{"id":40714,"date":"2025-08-02T01:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40714\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:33:08","slug":"ex-nba-stars-wife-attacked-by-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40714\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA star&#8217;s wife attacked by shark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The pregnant wife of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA<\/a> star Danilo Gallinari revealed on Friday that she had been attacked by a shark in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Eleonora Boi posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed with her tongue sticking out on her Instagram page with an explanation of the terrifying event. She\u2019s expecting her third child with the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York Knicks<\/a> forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/danilo-gallinari-elonora-boi-1-080125.jpg\" alt=\"Danilo Gallinari and Eleonora Boi in 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Danilo Gallinari and Eleonora Boi are seen on November 17, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (TM\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images)<\/p>\n<p>She described it as the &#8220;worst day of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never thought I could get attacked by a shark and I was near the shore and on a super crowded beach. Thankfully me and my baby are fine,&#8221; she wrote, according to a translation. &#8220;I was rushed to the rescue and the surgery to fix my poor bruised leg went well. Now I just have to recover from the great scare. . . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She joked that the shark would be hearing from her lawyer and thanked her husband for his &#8220;courage&#8221; during the situation. She reportedly suffered a wound on her thigh.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Natural and Environmental Resources biologist Nilda Jim\u00e9nez told El Nuevo Dia that officials were investigating the type of shark that bit Boi.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/elonora-boi-080125.jpg\" alt=\"Elonora Boi in 2014\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Eleonora Boi, left, and her mom \u00a0attend the &#8216;Quelli che il Calcio&#8217; TV Show on May 11, 2014, in Milan, Italy. (Vincenzo Lombardo\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/michael-jordans-son-says-deaths-hulk-hogan-ozzy-osbourne-led-him-reconnecting-family-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MICHAEL JORDAN&#8217;S SON SAYS DEATHS OF HULK HOGAN, OZZY OSBOURNE LED TO HIM RECONNECTING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on the photographs provided to us, we believe the characteristics of the bite could be consistent with those of a shark,&#8221; Nilda told the outlet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1420652\/danilo-gallinar-pregnant-wife-shark-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">via E! News<\/a>. &#8220;But to validate this, a series of analyses would be necessary. For this purpose, medical personnel were asked for samples, which, if available, would be analyzed promptly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gallinari didn\u2019t address the incident.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/danilo-gallinari-nba-1-080125.jpg\" alt=\"Danilo Gallinari with the Bucks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Danilo Gallinari, #12 of the Milwaukee Bucks, looks on during the first half against the Charlotte Hornets at Fiserv Forum on February 27, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/italy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Italy<\/a> native played in the NBA from 2008 to 2024 with eight different teams over his career. He averaged 14.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in 777 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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