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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - FEBRUARY 15: Shelby Houlihan crosses the finish line to win the Women's 1500 Meter final during the 2020 Toyota USATF Indoor Championships at Albuquerque Convention Center on February 15, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Shelby Houlihan is out of the Olympic Trials after all

June 17, 2021 at 7:46 p.m.

Despite incurring a four-year doping ban from track and field, Shelby Houlihan was, well into Thursday, listed as a participant at the Olympic Trials, which begin Friday. "Given there is...

Shelby Houlihan crosses the finish line as she wins the women's 5,000-meter run at the U.S. Championships athletics meet, Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

America’s best middle distance runner gets four-year doping ban just days before Olympic Trials; she blames pork burrito

June 15, 2021 at 9:53 a.m.

Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder at 1500 and 5000 meters, hadn't raced since December of last year. With the Olympic Trials less than a week away, it was a...

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 01: Marcus Stroman #0 of the New York Mets is held back by bullpen coach Ricky Bones #25 during an argument with the Arizona Diamondbacks during the sixth inning at Chase Field on June 01, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)

Diamondbacks announcer Bob Brenly makes pointless crack about Marcus Stroman’s durag

June 2, 2021 at 9:49 a.m.

Bob Brenly, speaking in the exact cadence of a deeply unfunny uncle repeating a bit for the third time, went way out of his way to make a joke (?)...

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia answers questions during a news conference before Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

CC Sabathia shreds grumpy old Tony La Russa

May 20, 2021 at 11:02 a.m.

Even as the Twins threw behind Yermin Mercedes and Mercedes' own teammates defended him, Tony La Russa has doubled and tripled down on ripping his own player for hitting a...

PHOENIX - JANUARY 31: Kenny Mayne of ESPN asks a question during the GMC Defensive Player of the Year award news conference prior to Super Bowl XLII at the Phoenix Convention Center on January 31, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Kenny Mayne latest big name to leave ESPN

May 11, 2021 at 11:39 a.m.

Kenny Mayne is out at ESPN, the popular SportsCenter anchor announced Monday afternoon. "Salary cap casualty," Mayne tweeted. In other words: If your name isn't Stephen A. Smith or Scott...

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 file photo, New York Mets hitting coach Chili Davis watches from the top of the dugout steps during the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla. Hitting coach Chili Davis will keep on working remotely when the New York Mets open summer training camp Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Mets fire hitting coaches Chili Davis, Tom Slater

May 4, 2021 at 7:29 a.m.

After the Mets hitters credited a fictional hitting coach for their recent uptick in performance, the still uneven Mets fired their real hitting coaches. Chili Davis and assistant Tom Slater...

OREGON: MARINEROS DE SEATTLE.
Conocido por pagar bien a sus enfermeras, Oregon también es hogar de fanáticos de los Marineros de Seattle.

Johnny Damon arrestado por conducir extremadamente borracho

February 19, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

El jugador de béisbol retirado Johnny Damon, que ya había apoyado en voz alta a Donald Trump y se había quejado de las restricciones del coronavirus, completó el viernes la...

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 18: Head coach Adam Gase of the New York Jets looks on from the field during pre-game warm-up at Hard Rock Stadium on October 18, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Jets finally fire Adam Gase

January 4, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Just five months after Mike Maccagnan hired Adam Gase, Gase stabbed him in the back. Then the new Jets coach called his own shot. "I think fans care if we...

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona counties are dropping all existing possession of marijuana cases even before a new voter-approved law eliminating criminal penalties for having small amounts of the drug takes effect when results of the Nov. 3, 2020 election are certified. An Associated Press survey of county attorneys received responses from 13 of 15 elected county attorneys, all of whom said they were either immediately dropping existing cases or in one case pausing prosecutions and planning to drop them when Proposition 207 goes into effect. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

NBA getting rid of weed testing this year, just like they did in the bubble

December 7, 2020 at 11:24 a.m.

When the pandemic hit in March, the NBA stopped testing for drugs completely. The league brought back performance enhancing drug testing at the bubble, but did not test for marijuana....

Dan Le Batard and ESPN complete their divorce

December 3, 2020 at 4:34 p.m.

Dan Le Batard and ESPN announced they were parting ways on Thursday, finally making official what had been apparent for over a year: Jimmy Pitaro's more staid ESPN would rather...

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