The NBA fined Charlotte Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan $15,000 for discussing Texas freshman Kevin Durant during an interview last week.
Team coaches and executives are barred from talking about underclassmen who have yet to declare for the NBA draft. But in an interview with The Charlotte Observer last Tuesday, Jordan said he was interested in versatile players and added, “The kid who may present that is the kid in Texas. (He) may have that because he has all the right signs.”
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NEW YORK (AFP) – Eleven professional wrestlers have reportedly been linked in documents to the internet drug distribution ring that has produced charges against 20 people.
In a web site posting, Sports Illustrated magazine said investigators uncovered the names while sorting through information seized in raids last month on Florida firms allegedly prescribing steroids and human growth hormone over the internet.
Several Major League Baseball players, boxer Evander Holyfield and others have been linked to the scheme, most issuing strong denials in response to reports that surfaced in the wake of the raids.
Arizona doctor David Wilbirt, the magazine reported, was investigated from 2001 to 2005 for allegedly writing 3,879 prescriptions to patients over the internet, some from the pro wrestling ranks and better known by stage names.
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Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball’s first billionaire player.
It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 three years ago to buy 50 acres of land from an elderly aunt who needed the money to pay for a nursing home.
While clearing out a couple acres to build a home, he discovered stone ledges in the ground, prompting him to have the property surveyed.
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Retired Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway said Wednesday that he hates gay people, but later said he regretted the remarks.
“You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people,” he said while a guest on Sports Talk 790 The Ticket. “I’m homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn’t be in the world or in the United States.”
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NFL won’t let church show game
The NFL has nixed a church’s plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church’s “Super Bowl Bash” on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.
Initially, the league objected to the church’s plan to charge a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words “Super Bowl” in its promotions.
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Russian Sharapova looking forward to this week’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo says she deserves to be the world number one, Reuters news agency reports.
“I’m excited to get to number one and hopefully I can keep it for many weeks to come,” she says.
Sharapova admitted to having some mixed feelings, however, about reaching the summit of the women’s game following her defeat to Serena Williams in the Australian Open final.
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DAVID BECKHAM is to give a TV interview which will be screened during the Superbowl final – watched by 80million Americans.
Becks, 31, hopes he can win over the US and their sports fans to bring his and wife Victoria’s Brand Beckham to America.
Top chat show hosts Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey lost out in the bid to clinch his first major TV interview. Instead he will be on CBS who are covering the finale to the gridiron season on February 4.
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Beckham to Own an MLS Soccer Team?
It was recently announced that David Beckham had signed a five-year contract with the LA Galaxy soccer team, so that he can finish up his career in the United States. And now it has been revealed that as a stipulation in his contract, Beckham will be offered the opportunity to own a MLS soccer team when his contract is up.
Sources reveal that Beckham wants to leave a legacy in the US, long after his playing career is over with. Beckham is determined to put American soccer on the map, and having his name associated with a team could do wonders. He’s already convinced Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo to join him in the MLS next season.
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Jim Irsay has almost everything an NFL owner could want.
The Indianapolis Colts’ All-Pro quarterback is still in his prime, two receivers are headed to the Pro Bowl and there’s a budding star at running back. They’ve reached the playoffs seven times in eight years. The financial future looks equally bright: There’s a new stadium under construction and an expanding season-ticket list.
Yes, Irsay has grown comfy in his Indianapolis digs.
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