By Bryan Hoch Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez met with Major League Baseball officials on Friday to discuss his alleged connections to the defunct South Florida Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, according to The Associated Press. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch The Yankees are aware of the latest round of performance-enhancing-drug-related allegations surrounding Alex Rodriguez, but as far as manager Joe Girardi is concerned, it is not an issue that will affect his clubhouse.
By Mike Fish and T.J. Quinn Sources familiar with MLB‘s investigation into a Miami-area drug clinic say MLB investigators have been told that Alex Rodriguez paid a former clinic employee to prevent the release of potentially damaging documents.
A 20-year-old student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people — many in the face and neck — before being subdued and arrested, authorities said Tuesday.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Dylan Quick had been planning the attack at the Lone Star College System’s campus in Cypress for some time and had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school.
Quick, who was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, used a razor-type knife, and piece of the blade was found in at least one victim, the sheriff’s office said. Broken blade pieces also were found in the area where the stabbing occurred, and the handle was discovered in a backpack that Quick was carrying when he was arrested.
Authorities were seen entering Quick’s parents’ home in a middle-class neighborhood of Houston on Tuesday night. No one answered the door or the phone at the red brick home, where two vehicles were parked in the driveway, including a Honda Accord with a license plate that said “DYLAN.” It was not immediately known if Quick had an attorney.
The attack happened at 11:20 a.m. and sent at least 12 people to hospitals, while several others refused treatment at the scene, according to Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department spokesman Robert Rasa. Two people remained in critical condition Tuesday evening at Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute, spokeswoman Alex Rodriguez said.
Diante Cotton, 20, said he was sitting in a cafeteria with some friends when a girl clutching her neck walked in, yelling: “He’s stabbing people! He’s stabbing people!”
Cotton said he could not see the girl’s injuries, but when he and his friends went outside, they saw a half-dozen people with injuries to their faces and necks being loaded into ambulances and medical helicopters.
Harris County Sherriff Adrian Garcia said that when emergency calls came into the department, there were indications that “students or faculty were actively responding to work to subdue this individual.”
“So we’re proud of those folks, but we’re glad no one else is injured any more severely than they are,” Garcia said.
Michelle Alvarez told the Houston Chronicle she saw the attacker running toward other students and tried to back away. She said she didn’t even feel it as he swiped at her.
“He came running and swinging at my neck, as I tried to get out of the way,” she said.
The attack came three months after a different Lone Star campus was the site of a shooting in which two people were hurt. The suspected gunman in that incident is charged with aggravated assault.
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By Bryan Hoch On Monday, Alex Rodriguez made his first public appearance in a Yankees uniform since Game 4 of the 2012 American League Championship Series, rejoining his team for Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. …read more
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By Ian O’Connor For New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, it’s no Mark Teixeira, no Curtis Granderson, no Alex Rodriguez — and still no problem making the playoffs. …read more
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By Alicia Jessop, Contributor In the first race of her first season in the NASCAR Spring Cup racing circuit, Danica Patrick managed to do not only what no woman has ever done, but what many men have never done: Win the pole position for the Daytona 500. While obtaining the pole position in a NASCAR race does not solidify one’s chances of actually winning the race, being the pole car is a nice spot for a racer to find herself. Given the historical news of Patrick’s pole position for the Daytona 500, NASCAR, Patrick and her endorsers have much to cheer about. Since Patrick was awarded the pole position on February 17, all three have seen increases in their business opportunities. When it comes to athlete endorsements, Patrick’s unique status as being female and one of the world’s top racers has opened up many doors for her. Couple those factors with her glaring good looks, and corporations see someone who can open doors for them like nobody else in the sports world. This is apparent when considering the depths of Patrick’s endorsements. Apart from her racing team, Patrick has 15 personal endorsement partners. These partners range from expected racing corporations like Alpinestars and Schuberth to popular nail polish company OPI Nail Lacquer and Justin Timberlake‘s clothing company, William Rast. Like many things in her life, Patrick’s collection of endorsement deals was strategic. In 2009, Patrick made what at the time was considered a bold move, by signing with IMG to represent both her contract and endorsement negotiations. Arguably, this jump paid off as she’s been able to collect a large number of broad endorsement deals. These endorsement deals have lifted Patrick to being an athlete that 40 percent of the U.S. population is aware of, according to The Nielsen Company. American awareness of Patrick is comparable to that of Michael Phelps and Troy Aikman. More Americans know who Patrick is than those who know of Alex Rodriguez or Aaron Rodgers. One of the first sponsors who was struck by Patrick’s appeal was Go Daddy. Like many endorsers who may be attracted to Patrick by the historical ground she is breaking today, Go Daddy was attracted to Patrick for her ability to make history. According to Go Daddy‘s senior executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Barb Rechterman, “Go Daddy executive chairman and founder Bob Parsons was watching the Indianapolis 500 when Danica Patrick became the first woman to lead for 19 laps in 2005. Bob was immediately drawn to Danica. He slipped me a note about how we needed to sign her as a spokeswoman for Go Daddy, and the rest, as they say, is history.” Working with Patrick and her agent in 2006 to sign her for the 2007 IndyCar Series season, Go Daddy and Patrick have in a sense, grown up together as brands. “Our brands have really grown together. We signed Danica in 2006 for the 2007 season. Since that time, she became the first woman to win an IndyCar race …read more
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By Adam Berry While the Yankees prepare to begin their Grapefruit League schedule this weekend, third baseman Alex Rodriguez is working on his rehabilitation from hip surgery in New York, hoping to get back on the field this season. …read more
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By Wallace Matthews Kevin Youkilis has two messages for New York Yankees fans: He’ll always be a Boston Red Sox, and he’ll never be Alex Rodriguez. …read more
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By Associated Press Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner says he’s concerned about the latest drug allegations swirling around third baseman Alex Rodriguez, but that the matter is being looked at by Major League Baseball. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli has been linked as a possible client of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Miami that is alleged to have provided performance-enhancing drugs to teammate Alex Rodriguez.
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By ESPN.com news services MLB investigators are reportedly talking to the publication that linked PEDs to Alex Rodriguez and other players.
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By ESPN.com news services MLB investigators are reportedly talking to the publication that linked PEDs to Alex Rodriguez and other players.
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By Bryan Hoch The documents obtained from a defunct South Florida clinic connect Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez to at least 19 drugs and supplements, including several banned substances, according to a report published by Sports Illustrated.
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By Bryan Hoch Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said on Monday that he expects the team to stand behind Alex Rodriguez, who is alleged to have purchased performance-enhancing drugs over the last four years from a now-defunct Miami health clinic.
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By Andrew Marchand To try and limit the “paparazzi” element of the performance enhancing drug allegations story involving Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees will try to keep A-Rod’s whereabouts a secret during his rehabilitation.
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By Karl Shmavonian, Forbes Staff The sports world has been in a tizzy this week as Sports Illustrated alleged that earlier this year Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis used deer antler spray, which contains a growth hormone, to heal his torn triceps. In that same SI article golfer Vijay Singh admitted to also using the concoction. (Doesn’t deer antler spray sound like an aphrodisiac you’d buy online or in the back of a one-hand, laddie magazine?: “Buy Bambi and drive her wild!”) And in an article in the Miami New Times, Alex Rodriguez and others were accused of using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in the past few years. It is important to note that these are just accusations at this point, nothing has been substantiated. All of this in the wake of the Lance Armstrong saga.
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By Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marchand The New York Yankees are exploring multiple avenues in an attempt to void their contract with Alex Rodriguez based on new allegations of illegal performance-enhancing drug use reported by a Miami newspaper.
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By Jason Belzer, Contributor It appears that lessons learned from Lance Armstrong‘s lies about the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) came too late for Yankee’s famed 3rd baseman Alex Rodriguez. In a damning report out of Miami,
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