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| Baseball-Highlights on Monday's Major League Baseball games Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:58 PM PDT Aug 5 (Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - White Sox 8, Yankees 1 Hours after being suspended by Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez went 1-for-4 in his first game of the season during the New York Yankees' loss to the Chicago White Sox. Unlike 12 other players linked to Biogenesis, which MLB maintains supplied performance-enhancing drugs, Rodriguez is not accepting his suspension, the latest turn in what was once a shining career. Making matters worse for the Yankees, the team also placed shortstop Derek Jeter on the DL due to a right calf strain. ... Full Story | Top |
| MLB doping timeline Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:51 PM PDT (Reuters) - A timeline of key Major League Baseball doping milestones: 1998 Aug 22 - A jar of androstenedione is discovered in the locker of St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire, who admits he uses the steroids precursor. McGwire goes on to hit a then Major League record 70 homers. Performance-enhancing drugs were not illegal in baseball at that time. 2001 April - MLB implements its first random drug-testing program in the minor leagues. 2002 Aug 30 - Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program unveiled. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox on Alex Rodriguez Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:51 PM PDT (Reuters) - Alex Rodriguez, widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, was suspended for 211 games by Major League Baseball (MLB) on Monday for violating the league's drug policy and labor contract. - Born: July 27, 1975 (Aged 38) -Made MLB debut in July 1994 with the Seattle Mariners and had a .309 batting average, 189 home runs and 595 runs batted in (RBI) over seven seasons in Seattle. - Joined the Texas Rangers as a free agent in 2000 after signing a 10-year deal worth $252 million, which at the time was the most lucrative contract in MLB history. - Went on to hit ... Full Story | Top |
| Rodriguez among 13 players suspended by MLB Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:51 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was suspended for a record 211 games on Monday for his involvement in one of American sport's biggest doping scandals. Another 12 players, including three All Stars, were handed 50-game suspensions following a Major League Baseball investigation into a Florida clinic accused of supplying them with performance enhancing drugs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Rodriguez among 13 players suspended by MLB Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:49 PM PDT * Rodriguez suspended for 211 games * A dozen other players handed lesser suspensions * A-Rod could lose about $36 million in pay (Updates after Yankees game) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Aug 5(Reuters) - New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was suspended for a record 211 games on Monday for his involvement in one of American sport's biggest doping scandals. Another 12 players, including three All Stars, were handed 50-game suspensions following a Major League Baseball investigation into a Florida clinic accused of supplying them with performance enhancing drugs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:41 PM PDT Aug 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) Detroit 4 CLEVELAND 2 Atlanta 3 WASHINGTON 2 LA Dodgers 3 ST. LOUIS 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8 NY Yankees 1 KANSAS CITY 13 Minnesota 0 HOUSTON 2 Boston 0 Full Story | Top |
| Doping-Cloud still over Australia six months after 'blackest day' Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:31 PM PDT By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Six months after Australia's top criminal intelligence unit alleged widespread doping in Australian sport, investigators have interviewed dozens of athletes, compiled a brick-like report of their findings and failed to release the name of a single offender. The February 7 release of the Australian Crime Commission report was dramatically staged in Canberra and sent shockwaves through the country with a former chief of the national anti-doping authority dubbing it the "blackest day" in Australian sport. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tomic struggles continue with early Montreal exit Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:06 PM PDT  By Tom Bartlett MONTREAL (Reuters) - Germany's Florian Mayer sent Australian young gun Bernard Tomic tumbling out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Monday, while Janko Tipsarevic's miserable run of results continued with a first round exit. Mayer, ranked 50th in the world, came from a set down to win 5-7 6-3 6-3 as the year's sixth Masters series event began under blue skies and warm conditions. Tomic has endured an inconsistent few months since the ATP banned his father and coach John for allegedly assaulting his practice partner in May. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vinci, Stephens get through in Toronto Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:03 PM PDT  By Matt Cronin TORONTO (Reuters) - Roberta Vinci fought back from a set down to beat Julia Goerges 2-6 6-4 6-3 and move into the second round of the Rogers Cup on Monday. The 10th seeded Italian was joined by 14th seed Sloane Stephens of the United States, who overcame Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2 7-6(5). Vinci got off to a slow and struggled against the German's big forehand in the opening set. However, she mixed up her attack in the second and third sets to upset Goerges' rhythm and came out on top. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Tomic struggles continue with early Montreal exit Monday, Aug 05, 2013 07:53 PM PDT (Changes slug, adds later games, quotes) By Tom Bartlett MONTREAL, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Germany's Florian Mayer sent Australian young gun Bernard Tomic tumbling out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Monday, while Janko Tipsarevic's miserable run of results continued with a first round exit. Mayer, ranked 50th in the world, came from a set down to win 5-7 6-3 6-3 as the year's sixth Masters series event began under blue skies and warm conditions. Tomic has endured an inconsistent few months since the ATP banned his father and coach John for allegedly assaulting his practice partner in May. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Vinci, Stephens get through in Toronto Monday, Aug 05, 2013 07:22 PM PDT By Matt Cronin TORONTO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Roberta Vinci fought back from a set down to beat Julia Goerges 2-6 6-4 6-3 and move into the second round of the Rogers Cup on Monday. The 10th seeded Italian was joined by 14th seed Sloane Stephens of the United States, who overcame Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2 7-6(5). Vinci got off to a slow and struggled against the German's big forehand in the opening set. However, she mixed up her attack in the second and third sets to upset Goerges' rhythm and came out on top. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Montreal Masters men's singles round 1 results Monday, Aug 05, 2013 07:14 PM PDT Aug 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Montreal Masters Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 9-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Peter Polansky (Canada) 4-6 6-4 6-2 Jesse Levine (Canada) beat Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-4 7-6(4) Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat 16-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 6-4 6-3 Benoit Paire (France) beat Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 7-6(1) 7-5 Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 5-7 6-4 7-6(6) Marinko Matosevic (Australia) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-2 6-3 Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 7-6(4) 6-4 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Springbok 'hard man' Potgeiter joins Waratahs Monday, Aug 05, 2013 06:43 PM PDT SYDNEY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - South Africa forward Jacques Potgeiter has signed a two-year deal to play for Super Rugby's New South Wales Waratahs from next season, the Australian province said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who played three tests for the Springboks last year, had been expected to join England's Saracens after deciding to leave the Pretoria-based Bulls. Potgeiter, described as a "hard man" by the official Waratahs' news release, usually plays at flanker or number eight but coach Michael Cheika said he was also an option in the second row. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-No return of the urn but some Australian pride restored Monday, Aug 05, 2013 06:10 PM PDT By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Australia woke up to the knowledge the Ashes will stay in England's hands for a third series in a row for the first time in 57 years on Tuesday but the prevailing mood in the nation's media was still more of hope than despair. The fact that Australia were bowling for victory when the Manchester rain brought a premature end to the third test was encouragement enough after the nadir of the second test defeat at Lord's which gave England a 2-0 lead. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Toronto Cup women's singles round 1 results Monday, Aug 05, 2013 06:02 PM PDT Aug 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Toronto Cup Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Carol Zhao (Canada) 6-1 6-3 14-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-2 7-6(5) Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 5-7 6-3 6-1 10-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 2-6 6-4 6-3 Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat Alison Riske (U.S.) 6-4 1-6 6-3 Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-3 6-1 Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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