Olympic runner blames pork burrito for positive steroid test
Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan said she has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive test for anabolic steroids that she attributes to eating a pork burrito.
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Clarence E. Hill Jr.: Dallas Cowboys won the offseason. So why is Mike McCarthy on the hot seat?
Optimism certainly abounds for the 2021 season and Year 2 of the Mike McCarthy era at the Dallas Cowboys world headquarters at The Star in Frisco.
Will the Tokyo Olympics happen? NBC is banking on it.
After a yearlong delay, the Tokyo Summer Olympics are just six weeks away — despite concerns about whether it is safe to bring thousands of international athletes and crowds together in the middle of a pandemic.
Here’s why the Green Bay Packers should trade Aaron Rodgers
The Green Bay Packers should trade Aaron Rodgers.
NFL players’ reluctance to get COVID-19 vaccine could have competitive consequences
Saquon Barkley seemingly is vaccinated for COVID-19, because he watched Tuesday’s Giants minicamp practice from the cafeteria and interacted with colleagues with no mask on.
Judge denies request to return MLB All-Star game to Atlanta
Three-and-a-half months after a report broke that Russell Wilson would approve a trade to one of four other NFL teams, the Seahawks quarterback finally spoke to Seattle media Thursday.
Bill Shaikin: Major League Baseball is headed for a lockout. Is Ted Cruz the only one who can stop it?
In 2017, after his hometown Houston Astros won the World Series, Sen. Ted Cruz rode in the team’s parade.
Why are so many NFL players still reluctant to get vaccinated? League’s union head said it’s not because of a lack of information.
DeMaurice Smith pleaded ignorance Thursday when the NFL players union boss was asked on a conference call for the vaccination rate of his rank and file.
Hawks' De’Andre Hunter to have surgery, out for rest of postseason
De’Andre Hunter, who has been experiencing swelling and soreness in his right knee since injuring it in late January, will miss the rest of the postseason, the Hawks announced Wednesday.
Mets' Alonso says MLB is intentionally manipulating baseballs to suppress free-agency value
Pete Alonso took the red-hot topic around sticky substances in baseball to a brand-new level.
Greg Cote: As teams pray for right QB, Packers' disrespect of MVP Aaron Rodgers is galling
The Green Bay Packers' continuing, colossal botchery of the Aaron Rodgers situation is epic.
Nikola Jokic beats out Joel Embiid, Stephen Curry for NBA MVP
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic won the 2020-21 NBA Most Valuable Player award, beating out Warriors star Stephen Curry, the league announced Tuesday. Curry and Sixers center Joel Embiid were the other finalists, with Embiid coming in second with 586 total votes and Curry in third with 453 total votes. Curry received five first-place votes, 23 second-place votes and 32 third-place votes; ...
When a hockey stick breaks, everyone has to lend a helping hand
During the most critical moments of the Lightning’s second-round series opener against Carolina, defenseman Ryan McDonagh found himself in a tough situation.
MLB responds to All-Star Game lawsuit, calls it ‘political theatrics’
Major League Baseball responded in a court filing Monday to a lawsuit over the move of next month’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta, calling the litigation “the latest step in (a) publicity campaign” by “a conservative advocacy group.”
Tom Thibodeau named NBA Coach of the Year
No coach in the NBA did more with less.
