KCBS-KCAL television sports director, Jim Hill, left, congratulates University of Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson after a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

KCBS-KCAL television sports director, Jim Hill, left, congratulates University of Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson after a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.

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  9. KCBS-KCAL television sports director, Jim Hill, left, congratulates University of Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson after a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.
  10. University of Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson waves after a news conference at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.
  11. Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson, left, listens as his mother, Kim Mallory, thanks his supporters during a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.
  12. Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson smiles during a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.
  13. Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson, left, and his uncle, Kreeg Anderson, rear, arrive at a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Sept. 28 after suffering a serious weightlifting accident when the weight bar fell out of his grasp and crushed his throat and voice box, is expected to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday, to continue his recovery at home.

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