Major League Baseball players who don't wear protective cups, guys like New York Mets right-hander LaTroy Hawkins, must know they are taking a calculated risk. They do it for physical comfort because, ...

VIERA, Fla. – It was an, ummm, painful lesson. Jordany Valdespin changed his tune Wednesday about wearing protection after getting hit in the groin with a Justin Verlander 94-mile per hour fastball.

HIGH RIDGE, Mo., May 29 (UPI) --The Missouri inventor of "the world's strongest athletic cup" put his own genitals on the line and took a bullet to the groin to prove its effectiveness. Jeremiah Raber ...

Somebody get this guy on “Shark Tank”! A Missouri resident claims to have the strongest jockstrap in the world — and he’s willing to take a bullet to prove it. Jeremiah Raber, 38, is the mastermind ...

North Carolina coach Mike Fox doesn’t see it as Cody Roberts’ protective cup failing him when he was hit with a foul ball in the groin area last Sunday in a game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Despite ...

SAN DIEGO — Even after some intense ice treatment, LaTroy Hawkins was not giving in. The Mets closer, who had taken a “direct hit” to the groin Wednesday night, is not going to start wearing a ...