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MOSCOW Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Friday that a total of 27 Russian sportsmen had already tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, R-Sport news agency reported. A total of around 127 sportsmen have tested positive for meldonium globally, he said. He said the punishment handed out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to a group of Russian speed walkers was not “completely right”. (Reporting by…

GIF via YouTube Two of NASCAR’s biggest stars—Danica Patrick and Kyle Busch—received penalties today from NASCAR’s weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Patrick’s penalty is a clear message that NASCAR wants no one to ever walk towards the track itself, and Busch’s may involve something else he said. (Big “may.”) Let’s take a look. Danica In Doo-Doo Danica Patrick’s crash at this weekend’s Sprint Cup Auto Club 400 was arguably the…

In the beginning, recalls David Patey, soccer was like sushi. In order to be able to suffer the offending morsels, he would have to pinch his nose before allowing himself to swallow. But then we all know the malleability of the human palate. Expose it long and often enough, et voilà. Which is just as well. Because Patey had just placed himself center stage in an ownership group which had…

Kyle Busch and Danica Patrick were penalized by NASCAR Thursday for behavioral infractions during last weekend’s Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series races at Auto Club Speedway. Busch was fined $10,000 for not fulfilling media obligations, while Patrick was fined $20,000 for walking toward the racing surface while on-track activity was taking place. Both drivers were also put on probation: Busch for Xfinity races through April 27, Patrick for the…

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | March 24, 2016, 10:01PM

Two runs in the top of the first inning proved to be enough for South Carolina on Thursday night as the Gamecocks downed Ole Miss 5-1 in the first game of a three-game SEC series. After Rebel ace Brady Bramlett walked Gene Cone and LT Tolbert, Alex Destino and Jonah Bride came through with base hits to give the Gamecocks the lead. USC starter Clarke Schmidt got the best of…

The Athens Drive Jaguars only needed five innings to defeat Apex Friendship with a 10-0 win on Thursday night. With the victory, Athens Drive picked up its first Southwest Wake Athletic Conference win of the season. Athens Drive recorded seven hits and had nine different batters drive in runs. The Jaguars picked up their first run of the day when center fielder Keith Markovich led the game off with a…

4:52 PM ET print Here’s a fun piece of trivia: 2015 might have been the most superstar-studded season in MLB history. Not buying that argument? Reluctant to appreciate the brilliance of this generation of players? Here’s my evidence: According to the Baseball-Reference.com Wins Above Replacement metric, six players achieved at least 8.8 WAR in 2015 — Bryce Harper (9.9), Zack Greinke (9.9), Mike Trout (9.4), Jake Arrieta (9.0), Josh Donaldson…

Baseball diplomacy was a major part of President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro attended an exhibition between the Tampa Bay Rays and defeated Cuba’s national team while the communist government is mulling a proposal to allow players to legally negotiate with Major League clubs instead of defecting to play in the U.S. Yet just as Cuba moves toward an open-door policy, the talent pipeline…

Baseball diplomacy was a major part of President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro attended an exhibition between the Tampa Bay Rays and defeated Cuba’s national team while the communist government is mulling a proposal to allow players to legally negotiate with Major League clubs instead of defecting to play in the U.S. Yet just as Cuba moves toward an open-door policy, the talent pipeline…

Dr. Bennet Omalu, the UC Davis pathologist who achieved big-screen fame for his discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among NFL players, has received the United States Sports Academy’s highest award in sports medicine, the Dr. Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award. CTE, as the condition is called, is a neurodegenerative disorder that can develop after repetitive blows to the head, which jostle the brain against the skull. Omalu first spotted it…

Baseball diplomacy was a major part of President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro attended an exhibition between the Tampa Bay Rays and defeated Cuba’s national team while the communist government is mulling a proposal to allow players to legally negotiate with Major League clubs instead of defecting to play in the U.S. Yet just as Cuba moves toward an open-door policy, the talent pipeline…

FILE – In this May 31, 2003, file photo, baseball Hall-of-Famers Joe Garagiola, left, and Yogi Berra share a moment after throwing out the first pitch before a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, in St. Louis. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health…

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Get all of Alex Prewitt’s columns as soon as they’re published. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers. The hoop is perched near the loading dock at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center in the hallway at rink level, tacked against the beige brick wall that doubles as the backboard. It stands lower than 10 feet, though no one has measured to…

FanDuel and DraftKings are the two major companies in daily fantasy sports.(Photo: USA Today) Indiana became the second state with a law formally legalizing daily fantasy sports after Gov. Mike Pence signed SB 339 on Thursday. Earlier this month, Virginia became the first state to pass such a law. States have taken vastly different approaches as they try to clarify the murky legality of the games. New York’s attorney general has declared them illegal…

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LONDON Double Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington has called for a ‘full-on investigation’ into claims of widespread doping in Russian and Chinese swimming. The Times newspaper reported on Thursday that Chinese swimming was being investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over claims by whistleblowers that five positive tests had been covered up before Olympic trials next month. It said two tests were believed to have been failed in October…

Johnson was sacked by Sunderland after admitting on the first day of his trial that he had kissed the girl As Adam Johnson begins his six-year sentence after being convicted of sexual activity with a child, having also pleaded guilty to one count of grooming and one count of kissing the girl, there is an understandable desire to make sure football is doing everything it can to stop such a…

Baseball diplomacy was a major part of President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro attended an exhibition between the Tampa Bay Rays and defeated Cuba’s national team while the communist government is mulling a proposal to allow players to legally negotiate with Major League clubs instead of defecting to play in the U.S. Yet just as Cuba moves toward an open-door policy, the talent pipeline…