Surely the team’s faithful were chanting: “Say it ain’t so.” Unfortunately for the New York Giants and their fans, it was true. Barkley had tweaked his hamstring stretching to make a catch along the left sidelines during practice.
Word of the malady trickled out via social media bit by bit, like a faucet dripping in the dead of the night. We heard: “Barkley caught the ball, but he’s limping back to the sidelines.” The former Penn State star was then seen with an ice pack on his upper leg, being treated by the trainer. Beat writers flooded Twitter with minute details, and the national media ran with the story.