Worst thing you ever saw happen in a game?

[kmw]

A1 and B1 running down court in fast break situation. A1 & B1 get tangled up and A1 does a somersault and splits her head open above the eyebrow. So much blood, ugh. Squad is called because of all the blood and she needed something like 40 stitches to close the wound. Gross!

[Coltdoggs]

In HS I was undercut while in the air going to the rim hard....I had a pretty good vertical back then...about 33" and my knees hit the kid right in the chest and it made me top heavy and I came down face first and landed chin first into the floor. Busted open my chin a little wider and about as deep as a quarter....required about 10 stitches...there was blood everywhere....

In College in a pick-up game a dude took off for a dunk on a fast break and when he planted it sounded like a gunshot followed by screaming and he went to the floor like a 50' redwood tree going down....he basically put his knee on backwards when he planted to take off....It was a little scary...IIRC, he tore up just about every major ligament!

[rainmaker]

Girls' JV. Dribbler has a clear path to an easy lay-up. Defender is right behind dribbler. As the dribbler goes up for the shot, defender reaches over the top to try to block the shot (not a real high level game!). She brings the arm down hard, whacking the shooter hard on the head. The angle was just wrong and the shooter's head snapped back, and she went down like a ton of bricks, and whacked her head on the floor as she fell. It took half an hour for the ambulance to get there, and she went out on a backboard. It was awful.

Amazingly, in the long run she was okay. Whiplash and a concussion, but nothing really serious.

We didn't call it intentional or flagrant. It was just a really stupid pointless foul. Oh, and the substitute shot the FT's.

[JugglingReferee]

Did a college game about 7 years ago and my P called an INT on a foul where the shooter (on a breakaway) went down hard and chipped a tooth. Other than that, had a broken wrist once. Not much else.

In football, I have had a couple of broken ankles, including one on the first scrimmage play in a provincial final.