Smikle fourth Jamaican to admit positive test in four days
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Olympic discus thrower Traves Smikle on Thursday became the fourth Jamaican athlete in four days to reveal a positive doping test but said he did not knowingly ingest a banned substance.
Big finish could help dispel dark doping club over MLB
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tight division races and the potential for historic individual exploits could offer a rousing finish to a Major League Baseball (MLB) season being played under the cloud of a doping scandal.
Hayden to leave Ducati at end of MotoGP season
(Reuters) – America’s 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden announced on Thursday that he would be leaving the factory Ducati team at the end of the season.
Son of ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky seeks name change
(Reuters) – Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky, wants a new name.
Kings sign captain Brown to eight-year extension
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown has signed an eight-year contract extension, joining a number of key players committed to the club long-term, the National Hockey League team said on Thursday.
Tiger shows good, bad and ugly side in solid opening round
GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) – No wonder the British Open galleries still flock in their thousands to watch Tiger Woods prowl a links course.
Open organizers defend ‘spooky’ and ‘joke’ pin positions
GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) – Tournament organizers defended the pin positions in the British Open first round after some players described them as unplayable on a baking hot day at Muirfield on Thursday.
I’m not obsessed with winning a major, says Poulter
GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) – Winning a major championship will not define Ian Poulter’s golf career, the world number 20 and Ryder Cup stalwart said on Thursday.
Struggling Froome extends Tour lead on French day
L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France (Reuters) – Chris Froome showed rare signs of weakness on Thursday despite extending his overall lead on the Tour de France in the 18th stage, won after two epic ascents of l’Alpe d’Huez by France’s Christophe Riblon.
For New Zealand, San Francisco America’s Cup looks make or break
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Fifty-six-year-old Grant Dalton’s daily routine includes strapping on a helmet, a wetsuit and a belt full of emergency gear to work as a lowly “grinder” on the New Zealand catamaran competing in this year’s America’s Cup saili…
