflating footballs for an unfair advantage during an AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.

The source also revealed that “after the big surprise win last year” when the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl, Bündchen “was hopeful that he might want to go out on top, but he still wants to play.”

Following the outcome of Sunday’s game, Bündchen extended an olive branch to the Eagles while also praising her husband and his team for their “commitment” and “sacrifice.”

“Congratulations Eagles for winning the Super Bowl, what a game that was!” she wrote on Instagram.

She continued, “Congratulations Patriots for giving your best and to my love, we are incredibly proud of you because we are able to see everday all the commitment, sacrifice and hard work that you have devoted to become the best in what you do. We love you!”

Muhammad Ali Was Silenced And Murdered

Reports have surfaced suggesting Muhammad Ali was injected with a drug known to cause Parkinson’s disease in the late 70s as part of a plot by the US government to strip its most influential, charismatic and dangerous critic of his voice and physical strength.

Injection of methyl phenyl tetrahydropyrinide (MPTP), an amphetamine, causes ‘rapid onset of Parkinsonism’ according to the drug’s toxicity report. In 1976 Barry Kidston, a chemistry graduate from Maryland, injected himself with MPTP and within three days began displaying symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Muhammad Ali was examined by the Mayo Clinic in 1981 and the world was told he had mild dementia pugilistica – a condition common among boxers. And as the years went by, the world accepted the idea that his boxing career bought on his Parkinson’s disease.

Because it made sense, right? Well actually, no. There are no other cases of dementia pugilistica developing into Parkinson’s disease. It just doesn’t happen. Plenty of boxers have taken much worse, more regular blows than Ali throughout their careers and none of them have developed Parkinson’s disease via dementia.

If reports are correct and Ali was injected with MPTP at the Mayo Clinic, then the government may have pulled off the perfect crime – nobody raised an eyebrow or asked any questions. The world simply accepted that Ali’s transition from dangerous radical to cuddly icon was due to a disease caused by his boxing career.

But Muhammad Ali’s own neurologist, Dr Abraham Lieberman, has dismissed that explanation, saying it wasn’t taking blows to the head that caused the disease. Neither was it genetic. Lieberman says it is ‘impossible’ to know what the cause was.

“People ask me about this and I tell them: look at George Foreman. He boxed longer than Muhammad did, took many more blows to the head and he’s on television selling his cookware.”

Former fighter Freddie Roach, now Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, acquired Parkinson’s in 1990, but it manifests differently – he never shakes and can converse almost normally. It is said that Roach is able to control the disease through medication, injections, and actively training other fighters. His doctors say that his excellent hand eye coordination has slowed down the debilitation of the disease.

But if this is the case then surely Ali’s extraordinary hand eye coordination would have prevented his condition from being so incapacitating that it quickly destroyed his ability to speak articulately – arguably his greatest gift of all. And if Freddie Roach can control his condition with medication and training, then surely Ali could have done the same.

The differences in their conditions can be explained. Freddie Roach doesn’t pose a threat to the government. Muhammad Ali did.

Silenced

It is easy to forget what a dangerous outsider Muhammad Ali was before having his voice silenced. The most famous draft resister in history, he mixed with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The Nixon and Johnson administrations bugged his phone.

Most people express their faith and beliefs but risk very little, but Muhammad Ali risked everything – his career, his family, and his finances. He was an enemy of the establishment, and he was willing to fight for his beliefs. He had his professional boxing license revoked in the prime of his career for his refusal to fight in the Vietnam war. He was sentenced to five years in jail.

But they couldn’t break him. The Louisville Lip, as he was dubbed early in his career, just became stronger and more influential.

As far as the establishment was concerned, Ali was blessed with the most dangerous quality of all – charisma. He had the uncanny ability to make you like and admire him even if you were didn’t agree with what he stood for. Even the KKK were susceptible to his charms.

No athlete, politician, or preacher ever had a voice quite like his or used it as effectively as he did. If he was that effective while dedicating his mind, body and soul to life inside the ring, imagine how successful he could have been after retirement when he planned to use his mind, body and soul to make changes outside the ring.

Martin Luther King was assassinated. Malcolm X was assassinated. Muhammad Ali, too big a name to be taken out in a messy assassination, was silenced.

10 Huge Athletes Who Clearly Didn’t Clean!

1. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

Admitted by himself, the former governor of California has used steroids in the past to become a seven-time champion as Mr. Olympia. This tri-skilled athlete, governor, actor and professional bodybuilder said that at the time they weren’t aware of all the side effects and dangers of using the enhancement drug. But strangely enough, doesn’t regret using them even knowing today what performance enhancing drugs can do to you and your body. Arnold knowingly and admittedly used Primobolan, Deca Durabolin, and Dianabol.

Arnold was responsible for bringing bodybuilding mainstream, winning various bodybuilding competitions not only in Europe but also in England, the U.S., France, South Africa, and Australia. He attributed his various professions as a bodybuilder, actor, movie, producer, activist, businessman, inventor, writer, and politician.

Schwarzenegger’s competition weight was 235 lbs, and is 6-foot-3.

2. BEN JOHNSON

This Canadian, Jamaican-born sprinter was also a two-tie bronze medalist and gold medalist from the Olympics. Unfortunately, it was taken back. Johnson admitted that he used anabolic steroids, but not stanozolol, which he was accused of. He said it was impossible that he used it because the steroid made his body feel “tight”. However, he did admit to using, and preferring to use furazabol.

Johnson won in a 100 m. world record time at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium, but then a mere 24 hours later failed the drug test in his urine because they had found traces in his urine. This steroid usage and positive result was splattered across the world, which defamed and destroyed his career and reputation.

Johnson was 5-foot-10 and weighed 165 lbs.

3. BROCK LESNAR

Until recently, Brock Lesnar, a Canadian-American professional wrestler and former NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings, has wrestled with the tests linking him to steroid usage and cutting him a break when his results came back positive. Nevertheless, back in 2016, Lesnar provided a negative anabolic steroid test result, but then was tested positive for a drug used in PCT, which is called Post Cycle therapy. The failed drug tests were taken back in June and July of 2016.

This year, however, Lesnar was temporarily suspended because he was tested positive for clomiphene and hydroxy-clomiphene. These drugs are used as an anti-estrogen agent. His large stature, huge muscles, and previous flirtation with PEDs claim to make the usage allegations highly possible.

4. EDGAR DAVIDS

The midfielder who played for Juventus and Holland failed two drug tests. His positive results came back with traces of banned anabolic steroids. In 2001, the soccer player tested positive for nandrolone, however denied it. Though not spoken of in popular news because of their seemingly “small” stature when compared to other sports, the soccer league is no stranger to athletes and players being accused and charged with taking performance enhancing drugs.

Almost fifteen years ago, Davids was one of eight Serie A players in Italy to fail a drug test. The original sentence threatened a ban of 16 months, which would cause him to miss the 2002 World Cup, but after appealing, the sentence was reduced to a quarter of the original statement, to four months.

Edgar Davis weighed 150 lbs and is 5-foot-7.

5. MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE

This professional wrestler, named Randy Mario Poffo in real life, died of a sudden heart attack and totaled his car. His enlarged heart was attributed to his steroid use. He used a various amount of performance enhancing drugs. Macho Man was known for his signature call of “Oh, Yeah!”, his intensity, cowboy hats, a bandana, headband, sunglasses, and flashy outfits. He also had a long endorsement with Beef Jerky.

Unfortunately the professional wrestler died on May 11th, 2011 from heart disease. His enlarged heart was blocking his coronary arteries, which caused his death, which many people thought happened because of the crash. However, the crash was caused by his heart problems, where his Jeep jumped the median and hit a tree.

Savage was 6-foot-1 and 237 lbs.

6. CARL LEWIS

Found guilty, the American Olympic sprinter tested positive a total of three times in his career. One of them being in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, in the 100-meter final. Although he admitted it, he also said that he was one of “hundreds” athletes representing the U.S. who allegedly used and were allowed to escape bans.

He had defended himself to the USOC because he told them that he mistakenly thought they were herbal supplements. Instead of being banned, however, he received only a warning. However, Lewis got into trouble afterwards, in 2003, for suspected drunk-driving.

Lewis, although admittedly guilty for taking steroids, said that he wasn’t concerned about any sort of revelations related to him because it was so long ago, regardless of his long history of 18 years of track.

Lewis is 6-foot-2 and 176 lbs.

7. SAMMY SOSA

The New York Times reported that Sosa was one of the 104 players who actually tested positive for those performance-enhancing drugs done by a 2003 survey test. He is one of the many baseball players who, like A-Rod, tried to use the defense of merely being caught up in a culture where it was the norm to use these drugs. He was also caught and accused of using a coked bat in 2003.

Sosa is number six on the MLB’s home run list with a record of 609. From all the athletic baseball players accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, he is not alone. It is common in the sport to hear about the athletes using drugs.

8. BARRY BONDS

This American MLB player, actually considered to be, by some die-hard fans, as one of the best baseball players in history. He also admittedly agreed to using anabolic steroids given to him from his strength trainer, Greg Anderson. However, at the time when he used it, performance-enhancing drugs was not tested in the MLB mandatorily. His court case conviction was overturned in 2015, but he was originally convicted of an obstruction of justice charge, being accused of dishing out an evasive answer when he was questioned under oath.

This left-handed, 6-foot-2 left fielder grew in a decade from 185 pounds to 228, holding a BMI of 23.8 percent. This was when he hit a record-holding 73 home runs.

9. MIKE PIAZZA

Piazza, who holds the record for the all-time most home runs made by a baseball player who plays in the catcher position. His record was 396. Before it was banned, Piazza admitted that he used androstenedione, which is a steroid. It was actually the same exact type of steroid that McGwire was accused of using as well.

Piazza actually confirmed to a journalist in an off-the-record statement that he used performance enhancing drugs, along with two of his teammates. He also stated that he was going to admit and acknowledge his PED use in his book, called Long Shot.

Regardless, Piazza was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and the New York Mets Hall of Fame. He now owns the A.C. Reggiana 1919 Italian soccer team.

10. ILYA ILYIN

The weightlifter from Kazakhstan was stripped of his two Olympic gold medals that he won in both the 2008 and the 2012 Olympics. He is also facing a ban from the International Weightlifting Federation. Although he at first passed the doping tests, they were retested because the detection techniques from past years had improved. Then his samples came back positive for the banned substances stanozolol and turinabol.

Unfortunately, Ilyin was the only athlete to win two Olympic gold medals for Kazakhstan, yet this country’s prided athlete is now stripped of his glory and now stripped the country of its success through the competitive athlete. He can return to sport in seven months after his suspension is over.

Ilyin is 5-foot-9 and 230 lbs.