Francisco begins serving suspension
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Frank Francisco, one of three Texas Rangers relievers suspended for their part in a bullpen brawl with fans in Oakland earlier this week, began serving his season-ending ban on Saturday.
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If Tigers infielder Neifi Perez was hoping for sympathy from his teammates and Detroit's front office, he's out of luck. Perez became the first player penalized for testing positive for a stimulant under Major League Baseball's drug program Friday. The 25-game suspension will cost him about $400,000 of his $2.5 million salary.
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Jessie Evans was expected to resign Wednesday night as basketball coach at San Francisco, which lost five of its last six games in addition to the NCAA suspension of one of its international players, The Associated Press has learned.
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Carl Crawford began serving a two-game suspension Thursday night after his appeal was denied by the commissioner's office.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A former Bay Area high school football star will miss his college game this week after being suspended for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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The Knicksâ plans to revive their original starting lineup and attempt a fresh start was scuttled Friday when the N.B.A. suspended Zach Randolph for tonightâs game against the Spurs.
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Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith, who has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, will begin serving that suspension Sunday.
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Tank Johnson of the Chicago Bears was suspended by the NFL for the first eight games of the 2007 regular season for violating the league's new personal conduct policy. The defensive tackle recently served a two-month jail stint on a probation violation on gun-related charges.
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Spain&#39;s football federation has initiated disciplinary proceedings against national team coach Luis Aragones for making racist remarks.
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CHICAGO -- On Wednesday, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen addressed his battle with Hunter Wendelstedt a week ago that resulted in the two-game suspension that began on Tuesday.
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Andrew Cole and Papa Bouba Diop will begin their three-match suspensions when Fulham face Boston at York Street on Wednesday night, following their dismissals against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - University of Southern California tailback Hershel Dennis was reinstated to the team on Monday after serving a two-game suspension for violating team rules.
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Tennessee rookie running back Chris Henry returned to the Titans on Monday after serving his four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball suspended San Francisco Giants closer Dustin Hermanson for three games on Tuesday for an incident that stemmed from a game against the Astros last week.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (CP) - A fan was hurt Monday night when Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into a lower box by the Rangers&#39; bullpen along the right-field line near the end of a game against the Oakland Athletics.
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Criminal charges, a suspension and a probable lawsuit are on deck for Texas Rangers reliever Frank Francisco, arrested for throwing a chair Monday night that broke the nose of the
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No doubt that Frank Francisco should have the book thrown at him for what he did in Oakland Monday night. But for that matter, so should the rest of us, for condoning the type of behavior that preceded the Texas Rangers relief pitcher&#39;s errant toss.