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Lausanne, Switzerland (MySportsbook) - Another former Tour de France
champion was slapped with a two-year suspension for doping on Thursday, as
1997 winner Jan Ullrich was given the same penalty as Alberto Contador earlier
this week.
Contador, a three-time champion of cyclin... |
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Providence, RI (MySportsbook) - The ongoing game of musical chairs in
college athletics has its newest player.
The Big East made it official on Wednesday, welcoming Memphis in all sports
for the 2013-14 season, completing the conference's goal of having 12 football
members.
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Walnut Creek, CA (MySportsbook) - The Pac-12 Conference's Board of Directors
has unanimously extended the contract of commissioner Larry Scott through
2016.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes options for
additional years.
Scott became the league's ... |
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Lausanne, Switzerland (MySportsbook) - Cyclist Alberto Contador of Spain has
been suspended for two years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport found
the three-time Tour de France champ guilty of a doping offense.
The last of those three titles in cycling's most prestigious event, ... |
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Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The federal doping investigation against
seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was closed Friday, United
States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. announced.
Birotte released a statement saying that his "office is closing an
investiga... |
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Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - University of Minnesota athletic director
Joel Maturi has decided to retire, effective June 30.
Maturi has spent 10 years as head of the Golden Gophers' athletic department.
He led the merger of the men's and women's athletics programs, and helped
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Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - The University of Nebraska received two
years of probation among the sanctions handed down by the NCAA on Wednesday
for supplying student-athletes with books and supplies above what is allowed.
The NCAA found Nebraska committed major violations, ... |
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Charlotte, NC (MySportsbook) - The Big South Conference has added Longwood
University as a new member, effective with the 2012-13 academic year.
Longwood, which sponsors 14 varsity sports at the Division I level, will give
the Big South a total of 12 members.
The school, located in F... |
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Lausanne, Switzerland (MySportsbook) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport
has delayed the publication of its decision in the Alberto Contador
clenbuterol case, another postponement in a saga more than a year old.
CAS said in a statement Monday that the release of its final de... |
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St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Duke junior Andrew Wenger and Stanford senior
Teresa Noyola won the Hermann Trophy on Friday night as the best male and
female NCAA Division I soccer players, respectively.
Wenger led the Atlantic Coast Conference with 17 goals and 42 points, good
e... |
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Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Bowling legend Don Carter died Thursday night at
his home in Miami. He was 85 years old.
According to the Professional Bowlers Association, Carter had recently been
hospitalized with pneumonia complicated by emphysema.
Carter was among bowling's top sta... |
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San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - San Diego State has accepted an invitation
to join the Big West Conference for 14 of its sports beginning in the 2013-14
academic year.
The move comes just six days after the school announced that its football
team will join the Big East and will be... |
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Hoover, AL (MySportsbook) - North Carolina held on despite some late
pressure to secure a 1-0 win over Charlotte in the NCAA Men's Division I Final
on Sunday.
Ben Speas provided the lone goal for the Tar Heels with 25:50 remaining in the
second half, scoring against the run... |
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