Odd/usual injuries during basketball games

[Corndog89]

My favorite sports injury..In the 1980's I was coaching rugby at the Air Force Academy. One of the players, a kid named Roger, comes off the field with the lower half of his face covered in blood. The following conversation took place:

Me: What happened, Roger.

Roger: I bit my lip, Coach.

Me: Where's your mouthguard?

Roger: Didn't have it in.

Me (after throwing water in his face and seeing the extent of the damage): You need to go to the hospital and get your lip sewn back on.

Roger: I'll go after the game. Just rip my lip of coach so I can go back in.

Me: What?

Roger: Rip my lip off, Coach.

Me: Okay.

After 2-3 futile attempts to "rip his lip off" (it was very slimy and hard to get hold off...plus I wasn't actually trying, just humoring him)...

Me: It won't come off, Roger. You need to go to the hospital.

Roger: After the game, Coach. Somebody give me a mouthguard.

4-5 players on the sideline toss mouthguards at him and he picks one up and heads back into the game. We had to physically remove him and forcibly take him to the hospital. The kicker... he retired as a Lt Colonel, B-2 pilot. Rugby players...there you go.