• Font Size    

In Case You Missed It ...

RAW VIDEO: 100-Mile Police Chase
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Spurs' Ginobili Says He Needs Surgery On Heel

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Aug 29, 2008 11:10 am US/Central

Spurs' Ginobili Says He Needs Surgery On Heel

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ― San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili says he needs arthroscopic surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left heel.

"They're going to operate on me," he told Argentina's La Nacion newspaper Friday. The 31-year-old doesn't know when he'll have the surgery or who will do it.

Ginobili, who helped lead Argentina to a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics, said an MRI exam of the injury showed no improvement.

"It's the same as it was two months ago, when they did the first exam," he said. "Now, the thing is, it's not better either, and it seems like the only way to repair it completely is arthroscopic surgery."

Ginobili hurt the ankle during the NBA playoffs, and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had urged his player not to compete in the Olympics unless the injury improved.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

CBS11TV.COM's Popular Sports Pages

© MMIX, CBS Stations Group of Texas L.P. All Rights Reserved.