Broken, his Hip, on the Bike Yesterday -- Jim Calhoun Resting after Surgery, Today | Bob's Blitz

Broken, his Hip, on the Bike Yesterday -- Jim Calhoun Resting after Surgery, Today

UConn said that coach Jim Calhoun was resting comfortably at John Dempsey Hospital at the UConn Health Center today after undergoing hip surgery. Calhoun broke his left hip after he fell off a yesterday.

Calhoun broke several ribs when he fell off a bike back in 2009.

Coach missed eight games last season because of the effects of spinal stenosis and has survived prostate and skin cancer to boot.

So, how did UConn athletic director Warde Manuel sum up the 70-year-old's latest fracture? "He's just had some bad breaks this last year or so," Manuel said, "and we've just got to hope that he has a speedy recovery."

Indeed.

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