I had microfracture surgery on my right knee. Recovery was a horrible bitch, but it allowed me to be active again—until the arthritis got too painful and I had to get a total knee replacement. The worst part of the recovery is the first 6 weeks, where you cannot put ANY WEIGHT on your affected leg for ANY REASON…

I had microfracture surgery once. 2-1/2 years later, I had a total knee replacement.

Rugby is at the point soccer was about 20-30 years ago in the US. It's just been in the past few years that Rookie Rugby—touch rugby for kids as young as 4 or 5—programs have begun popping up. So for the first time in the US, there's a generation of kids that will have grown up being involved in the sport as opposed…

If you want to see men tackling other men in a safer manner, there's all sorts of rugby on today, too. On BeIN Sport: