Free Zion

Published February 22, 2019 5:00am ET



A mere 36 seconds into Feb. 20’s marquee matchup between the University of North Carolina and Duke University, college basketball’s most electric player, Zion Williamson, was forced to leave the game after his left Nike shoe literally blew apart and caused the 6-foot-7, 285-pound freshman phenom to go down, slipping awkwardly and injuring his right knee.

Thankfully, Williamson’s injury appears to be less substantial than the breath-seizing video might have made it look. On Thursday, Duke Blue Devils Coach Mike Krzyzewski said his star forward had suffered only a minor “grade 1 sprain,” and that Williamson’s status is “day-to-day” and progressing as expected.

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