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WADA says Lance Armstrong must confess under oath for reinstatement
The Lance Armstrong story took another turn on Tuesday when the World Anti-Doping Agency announced that he must confess under oath to using performance enhancing techniques if he wants to seek a reduction in his lifetime ban from sports for doping...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Cycling, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Sports
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Report: Lance Armstrong weighing doping confession
Lance Armstrong reportedly is weighing confessing to using banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his run of seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong, who was stripped in October of his Tour titles and banned for life from...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Cycling, Tour de France, Livestrong Foundation, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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Baseball will have in-season testing for HGH
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it will begin in-season blood-testing for human growth hormone and additional testing for testosterone this year. Batting leader Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics pitcher...
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Bud Selig, Melky Cabrera, Sports, Bartolo Colon
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Q&A: Tennis great Andre Agassi on retirement, return to play
Andre Agassi is playing tennis again. The winner of eight Grand Slam events has been retired since 2006, but he will compete against John McEnroe, Michael Chang and Jim Courier in Friday night’s Acura Champions Cup at Honda Center. Agassi, 42,...
Tags: John Isner, Sam Querrey, Wimbledon Championships, Steffi Graf, Australian Open
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Golf gets some needed drama
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.This golfing season of discontent took a tantalizing turn last week at PGA Tour headquarters, where there was enough emotion and animosity emanating from Saw �grass to generate crossover appeal for fans who like their sports a little less prim...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Trials, PGA Tour
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Rags to all riches
Boston HeraldDaniel Nava has rewritten the narrative. Until recently, the prevailing reaction whenever Nava has gotten a big hit for the Red Sox has been to rehash his rags-to-riches journey. But after so many clutch hits, Nava has gone from a feel-good tale to a...Tags: New York Yankees, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, ESPN (tv network)
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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: Pharmaceuticals, Tom Udall, Equestrian, Ed Whitfield, Kentucky Derby
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Red-hot golfer Billy Horschel stumbles during Players Championship debut
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — From red hot to ice cold in the matter of 18 holes, Billy Horschel is in danger of his Tour-leading streak of 23 cuts ending. Even if he does not think so. The former Florida Gator shot a 4-over 76 in his Players Championship...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, The Players Championship, Trials, PGA Tour, Retief Goosen
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Singh files suit against the PGA Tour
The Florida Times-UnionVijay Singh has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour in the Supreme Court of New York for unspecified damages, a week after the Tour dropped sanctions against him for violating its Anti-Doping policy. The lawsuit was filed by New York attorney Peter...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Vilma, The Players Championship, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Singh sues PGA Tour over deer-antler spray
A week after the PGA Tour lifted sanctions against Vijay Singh for acknowledging his use of a deer-antler spray, he filed suit Wednesday against the tour. Singh was cleared last week by the PGA Tour of wrongdoing, but that didn't stop him from taking...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Jonathan Vilma, National Football League, PGA Tour, Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement)
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PGA Tour Clears Vijay Singh From Banned-Substance Violation
In January Vijay Singh admitted to using a banned substance by the PGA Tour and the World Anti-Doping Agency, deer antler spray. The tour then proceeded with the matter than Singh had broken the rule. Siingh, as was his right, appealed. About four...Tags: Wells Fargo Championship, PGA Tour
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Athletes only too happy to be 'lab rats'
After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound. But the failed experimental drug, called GW501516, is making a comeback in another...
Tags: Bodybuilding, Trials, Breast Cancer, Research, Sports
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