[Rick] Swift will be reevaluated by Dr. Steve Lombardo in Los Angeles. If the injury is confirmed, Swift likely is out for the rest of the season, although Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo would not rule out a return before it ends.

It’s horrible news for him, and it’s not good for us,” Carlesimo said. “We want to play him. We want to look at him.”

As Coach Carlesimo left the podium, I noticed a flutter of white.  Ducking cameras and boom mics to reach the swiftly emptying platform, I grasped at the scrap of paper and tucked it carefully into my wallet.  Once free of the elbowing masses, I ducked into a doorway to pour over my prize.  The part of the printout that had not been torn away was blurry and spotted—with what: water? sweat?—but the thicket of bolded blue words remained legible, the two scrawled red circles still crisp on the battered paper.

      ou want to do to Rick Swift? (just click & wa
    ench, buy a drink for, chest bump, dr
eat with, feed, goose, high five, hug, j
look at, lick, medicate, motivate, no
 inch, play, pwn, rest, smack, sea
   ain, trip, urge on, validate, we

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