According to the Internet medical site WebMD.com, a scaphoid fracture is, “A break in a small bone on the thumb side of your wrist. Of the eight carpal bones in your wrist, your scaphoid bone is the most likely one to break.”
Why is this relevant to today’s sports page?
Simple. A fracture of the scaphoid bone in North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall’s right wrist could quite possibly break the heart of every Tar Heels supporter who rightly believed Marshall was the biggest key to UNC winning its third national championship in the past eight years.
Or as former North Carolina star and current ESPN analyst Hubert Davis noted Sunday evening upon hearing the news: “It’s huge. He’s the one player on North Carolina you can’t replace.”
The good news for the Baby Blues is that Marshall’s a lefty given to stunningly precise one-handed passes, especially in the open court.