09-16-2007, 08:42 AM
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Kyle Long was checked out thoroughly at UVa Medical Center and released Friday night.
?He?s doing good,? Chris Long said. ?I talked to him last night and everything came back good. He?s back to his usual self. He was home watching [the Virginia] game on TV.?
Still, it made for a worrisome time for Chris Long on the road on Friday, waiting to play the Tar Heels the following afternoon.
?It was in my mind until about 11:30 last night,? Long said. ?That?s when I heard that everything was good. I talked to [Kyle], and dad [Howie Long] was home. I had to hear that. It was very important to me to hear that.?
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DailyProgress.com | UVA FOOTBALL: Once again, Long sets tone for Virginia's defense
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Baby bro
Defensive end Chris Long called home last night to see how his two younger brothers' high school game had gone when he got the news that the second oldest Long brother, Kyle, a senior at St. Anne's-Belfield, had been hit awkwardly in the neck against LCA and was taken off the field in an ambulance.
Kyle, a Florida State baseball recruit, is fine. He went home from the hospital last night. Chris talked to him at 11:30 p.m. and it put his mind at ease.
"I had to hear that," said Long, who had four tackles, a sack and his first career interception on Saturday. "It was very important for me to hear that."
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NewsAdvance.com | Virginia Notebook - Getting the job done
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Kyle Long might have similar potential, and he, too, attends St. Anne's-Belfield. But he excels in baseball also and has accepted a scholarship offer from Florida State.
Early in the fourth quarter of the St. Anne's football game Friday against Liberty Christian, Kyle crumbled after an apparent blow to the neck. The contest was delayed 30 minutes as trainers secured Kyle and an ambulance ferried him to the hospital.
Not to overdramatize, but neck issues give us all pause, especially after the injury Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett sustained last Sunday.
When Chris checked his cell phone Friday night at Virginia's North Carolina hotel, he noticed his battery was dead. So he headed up his room, called his mom and learned of Kyle's situation.
"Mainly, you just start panicking," Chris said.
It was 10 p.m. Ninety minutes later, Chris got a call back ? Kyle was good to go and able to move all extremities normally.
Better yet, the brothers spoke on the phone. They are beyond close, and Kyle often is visible at Virginia football practices and functions.
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Long the difference for Cavaliers -- dailypress.com
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UVa's Long learns brother OK
By Doug Doughty
981-3129
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- It was Virginia's good fortune that senior defensive end Chris Long was able to approach Saturday's game at North Carolina with a clear head.
Long had a few anxious moments after hearing that his younger brother, Kyle, had been injured Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.
Kyle Long was immobilized and taken from the field in an ambulance after he suffered a neck injury in a football game between St. Anne's-Belfield and visiting Lynchburg Christian.
"I called my mom and I could tell right away that she didn't sound right," said Chris Long, who was at UVa's team hotel Friday night. "It was in my mind till I heard everything was good around 11:30 [p.m. Friday]."
Long said he spoke with his brother Friday night and again on several occasions Saturday morning.
By then, doctors had determined that Kyle Long had suffered a stinger, which is similar to a pinched nerve.
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UVa's Long learns brother OK - Roanoke.com
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WCAV - Sports Sports section front
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