Friday, May 8, 2009

Manny's the newest steroid user

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, incurring an immediate 50-game suspension and serving as the highest-profile reminder yet that the use of such drugs in the testing era may have been reduced, but not eradicated.

Ramirez will be able to return to the Dodgers -- who currently have the best record in baseball -- on July 3. He will lose about $7.65 million of his $25 million salary.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

You'd think his medical license is the least of his worries

A medical board has revoked the license of a Massachusetts doctor who pleaded guilty to perjury last month in connection with the slaying of his then-girlfriend.

Dr. Timothy Stryker, 57, of Winchester, was sentenced to four years in state prison for orchestrating and directing a perjury conspiracy in connection with the death of Dr. Lynn Goudey, a Stoneham obstetrician who was killed in 1993.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

There is no way this girl ACTUALLY functions in society when she texts this much

A Sacramento County teenager is bragging about a big accomplishment.

She logged more than 300,000 text messages in one month."My friends said, 'Text your little thumbs off'," Crystal Wiski said."Thank God for free texting," added her mother, Jacki Wiski.

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Courtroom etiquette?

A man sued the New Orleans Police Department, claiming he was harassed by an officer who threatened to arrest him for wearing a black pinstriped skirt to municipal court. Jeremy Don Kerr is asking for $1 in damages, a ruling that his rights were violated, and an order against barring access to public facilities because of gender stereotyping.

The department hasn't been served with the lawsuit and hasn't answered the claim in court.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Iceman throwing in the towel?

Following consecutive knockouts to make it four losses in his past five fights, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell is leaning toward retirement, a source close to the 39-year-old told SI.com on Sunday.

In the wake of Liddell's opening-round, technical-knockout loss to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on April 18, UFC president Dana White said he considered the performance to be Liddell's final effort in the Octagon. Yet, members of the fighter's camp, including trainer John Hackleman, remained ambivalent as recently as Friday.

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Joba's mom: Stylin' and Profilin'

The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain is jailed in Nebraska and facing a felony charge after being arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in February.

Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs said Monday that 44-year-old Jacqueline Standley was arrested at her apartment Saturday night.

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What would you do if $400,000 landed in your yard?

An asteroid that streaked across the skies over Canada's prairies last fall dropped a record number of fragments, including a bowling-ball sized chunk worth $400,000 that a selfless farmer has donated - for free - to the University of Calgary.

"These meteorites are like lumps of gold with the same kind of value," said Dr. Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist with the University of Calgary.

"Many people have come here to collect meteorites to sell them."

The valuable bowling-ball sized piece, weighing 13 kilograms, was donated to the university by farmer Alex Mitchell.

An oilfield worker found it on Mitchell's property and turned it over to him.

HERE's the story

Monday, May 4, 2009

Tasering kids with 50,000 volts. Fantastic.

A Florida corrections officer has been fired after zapping children with 50,000 volts of electricity during a "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" tour.

Department of Corrections Secretary Walt McNeil has ordered an investigation of the April 24 incident at the Franklin Correctional Institution.

Sgt. Walter Schmidt says the parents gave him permission to shock the children with a handheld stun device. Such devices are typically used to subdue unruly or uncooperative inmates and must be in direct contact with the person to deliver the shock.

Schmidt was fired. Warden Duffie Harrison said Schmidt zapped "at least two kids."

The children's names and ages were not released.

The Capitals look for brains in their cheerleaders

The Next Tennis Sensation

How many times have you heard someone claiming they’ve discovered women’s tennis’ “the next Anna Kournikova!” only to be underwhelmed by yet another teen prodigy who doesn’t have the goods? Well I think may have hit on something with Romanian 17-year-old tennis hottie Simona Halep

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Moving the Super Bowl to London?

London has launched an audacious bid to stage the Super Bowl within the next eight years, a move that would see the United States' biggest sporting event played overseas for the first time, the Sunday Telegraph has reported.

According to the newspaper, representatives from the Mayor of London's office and Visit London, the city's official visitor organization, have received assurances from the National Football League of a commitment to hold the event in London.


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Friday, May 1, 2009

The best NBA playoff series in years

The Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics 128-127 in triple OT.

This Eastern Conference quarterfinal series has changed time zones and blood pressures, featured stunning individual performances and selfless team play and traveled through six indescribable games to lead to one fitting conclusion:

Game 7.

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