Major League Baseball reportedly has warned its players that over-the-counter sex supplements could contain banned ingredients that would result in failed performance enhancing drugs tests. ESPN obtained a memo sent by the league officer to its 30 clubs. The memo states in part that “these products are often contaminated with prohibited and unsafe ingredients,” ESPN…… MORE
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has stepped down from the NFL’s social justice committee after he was criticized for hosting a fundraiser for President Donald Trump. Ross told the NFL and committee members last week he was stepping down to focus on his nonprofit, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), which empowers the sports…… MORE
The two US athletes who demonstrated during separate National Anthems at a regional sports competition earlier this month have been put on probation for 12 months. US Olympic & Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland wrote to hammer thrower Gwen Berry and fencer Race Imboden, saying “while I respect your perspective — and that…… MORE
The XFL, the once-defunct American football league that was supposed to serve as an alternative to the NFL, is coming back. The league unveiled the logos and names for all eight of its teams today. The new XFL teams are the DC Defenders, Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Los Angeles Wildcats, New York Guardians, St. Louis…… MORE
Carlos Ramos will not serve as chair umpire for any Serena Williams or Venus Williams matches at the 2019 US Open, a United States Tennis Association spokesman told CNN on Wednesday. Ramos was the chair umpire for last year’s volatile US Open women’s singles final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. A then-20-year-old Osaka prevailed…… MORE
At first glance big wave surfing and professional football appear worlds apart. One is contested on grass as scores of limbs flay about for 90 minutes in front of thousands of passionate onlookers. The other is a battle for survival as a solitary human hurtles down a skyscraper of water, riding the boundary between life…… MORE
Carli Lloyd might have another career option: kicking in the NFL. Lloyd stopped by a Philadelphia Eagles practice on Tuesday, and the two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist put on quite a show. Lloyd, 37, was seen in videos posted on Twitter hitting field goals from 40 and 55 yards.…… MORE
A Brazilian striker is poised to become the first footballer without Chinese ancestry to play for China. Elkeson — who qualifies to play for China under FIFA’s residency rules having played in the country since 2013 — has been named in coach Marcello Lippi’s squad for next month’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against the Maldives.…… MORE
As every parent knows, smartphones and screens can be a huge distraction for young children and teenagers. But is the age of the smartphone, and being online at all hours of the day, beginning to affect the tennis world? Some coaches think so. During last month’s Wimbledon, Dr. Mark Kovacs, an American performance physiologist and…… MORE
It’s not an everyday occurrence that a baseball pitcher receives a standing ovation from the crowd when they make their way to the mound. But Cleveland Indians star Carlos Carrasco had the 4,000-plus fans at Akron’s Canal Park on their feet as he stepped out of the bullpen in the sixth inning and jogged onto…… MORE
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