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MLB hoping for large replay expansion in 2014
Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and ...
Pound: Drug-testing failing due to lack of will
Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint ...
Tour de France: The final frontier for kick bikers
A joke over beer could turn into a defining moment for a new sport when an international team of six men attempt to mark the 100th edition of the Tour ...
UCI appealing Spanish ruling to destroy blood bags
Cycling's governing body will appeal the decision of a Madrid court to destroy the blood bags and other evidence from the Operation Puerto doping case
Singh's suit draws little public reaction at TPC
One spectator wore fake deer antlers. Another yelled about eating venison. And a group of guys shouted, "Stay off the spray, Vijay." But for the most ...
Roberto Castro opens with a 63 in Players debut
Roberto Castro made a debut he won't soon forget in The Players Championship, opening with a 9-under 63 Thursday to tie the course record at the TPC ...
Singh suing PGA over proposed suspension
Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on Wednesday for exposing him to "public humiliation and ridicule" during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer ...
WADA calls for rugby league cooperation on doping
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency has urged the National Rugby League to stop stonewalling in the doping scandal that has engulfed two of the ...
Former MLB outfielder Otis Nixon arrested
Former Major League outfielder Otis Nixon has been arrested on drug charges following a weekend traffic stop in suburban Atlanta. Nixon was pulled ...
IAAF says 2 Turkish athletes charged with doping
Olympic 1,500-meter champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey was charged with doping and could be stripped of her gold medal. Another female Turkish ...
Spain investigates Armstrong doping ring
Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into individuals involved in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Spain's anti-doping agency said ...
WADA to hold meeting in China on gene doping
Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential ...
Aussie ex-cyclist given 6-month ban for doping
Former Australian cyclist Matt White, who admitted to doping when his name came up in the Lance Armstrong scandal, says he received a six-month ...
Godolphin scandal raises debate on steroid use
The doping scandal that led to the downfall of Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni could ultimately lead to a global ban on anabolic steroids in ...
Study: Adults minimize steroid use as problem
American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases, according ...
Wiggins, doping case in spotlight as Giro starts
With cycling again shadowed by doping, Bradley Wiggins begins his possible attempt Saturday to accomplish that rarest of doubles — victories in the ...
Chris Kelly, of rap duo Kris Kross, dies in Ga.
Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," died at an Atlanta ...
Singh out of tournament, day after exonerated
Vijay Singh withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship because of a sore back Wednesday, one day after the PGA Tour said it would not punish the ...
IOC, WADA condemn ruling on Puerto blood bags
Olympic and anti-doping officials condemned a Spanish court's decision to destroy the blood bags seized in the Operation Puerto case, saying it ...
Tour drops its doping case against Vijay Singh
The PGA Tour dropped its doping case against Vijay Singh on Tuesday based on new information from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which said using deer ...
New doping investigation in British horse racing
Less than a week after the Godolphin steroids scandal, British horse racing is conducting another major doping investigation after trainer Gerard ...
Pat McQuaid's bid in doubt to remain cycling chief
Pat McQuaid's bid for a third term as head of cycling's governing body is in doubt, with his role in the Lance Armstrong scandal under scrutiny.
Selig: MLB won't interrupt season for Olympics
Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics. Baseball was an Olympic medal sport ...
USADA chief: Armstrong has evidence against UCI
The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing ...