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The NBA informed the Phoenix Suns on Thursday that center DeAndre Ayton has tested positive for a diuretic, which violates the league’s anti-drug policy, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Ayton is now facing a 25-game suspension. Suns center Deandre Ayton is facing a 25-game suspension for violating NBA’s Anti-Drug policy with a positive test for a diuretic, […]
Former NFL superstar Shawne Merriman is offering Vontaze Burfict another stream of revenue while he serves his suspension. Merriman heads the Lights Out Xtreme Fighting (LXF) league, which focuses on developing fighters into MMA stars. During a conversation with TMZ, Merriman pitched the idea of Burfict channeling his aggressive nature into an MMA career with his organization. “I […]
A student at Illinois’ Washington Community High School was given a six-day suspension after a classmate overheard him misquoting a lyric from the 2017 Future song “Draco.” In an interview with Illinois’ ABC affiliate, the student’s parent Brandon Porter claims his son was singing the song as he left school when he mistakenly replaced “Draco” with “AK” in the line “Draco season with the bookbag.” […]
Alan Maloney, the referee who made 16-year-old high school wrestler Andrew Johnson cut his dreadlocks in order to compete in his next match, has been suspended for two years, USA Today reports. The announcement was made Wednesday following an investigation into the December 19 incident during a Buena-Oakcrest meet where Maloney forced Johnson to either wear a hair […]
The Brooklyn Nets were set to go into the 2019-20 season with an improved roster, but now they’re facing a major setback. As reported by ESPN’s Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter, forward Wilson Chandler has received a 25-game suspension after he tested positive for the use of performance enhancing drugs. The NBA later […]
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Nevada State Athletic Commission announced that both Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been suspended after inciting a brawl following their UFC 229 bout. The commission has issued Nurmagomedov most of the burden as he was barred from action in the state for nine months and fined $500,000 compared to McGregor who was only subjected […]
Referee David McNamara was suspended three weeks after being charged with “not acting in the best interests of the game” prior to a Women’s Super League match. McNamara was punished for using rock, paper, scissors to determine which team would choose its side, instead of going with the traditional approach of a coin toss. He used the unorthodox method after realizing […]
