ESPN's Linda Cohn Has A Injured Arm

By Josh Albarran

Linda Cohn at the ESPN Radio studios, September 9, 2013.
(ESPN Images)

ESPN's SportsCenter anchor Linda Cohn on Friday suffered an injury to repair 25 stitches on her right arm while working on the ice for the New York Rangers-affiliate team Hartford Wolf Pack. She was scheduled to face shots from Wolf Pack hockey players during the morning and also attending the team's night game the following night.

Cohn tweeted on Twitter with a picture of her arm at a local Connecticut hospital "This is what kept me from taking ice w @WolfpackAHL today. Some kids playing in arcade knocked over metal machine onto my arm. 25 stitches!" http://www.whosay.com/status/lindacohn/868577?wsref=tw&code=Tjk8519

Cohn is currently resting at her Southbury, Connecticut home with her arm expected to be heel quickly and will return to SportsCenter beginning mid-next week, she will tell the hole story from Friday's accident on her next Listen Closely podcast, also expected to be released via download next week.

UPDATE (4/02/2014): Linda Cohn returned to ESPN on Wednesday doing SportsCenter on her normal basis, but according to her Twitter page, Cohn won't be playing hockey for a month due to doctor's orders. As promise, her story from last week's incident on this week's Listen Closely podcast with guest former Ranger player and Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier.

To listen click on http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10715094 or to download http://c.espnradio.com/audio/2142792/lindacohn_2014-04-02-120032.48b.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%2CMidroll%2CPostroll%7Cstation_id%3D1767

UPDATE (8/22/2014): On Thursday, the New York Post reported that Cohn had filed a lawsuit against the Brewster Ice Arena in July over the use of its coin machine that fell on her arm, costing Cohn not to play hockey with the Wolfpack hockey team. A ESPN official said Linda was off-duty from the network at the time and ESPN is not involved in this lawsuit, that's good news for her to keep her television job. Cohn took the last two weekdays off and will return to the network on-air next week.