American Alvin Harrison Banned for Four Years
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Olympic 400 meter relay gold medallist Alvin Harrison has accepted a four-year ban for drugs violations, the United States Anti-Doping Agency said on Tuesday.
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Sprinter Jerome Young was banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday following the former 400-metre world champion&#39;s second positive test for an illegal steroid.
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NBA commissioner David Stern last night suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest for the remainder of the 2004-05 season -- the harshest such suspension in NBA history -- and suspended two of his teammates for a combined 55 games as a result of their roles in Friday night's brawl with Pistons fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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The National Basketball Association  suspended four players on Saturday, one day after one of the  worst brawls in North American pro sports history.
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Controversial US sprinter Jerome Young has been banned for life after failing a second doping test, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday.
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Two fans involved in the brawl at last month&#39;s Pacers-Pistons game at the Palace in Auburn Hills have been banned from all events at the arena according to a spokesman for the Detroit Pistons.
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Police in Michigan said a fourth member of the Indiana Pacers was involved in the fight with fans last week. Authorities said reserve center David Harrison, punched an elderly man in the stands.
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Two men have been banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month&#39;s NBA brawl.
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Portland forward Qyntel Woods was suspended by the National Basketball Association for five games for violating the league's drug program.
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest was banned for the remainder of the National Basketball Association season, the longest non-drug suspension in league history, NBA commissioner David Stern said.
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The NFL has suspended Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis for two games for using a cellphone to try to set up a drug deal. Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday and will be sentenced to four months
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Pete Doherty was handed a suspended four-month jail sentence Friday for a series of drug and driving offenses.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis was suspended for two games without pay by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy, one day after pleading guilty to trying to set up a drug deal four years ago...
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Already reeling from the news they won't have safety Rodney Harrison, who was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league's performance-enhancing substances policy, the Patriots announced yesterday they will be without Pro Bowl defensive end Richard Seymour for the first six weeks.
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Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones withdrew the appeal of his suspension Tuesday and will serve the one-year term imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
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Rodney Harrison said Friday night that he had been suspended for four games for using a prohibited substance, which is believed to be human growth hormone, but insisted he had never taken steroids.
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Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis was suspended for two games by the NFL for violating the league&#39;s substance abuse policy.