(WFRV) – Because of the number of high-profile NFL players who suffered season-ending knee injuries this year — Micah Parsons and Tucker Kraft, for example — it may have felt like ACL injuries were happening more often.

It was a terrifying sight: legendary Olympian Lindsey Vonn crashing during the women's downhill run. And crashing along with her? The storybook ending to her Winter Olympics comeback. Vonn initially retired from skiing in 2019.

As Micah Parsons rehabs a season-ending ACL injury, teammate Tucker Kraft is already planning a dramatic shakeup for the Green Bay Packers’ lineup, at least on Instagram. The tight end recently gave a tongue-in-cheek update about his teammate on his Instagram story.

In a game in which BYU barely defeated Colorado, BYU senior Richie Saunders tore his ACL, ending his season and career with the Cougars.

Former Oregon Ducks offensive lineman Isaiah World suffered a torn ACL in his final collegiate game. World tore the ACL in his left knee in the first half of Oregon’s blowout playoff loss to eventual national champion Indiana in the Peach Bowl,

The senior from Arlington Martin won the Class 6A 130-pound final on Saturday night with a 9-2 win against Avery Fitzgerald from Rockwall. Rainey missed the 2025 state tournament while recovering from knee surgery, but was a UIL state champion in 2024.

No. 22 BYU has won consecutive games for the first time since early January, but Saturday's 90-86 overtime victory over Colorado came at a price. Veteran guard Richie Saunders sustained a season-ending torn ACL in the win, the team announced Sunday.