Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Dodgers' Josh Ravin hit with 80-game suspension after failing PED test and other top stories.

  • Dodgers' Josh Ravin hit with 80-game suspension after failing PED test

    Dodgers' Josh Ravin hit with 80-game suspension after failing PED test
    The latest recipient of a PED suspension is injured Dodgers reliever Josh Ravin. (USATSI)Another week, another player suspended for 80 games following a failed test for performance-enhancing drugs. But this time the player is no All-Star -- or even someone on an active roster. Rather, it's Dodgers reliever Josh Ravin, who is currently on the disabled list with a broken non-throwing arm.From MLB: The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh ..
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  • Kentucky Derby 2016: Horses, Favorites and Picks for This Year's Field

    Kentucky Derby 2016: Horses, Favorites and Picks for This Year's Field
    Mohaymen Can you really throw out a horse for one bad race? Before his flop in the Florida Derby (G1), he was the hottest horse on the Derby trail. With his hefty $2.2 million price tag, he seemed predestined to greatness. While the auction tab does not make the horse (look up the failure "The Green Monkey" and you'll see), he seemed to be living up to his hype until his last race. Since then, he has been training strongly, and after a recent workout, Steve Haskin of Bloodhorse.com tweeted, "It..
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  • Poor Start by Yankees Is Frustrating to Brian Cashman

    Poor Start by Yankees Is Frustrating to Brian Cashman
    Photo The Yankees lost three games in Boston last weekend. Alex Rodriguez, right, who hit two homers and drove in five runs in the series, was a bright spot. Credit Michael Dwyer/Associated Press The sickening feeling in the gut of Yankee fans is an unpleasant sensation shared by Brian Cashman.Cashman watched as the Yankees were swept in Boston over the weekend and used words like horrific to describe the season, a term uttered infrequently in his 19 years as their gene..
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  • Breakdown: Everything that went wrong on final play of Thunder-Spurs

    Breakdown: Everything that went wrong on final play of Thunder-Spurs
    At the end of Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, chaos reigned supreme. The Thunder were up by one point with 13.5 seconds left in the game. For some heroic reason, Billy Donovan tasked Dion Waiters with being the inbounder on the sideline. And from there, a bevy of missed calls snowballed into an avalanche of mayhem that has to be seen to be truly believed."Something certainly happened on the sideline, I thought," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said about the play...
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  • Angels-Brewers Preview

    Angels-Brewers Preview
    While Nick Tropeano hopes to continue filling a void in the Los Angeles Angels' rotation, a new face will get a crack at the Milwaukee Brewers' in yet another stop on his journeyman career.The visiting Angels try to avoid their fourth loss in five games Tuesday night on the arm of Tropeano as Junior Guerra looks to provide the Brewers their second consecutive home win in this series after going 19 years without one.Monday's 8-5 series-opening win for Milwaukee (10-15) snapped a four-game skid in..
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  • Brian Stuard Wins Zurich Classic in a Playoff

    Brian Stuard Wins Zurich Classic in a Playoff
    Photo Brian Stuard after winning the Zurich Classic in a two-hole playoff in Avondale, La. Credit Chris Graythen/Getty Images AVONDALE, La. — Brian Stuard made steady golf pay off on a waterlogged course in the haunting cypress swamps outside New Orleans.He birdied the final hole of a largely unspectacular final round to sneak into a three-way playoff on Monday at the Zurich Classic, then beat Jamie Lovemark on the second extra hole for his first PGA Tour triumph.Durin..
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  • Source: Pablo Sandoval set to miss rest of year after shoulder surgery

    Source: Pablo Sandoval set to miss rest of year after shoulder surgery
    If Pablo Sandoval is going to win back his job with the Boston Red Sox, it won't be until at least next season.Sandoval will undergo surgery on his left shoulder this week, the team announced Monday after the third baseman received a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Florida.Red Sox officials deferred additional comment until after Andrews performs the procedure and declined to offer an updated diagnosis of an injury that had previously been classified as a "strain" or a timeta..
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  • Opportunities dwindling for Roger Federer, Serena Williams

    Opportunities dwindling for Roger Federer, Serena Williams
    6:51 PM ETPeter BodoTennis ClosePeter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic "The Courts of Babylon" and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), "A Champion's Mind."The symmetry seems ominous. It's certainly borderline eerie. Once again, Roger Federer and Serena Williams are sidelined during a major tennis event.Williams pulled out of Madrid, a top-tier eve..
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