Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs will have surgery for a partially torn Achilles tendon, an injury he insists will not keep him sidelined for the entire 2012 season.

Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles' 107-102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night.

Tiger Woods said Monday night his left Achilles tendon is mildly strained and he is hopeful he can still play next week at Bay Hill.

A Manitoba man who went for surgery on his Achilles tendon woke up in hospital to find doctors cut into the wrong leg.

Rudy Fernandez scored a season-high 23 in his return from a sore Achilles as the Nuggets beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 96-81 on Friday night in Denver.