Sunday, October 26, 2008

Can Richie Phillips remain healthy?

Richie Phillips has luck all right. Unfortunately, it has been nothing but the bad sort since he enrolled at Nevada and began as a member of the Wolf Pack basketball team. Chris Murray has the latest on Phillips who just might play a major role this season if he remains in one piece.

Phillips could do "dirty work" for Nevada if he stays healthy
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
October 26, 2008


Nevada Wolf Pack basketball player Richie Phillips has had plenty of reasons to quit.

There was the stress fracture in his right leg before his redshirt freshman season.

There was the torn finger tendon in the little finger of his left hand during his redshirt freshman season.

There was the stress fracture in his left leg that ended his sophomore season.

And that doesn't even count the wrist surgery he had his senior season at Franklin High School in Seattle.

But through it all, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound power forward has never thought about giving into the temptation to hang up his jersey...

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