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Baseball players say they want to clean up the game
SEATTLE — When cyclist Lance Armstrong was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs last fall, he was publicly disgraced, stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life. When outfielder Melky Cabrera tested...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Entertainment, A.J. Ellis, Toronto Blue Jays
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MLB drug scandal: Baseball still can't clean up its drug act
Bud Selig, baseball's commissioner, declared the game's steroid era "clearly a thing of the past" and the use of banned performance-enhancing substances "virtually nonexistent." It was January 2010, and former home run champion Mark McGwire had just...Tags: Biogenesis Scandal (2013), Lance Armstrong, University of Miami, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics
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Bud Selig puts himself in tough spot with crackdown on drugs
Whenever the questions turn to drugs, Bud Selig has two talking points. First, Selig inevitably says that baseball has the toughest drug policy in American sports. This is true. Second, Selig points out that he commissioned the Mitchell Report and...
Tags: Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, U.S. Congress, Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
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Doping-We made no mistakes in Armstrong affair, says UCI head
ReutersBy Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) was fault free in their handling of the Lance Armstrong doping affair that severely tarnished the sport's reputation and triggered harsh criticism of...Tags: Lance Armstrong, Sports, Tour de France, International Travel, Road Race Cycling
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Cycling-Giro positives do little to help public perception
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - For all the recent protestations cycling is moving on from its drug-ridden past, the public remains unconvinced and two positive tests during this month's Giro d'Italia will have done little to convince...Tags: Andre Greipel, Lance Armstrong, Sports, Tour de France, Road Race Cycling
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INTERVIEW-Cycling-Report shows still a long way to go - McQuaid
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Cycling has a long way to go to repair the damage done to the sport by the Lance Armstrong case, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said following the publication of the UCI's stakeholder...Tags: Globalization, Lance Armstrong, Road Race Cycling, Media Industry, Sports
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Proposed bill partners horse racing, USADA
Three congressmen are proposing legislation on the eve of the Kentucky Derby that would crack down on doping in horse racing. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Republican...Tags: Sports, Tom Udall, Pharmaceuticals, Churchill Downs, Chemical Industry
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Nike cuts ties with cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong
Nike has already separated itself from Lance Armstrong, dropping its sponsorship of the disgraced cyclist in October after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency exposed him as the ringleader of a team doping program. Now the sports shoe and clothing company is...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Sports, Charity, Livestrong Foundation, Social Issues
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Marquez chooses Bradley instead of Pacquiao for next fight [Updated]
Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez has bypassed an immediate fifth fight against Manny Pacquiao to instead square off with world welterweight champion Timothy Bradley of Palm Springs. Calling the planned fight at Las Vegas Thomas and Mack Center on Sept. 14...
Tags: Mexico, Timothy Bradley, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Macau
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Pletcher scoffs at rumors second-favorite Verrazano stopped eating
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Todd Pletcher knew there were rumors. He even figured some of them impugned his horses. When you're one of the winningest trainers in the game who just happens to condition a quarter of the Kentucky Derby field, that, he said,...
Tags: Sports, Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian
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Lance Armstrong scandal creates a mess in Spain
The Lance Armstrong doping scandal continues to reverberate through Spain, where authorities have launched an investigation into several figures allegedly linked to the American cyclist. Prosecutors are looking at Spanish citizens mentioned in the U.S....
Tags: Sports, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray
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USADA chief: Lance Armstrong can implicate others in doping scandal
Travis Tygart, who is the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, told a French government senate hearing Thursday that he wants Lance Armstrong to provide information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing body, the International Cycling...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Sports, NFL Draft, Tour de France, Tyrann Mathieu
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