WADA makes meldonium U-turn, could affect Sharapova ban (Reuters) By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - Athletes who tested positive for meldonium before March 1 could have bans overturned less than four months before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after WADA said it was unable to establish how quickly the drug, outlawed since Jan. 1, cleared the human body. The World Anti-Doping Agency's … [Read more...]
Feature Presentation: 2015-16 BDL Executive Decision of the Year
Feature Presentation: 2015-16 BDL Executive Decision of the Year We at Ball Don't Lie enjoy healthy debate about basketball and its strange cast of characters, from Oscar Robertson's "get off my lawn" diatribe on Stephen Curry to D'Angelo Russell's sting operation on a self-dubbed dude named Swaggy P and his Australian hip hop artist fiancé. (Yup, those things happened.) It's NBA with a … [Read more...]
Haslem to miss Heat regular-season finale
Haslem to miss Heat regular-season finale 12:18 PM ET Associated Press print MIAMI -- Udonis Haslem will miss Miami's regular-season finale at Boston on Wednesday night with soreness in his left foot. Haslem was hurt in the fourth quarter of Miami's win at Detroit on Tuesday, limping immediately to the locker room after leaving the game and not returning. Miami's Udonis Haslem will … [Read more...]
Wow, this year’s MLB Home Run Derby jerseys are fantastically retro
Wow, this year's MLB Home Run Derby jerseys are fantastically retro With San Diego hosting the All-Star game in 2016, MLB has reached into the past for inspiration for this year's Home Run Derby jerseys — and it found it, fantastically, in the early 1980s. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Yahoo Sports is giving you the first look at the jerseys the AL and NL participants in … [Read more...]
Report: Braves’ Hector Olivera arrested for domestic dispute
Report: Braves' Hector Olivera arrested for domestic dispute Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera was arrested Wednesday morning in Arlington, Va., for a domestic dispute according to a report from Washington, D.C.'s ABC7 News. Police responded to a 911 call at the Ritz Carlton hotel after receiving a call at 6:51 a.m. from a woman who said she had been assaulted. The ABC7 report states … [Read more...]
Reports: Iowa DE Drew Ott’s medical hardship waiver denied
Reports: Iowa DE Drew Ott's medical hardship waiver denied Iowa defensive end Drew Ott will be heading to the NFL. Ott was applying for a medical hardship waiver with the NCAA. According to multiple reports, Ott's request has been declined. Hearing the Drew Ott appeal has been denied, so he is going pro https://t.co/DFGVvRazyc #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/XOd6fJHk3o — Blair Sanderson … [Read more...]
Yahoo Sports’ NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Picks, Round 1 (Video)
Yahoo Sports' NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Picks, Round 1 (Video) The Stanley Cup Playoffs get rolling on Wednesday, and it's time to make some ironclad, lead-pipe lock picks on who will win each series. Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports' Puck Daddy blog takes a look at the Eastern Conference matchups. Can the Washington Capitals avoid a first-round upset to the Philadelphia Flyers? Will the … [Read more...]
Lawyer: Passenger says Will Smith’s shooter saved client’s life
Lawyer: Passenger says Will Smith's shooter saved client's life The attorney for the passenger in the car driven by Cardell Hayes, the man charged with second-degree murder of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith, says his client believes Hayes saved his life. Kevin Oneale, who said he was in Hayes' Hummer H2 at the time of the shooting, told his attorney, Tanzanike Ruffin, that he … [Read more...]
Report: Braves' OF arrested after domestic spat
Report: Braves' OF arrested after domestic spat Hector Olivera as arrested overnight following a domestic dispute. (USATSI) Braves outfielder Hector Olivera was arrested overnight following a dispute he had with a woman. Below is what a local news affiliate (and remember, the Braves are in Washington, D.C. for a four-game series) reported about the situation: Police sources say the female … [Read more...]
Adam LaRoche addresses retirement, has no regrets about decision
Adam LaRoche addresses retirement, has no regrets about decision Adam LaRoche's sudden retirement from the Chicago White Sox dominated headlines during spring training. The story was more than a veteran ballplayer retiring. That happens all the time. The circumstances with this particular situation were peculiar: LaRoche stepped away from the game, and $13 million, because the White Sox … [Read more...]