Fla. lawmakers approve random steroid testing of high school athletes in 3 sports (San Diego Union-Tribune)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., 11:01 a.m. May 4 (AP): Some Florida high school athletes in three sports would be subject to random testing for anabolic steroids under a one-year pilot program passed Friday by the Legislature....more...Florida high school athletes test anabolic steroids under a one-year pilot program (Moldova.org)
Some Florida high school athletes who play three sports would be subject to random testing for anabolic steroids under a one-year pilot program. One percent of students who compete in American football, baseball and weightlifting during the 2007-08 school year would be tested under the legislation passed Friday, which would become effective on July 1 if Gov. Charlie Crist signs it. The Florida ......more... Florida high school athletes test anabolic steroids under a one-year pilot program (Pravda)
Some Florida high school athletes who play three sports would be subject to random testing for anabolic steroids under a one-year pilot program....more... Today's Sports Calendar (Saint George Spectrum)
Here is today's list of local and major sports events. Check back Monday-Friday mornings for each day's calendar. And check back Friday afternoons for the weekend sports calendar....more... Sports wrap (The Star Press)
8 p.m. -- NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 2, New Jersey at Cleveland (TNT) ... 10:30 p.m. -- NBA playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 2, San Antonio at Phoenix (TNT)...more... NYC Sued Over Metal-Bat Ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Baseball bat manufacturers and school baseball sponsors teamed up Monday to ask a judge to toss out a law banning metal bats in the city's high school games as unconstitutional....more... Skipping college to go pro (Miami Herald)
Their mothers arrived in the United States from Colombia and Honduras with identical dreams for their youngest sons: They would play on the high school soccer team, earn a college scholarship, get a free education and then make a nice living in the business world or, if they're lucky, play pro soccer....more... Steroid testing for high school athletes likely to pass (Orlando Sentinel)
But a Senate proposal to break private schools from the FHSAA is shot down in the House. Legislators in Tallahassee are likely to pass today a bill that would make Florida the second state to institute a statewide anabolic steroid testing program for high-school athletes. ...more... Two New Jersey Youth Honored for Volunteerism at National Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----Two New Jersey students, Daniel Feldman, 16, of Linwood and Katherine Amigo, 13, of West Windsor were honored in the nation's capital last night for their outstanding volunteer work during the presentation of The 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards....more... |