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Phillies INF Freddy Galvis suspended 50 games
Philadelphia Phillies rookie infielder Freddy Galvis was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for testing positive for a banned ...
Ex-Saint Hargrove says it's not his voice in clip
Former New Orleans defensive end Anthony Hargrove says it's not his voice saying "Give me the money" in a video used by the NFL as evidence in its ...
London Games to be first social media Olympics
Tweet this: The London Games will be the first Olympics told in 140 characters or less. The London Games will be the most tweeted, liked and tagged ...
Goodell hears bounty appeals from players
The NFL went public Monday with some of its evidence against the four players suspended for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program.
OSU pays Meyer $4 million, clearer on violations
Ohio State is paying football coach Urban Meyer a minimum of $4 million annually — more money than his predecessor — and detailing in the contract ...
Bendtner gets 1-match ban for underwear stunt
Nicklas Bendtner paid a heavy price for his underpants on Monday. The Denmark forward was banned for one 2014 World Cup qualifying match for revealing ...
Goodell hears Saints appeals in bounty case
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was hearing the appeals Monday of four players suspended for their role in the Saints bounty program. On hand at NFL ...
IOC probes black market Olympic ticket scandal
International Olympic officials have opened a high-level investigation into allegations that authorized representatives in more than 50 countries — ...
Hargrove agent: NFL's bounty probe about semantics
The agent for suspended defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove says the NFL has used semantics, but not hard evidence, as the basis for punishing current ...
NFL turns over some evidence in appeals
The NFL turned over some evidence to the four players suspended for the Saints bounty program, but lawyers for the players said Friday they are ...
New international war crimes prosecutor sworn in
The International Criminal Court installed Gambian war crimes lawyer Fatou Bensouda as its new prosecutor for a nine-year term on Friday.
Miami, Ohio St. football teams earn academic honor
The NCAA just gave the football programs at Miami and Ohio State a big morale boost. Both teams outperformed many of their rivals in the classroom and ...
Column: Armstrong's past, if dirty, must be erased
Take the entire Lance Armstrong story, the cancer survivor's resurrection from his sick bed to conquer the hardest bike race in the world, and flush ...
ND school officially drops Fighting Sioux nickname
North Dakota's flagship university dropped its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname for the third time Thursday, and officials expressed hope that the ...
US Anti-Doping Agency charges Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is facing more doping allegations just a few months after he thought he had finally put them to rest. Although federal investigators ...
NFL wins arbitration ruling in bounty case
An arbitrator ruled Monday that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has the authority to discipline New Orleans Saints players for their role in a bounty ...