Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, whose 21-year major league career included a record 13 Gold Gloves at catcher, will reportedly announce his retirement on Monday.
The 40-year-old Rodriguez played his final two seasons for the Washington Nationals (from 2010-11) and is currently a free agent. He is a 14-time All-Star and at the ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
The celebration in Dairyland could be heard clear across the country on Thursday night as Brewers star and reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun won the appeal of his pending 50-game suspension for elevated levels of synthetic testosterone. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was among the pleased, Tweeting "MLB and cable sports ...
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun won the 2011 National League MVP award before it was revealed that he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during the playoffs. Braun appealed the result of the test and his 50-game suspension in front of a three-man arbitration panel in New York City from Jan. ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun won the National League MVP in 2011 after a phenomenal season. Then, in early December it was reported that he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs following a drug test administered during the playoffs.
Since news of his positive test was made public, Braun has professed his ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
The NFL players' union has stopped a proposal by the league to implement blood testing for human growth hormone.
The union issued the following statement:
"We informed the NFL (Tuesday) that absent a collective agreement on several critical issues, blood collection is not ready to be implemented on Monday. We have advised ...
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