http://www.mail.com/subjects/2212-sports-governance.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2212-sports-governance.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763250-sao-paulo-awarded-copa-sudamericana-final.html SAO PAULO (AP) — The image of Brazilian soccer in the lead up to the 2014 World Cup took a hit Wednesday when the final of the Copa Sudamericana was abandoned after visiting club Tigre accused security officials of pulling guns and beating its players. "What happened at the final was a serious setback to Brazil's image as host of next years' Confederatio... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763250-sao-paulo-awarded-copa-sudamericana-final.html 2012-12-13T16:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762844-vilma-advances-defamation-case-brees-blasts-nfl.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One day after his suspension in the NFL's bounty probe was overturned, Jonathan Vilma moved forward with his defamation claims against Commissioner Roger Goodell, while Drew Brees and other teammates went on the offensive against Goodell and the league office. "What I would like to see is a level of accountability on the part of the NFL... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762844-vilma-advances-defamation-case-brees-blasts-nfl.html 2012-12-13T04:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762690-goodell-bounty-players-punished.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he "fundamentally disagrees" with former league boss Paul Tagliabue's decision not to discipline players in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal. Speaking Wednesday after an owners meeting in the Dallas area, Goodell said he respected his predecessor's decision, and believed it backed up the commi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762690-goodell-bounty-players-punished.html 2012-12-13T01:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762506-williams-testified-wanted-to-bounties.html Former New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams testified that he tried to shut down the team's bounty system when the NFL began investigating but was overruled by interim Saints head coach Joe Vitt, according to transcripts from appeals hearings obtained by The Associated Press. According to the transcripts, Williams said that then-assistant Vitt... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1762506-williams-testified-wanted-to-bounties.html 2012-12-12T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html PARIS (AP) — 'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment of following sports is debating who is best at them. This being an Olympic year, we were spoiled for choice in 2012. Oscar Pistorius is a temptin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html 2012-12-12T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html The PGA of America is bringing a mystery guest to the "Today" show — its next Ryder Cup captain. Golf Digest reported on its website Tuesday night that it would be Tom Watson. An organization that is not shy about giving rock-star treatment to the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America said it would reveal the next U.S. captain during a segment Thursday of NBC's m... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-12T01:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759914-congress-science-hgh-test-nfl.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two full seasons since signing a labor deal that paved the way for HGH testing in the NFL, the league and the players' union still haven't agreed to implement anything. The NFL Players Association won't concede the validity of a test that's used by Olympic sports and Major League Baseball, and the sides haven't been able to jointl... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759914-congress-science-hgh-test-nfl.html 2012-12-12T00:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759840-saints-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Finding fault with nearly everyone tied to the New Orleans Saints' bounty case, from the coaches to Roger Goodell, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue tossed out the suspensions of four players Tuesday and condemned the team for obstructing the investigation. In a surprising rejection of his successor's overreaching punishments, Tagl... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759840-saints-suspensions-tossed-bounty-case.html 2012-12-11T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757608-tagliabue-overturns-goodell-saints-suspensions.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a sharp rebuke to his successor's handling of the NFL's bounty investigation, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue overturned the suspensions of four current and former New Orleans Saints players in a case that has preoccupied the league for almost a year. Tagliabue, who was appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell to handle the appeals... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757608-tagliabue-overturns-goodell-saints-suspensions.html 2012-12-11T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756910-ap-source-tagliabue-bounty-ruling-coming-tuesday.html Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue will rule Tuesday afternoon on the latest round of player appeals in the NFL's bounty probe, and any potential punishment will be delayed by a week, a person familiar with the decision said. The delay is designed to give a federal judge in New Orleans the opportunity to rule on pending motions to throw out the suspen... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756910-ap-source-tagliabue-bounty-ruling-coming-tuesday.html 2012-12-10T23:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games for a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee ex... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html 2012-12-05T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests, while Lance Armstrong can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee executive bo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.html 2012-12-05T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745812-ioc-opens-case-skorea-soccer-player-banner.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the London Games bronze-medal match. The Olympic body must decide if Park Jong-woo will receive the medal it has withheld from him since Aug. 10. IOC President Jacques Rogge says it h... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745812-ioc-opens-case-skorea-soccer-player-banner.html 2012-12-05T18:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for the world's second most populous nation. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the worl... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html 2012-12-04T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html 2012-12-04T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739848-vilmas-testimony-ends-latest-bounty-hearings.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest round of appeal hearings in the NFL's bounty investigation concluded Monday evening following witness appearances by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt and linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Now Vilma, Saints defensive end Will Smith and two other players await a ruling by former ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1739848-vilmas-testimony-ends-latest-bounty-hearings.html 2012-12-04T00:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737574-disappointed-spurs-shrug-fine-beat-memphis.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — So that's what $250,000 worth of rest looks like. Tony Parker scored 30 points and Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds, giving the San Antonio Spurs their money's worth for the unprecedented fine from the NBA they absorbed for putting rest over the league's business interests in a 99-95 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies o... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737574-disappointed-spurs-shrug-fine-beat-memphis.html 2012-12-02T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737424-popovich-disappointed-250k-fine-nba.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gregg Popovich said Saturday night he doesn't know if the San Antonio Spurs will appeal a $250,000 fine from the NBA for sending his star players home to rest instead of playing them against the Miami Heat. Speaking publicly for the first time since NBA Commissioner David Stern handed down the stiff penalty Friday, the Spurs coach and t... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1737424-popovich-disappointed-250k-fine-nba.html 2012-12-02T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737272-minn-turns-coaching-mess-perfect-year.html MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — It's been a season of heartbreak and hope, adversity and achievement, stunning in both the worst and best of ways. And it's not over yet for Minnesota State, Mankato. The team, which saw its season begin with the head coach being arrested on child pornography charges, advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals with a 17-10 victory o... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1737272-minn-turns-coaching-mess-perfect-year.html 2012-12-01T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1735666-not-awkward-vilma-smith-williams-face-to-face.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It had been 10 months since New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith were face to face with their former defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams — a span that included NFL suspensions for all three in connection with what a league investigation determined was a cash-for-hits bounty program. For about four h... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1735666-not-awkward-vilma-smith-williams-face-to-face.html 2012-11-30T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734624-panel-to-eye-links-cycling-body-armstrong.html GENEVA (AP) — An independent panel will examine possible links between cycling's governing body and the Lance Armstrong doping case. The three-member panel will meet in London from April 9-26, with a June 1 deadline to deliver its report. The group consists of retired British judge Philip Otton, Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes and former Paralympics star... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734624-panel-to-eye-links-cycling-body-armstrong.html 2012-11-30T17:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1734612-holdsclaws-lawyer-investigating-alleged-assault.html ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer for former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw says he's investigating the circumstances that led to assault and weapons charges against the Olympic gold medalist. The 35-year-old is accused of smashing the windows and firing a shot into a car belonging to Jennifer Lacy, who plays for the Tulsa Shock. No one was injured. Lacy told police ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1734612-holdsclaws-lawyer-investigating-alleged-assault.html 2012-11-30T17:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html LONDON (AP) — His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports hardware — an Olympic medal. But for how much longer? The fate of Armstrong's medal will be addressed when the International Olympic Committee executive board meets next week in Lausanne, Switzerland. Twelve years afte... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html 2012-11-30T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1733710-3-member-panel-to-probe-uci-armstrong-links.html GENEVA (AP) — British judge Phillip Otton will chair the three-member panel investigating the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case. The UCI, cycling's governing body, announced the independent commission on Friday, saying British Paralympic great Tanni Grey-Thompson and Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes also will serve on ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1733710-3-member-panel-to-probe-uci-armstrong-links.html 2012-11-30T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731112-1-key-witness-bounty-appeal-williams.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for players appealing NFL suspensions in the New Orleans Saints bounties case cross-examined one key witness Thursday. Now they're supposed to get a chance to confront another central figure: former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is overseeing the latest round of player appeals... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1731112-1-key-witness-bounty-appeal-williams.html 2012-11-30T05:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1732652-nba-vows-to-sanction-spurs-resting-regulars.html MIAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs will be punished by the NBA for their decision to send four top players home and not make them available to play in Miami against the Heat on Thursday night. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said the decision to rest Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green — the core of the Spurs — was in the team's best i... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1732652-nba-vows-to-sanction-spurs-resting-regulars.html 2012-11-30T01:05:00Z