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Painfully true stories of injury cover-ups

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

In his attempts to explain away a recent injury, Phillies pitcher Brett Myers made a discovery that the likes of Pete Rose, John Edwards, financier Bernie Madoff and "Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks already knew. Sometimes the cover-up can be as damaging as the crime. Myers, on a rehab assignment with Philadelphia's Class A farm team in Clearwater, Fla., missed a start Saturday after suffering an injury to his left eye. He told the club that he hurt himself playing catch with his little boy ...

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