Get your Horns (and prayers)up for Gary Johnson

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Former Texas player Gary Johnson hospitalized after collision during basketball game in Israel

Published February 20, 2013

Associated Press

JERUSALEM – The Israel Basketball Association says former Texas player Gary Johnson has been put in a medically induced coma after being hospitalized with head injuries.

IBA spokesman Hagai Segal says Johnson, who plays for Israeli team Hapoel Galil Elyon, is being treated for a fractured skull and doctors are checking for any other possible damage. Segal says Johnson's condition is not life threatening and he will be woken up Wednesday.

Johndre Jefferson, who plays for Elitzur Ramla, tweeted Tuesday that Johnson was injured after Jefferson "accidentally elbowed" Johnson in the forehead and "cracked his skull."

He tweeted that it is a "terrible feeling" to have been involved in the collision.

Read more: Former Texas player Gary Johnson hospitalized after collision during basketball game in Israel | Fox News

 

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Former Texas player Gary Johnson hospitalized after collision during basketball game in IsraelPublished February 20, 2013

Associated Press

JERUSALEM – The Israel Basketball Association says former Texas player Gary Johnson has been put in a medically induced coma after being hospitalized with head injuries.

IBA spokesman Hagai Segal says Johnson, who plays for Israeli team Hapoel Galil Elyon, is being treated for a fractured skull and doctors are checking for any other possible damage. Segal says Johnson's condition is not life threatening and he will be woken up Wednesday.

Johndre Jefferson, who plays for Elitzur Ramla, tweeted Tuesday that Johnson was injured after Jefferson "accidentally elbowed" Johnson in the forehead and "cracked his skull."

He tweeted that it is a "terrible feeling" to have been involved in the collision.

Read more: Former Texas player Gary Johnson hospitalized after collision during basketball game in Israel | Fox News

Went to bed last night worried about GJ. It is awesome to know that the doctors are saying this is not a life threatening injury. Thoughts and prayers for the big guy. Longhorn Nation is behind him.