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Female Athletes May Be More Prone To Injury

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    One man died and another is behind bars Saturday after a son shoots and kills his father at their Overlook Drive home in Stanaford.Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies said 23-year-old Donald Gray Dunn, Jr.

A new study finds female athletes are more likely then men to suffer a sports related injury.

Researchers said women are also more likely to get hurt earlier in the season.  They found female volleyball players suffered injuries even before male hockey players did.

The most common injuries in the study were muscle and tendon strains in the legs and feet.