WHDD-BREAKFAST CLUB SPORTS THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 2021

Tiger Woods announces golf return with PNC Championship appearance

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The announcement comes just a week after Woods told reporters in his first appearance with the media since the Feb. 23 crash that he wasn’t sure he would ever come back full time, revealing that he nearly lost his leg to amputation as a result of the crash. “I’m lucky to be alive, but also to still have the limb,” he said ahead of his charity golf event. “Those are two crucial things. I’m very, very grateful that someone upstairs was taking care of me, that I’m able to not only to be here but to walk without a prosthesis.” The 36-hole event will be his first competitive event since the crash. He admitted last week that he still doesn’t know if or when he will return to the PGA Tour.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele had to undergo treatment for a colon tumor that was first diagnosed back in September, and he’s back in the hospital, his doctors said on Wednesday.

Pele, a three-time World Cup champion, is at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, but he is expected to be released within the next few days, his doctors told Reuters and AFP.

“[The admittance was] for follow-up treatment of the colon tumor identified in September this year,” the doctors said in a statement.

Back in September, Pele said on social media that the tumor was found during routine exams that he put off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pele underwent surgery on Sept. 4 to remove the tumor on the right side of his colon.

Pele was in the hospital for one month, which featured some time in intensive care and “semi-intensive care” before he underwent chemotherapy from his home. During the entire process, Pele updated his fans on his progress on his Instagram.

Pele, who is considered to be one of the greatest soccer players of all time, is the only male soccer player to win three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970). He led Brazil to its first World Cup title back in 1958.

Fully vaccinated Saints RB Mark Ingram tests positive for COVID-19

Fully vaccinated Saints RB Mark Ingram tests positive for COVID-19
Nola.com is reporting that Saints running back Mark Ingram tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Fields set to return to Bears’ lineup after missing 2 games

Fields set to return to Bears’ lineup after missing 2 games
Justin Fields is set to return to the Chicago Bears’ lineup.

Burrow says injured pinky won’t sideline him against 49ers

Burrow says injured pinky won’t sideline him against 49ers
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow says his injured pinky finger on his throwing hand won’t keep him out of Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Alabama QB Young, LB Anderson named SEC players of year
Alabama once again collected a Southeastern Conference title and two big league-wide individual awards.