SPORTS AND DRUGS / Graham receives lifetime banishment (San Francisco Chronicle)
Track coach Trevor Graham received a lifetime ban from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for his role in helping his athletes obtain performance-enhancing drugs....more...Third & Short for July 16 (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
College Football OKLAHOMA CITY -- The publisher of Oklahoma's largest newspaper and one of its sports writers have sued a University of Texas emp ... ...more... Olympic planners strive for healthy food service (The Sacramento Bee)
CHANGPING, China ? Guards monitor the perimeter of Lin Yuan's farm, where carrots, peppers, tomatoes and other vegetables will ripen just in time for the hungry athletes arriving for the Beijing Olympics. ...more... ?Drugs help to hide, not heal? (Hindustan Times)
Mohammad Asif being found guilty of using an illegal substance during the inaugural Indian Premier League has yet again raised the spectre over the use of banned substances in a game once known as the gentleman?s game....more... A Conversation With Commisioner Bud Selig (The Tampa Tribune)
What is your top memory of Yankee Stadium? I really have a lot of them, but none will surpass July 30, 1949. It was my 15th birthday. I was a huge Yankees fan, and they were playing the Chicago White Sox. We were sitting in the upper deck. Before the game started, they brought a huge birthday card onto the field. I turned to my mother and said, "How could you do this to me, embarrass me like ......more... Globetrotting: Will MLB's pitch hurt Chicago's Olympic chances? (Chicago Tribune)
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"Whatever 100m decision is made later in the week it was a fascinating trials race"...more... Does the PGA really need drug testing? (The Rock Hill Herald)
There has been a long-standing argument in sports about golfers, specifically whether those dudes, wearing the polo shirts with enough sponsor logos to qualify for NASCAR, are athletes....more... Chambers saga leaves me Dwained (BBC News)
Mark Ashenden at the Olympic trials in Birmingham...more... |