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Ruth Chepng'etich banned 3 years MONACO (AP) — Track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit says women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng'etich has been banned for three years after admitting a doping violation. The AIU says Chepng'etich admitted to anti-doping rule violations over the presence and use of the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. She had been suspended in July. The Kenyan runner broke the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon last year when she clocked 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds. Lionel Messi stays in Florida FORT LAUDERDALE, ...

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SF Giants hire Tennessee's Vitello SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are hiring University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their manager for his first professional coaching job. It's a bold gamble by San Francisco executive Buster Posey on a coach with no previous ...

NCAA allows college athletes to bet on professional sports starting Nov. 1

The NCAA approved a rule change on Wednesday that will allow athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. Two weeks after the Division I cabinet approved the change, Division II and III management councils signed off on it, allowing the new rule to go into effect Nov. 1. This doesn’t change the NCAA rule forbidding athletes from betting on college sports. The NCAA also prohibits sharing information about college competitions with bettors. The institution also doesn’t accept advertising or sponsorships of NCAA championships by betting sites. Despite ...

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Canada roots for Blue Jays TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have advanced to the World Series and have a chance of claiming the championship of America's pastime at a time when U.S.-Canada relations remain near historic lows. George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays reached the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday. Canada's only major league team will have an entire country behind it against the Los Angeles ...

Springer’s homer sends Blue Jays into World Series

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. Vladimir ...

Ohtani’s Game 4 compared to greatest feats in sports history

Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the superlatives began in earnest. Best baseball performance of all time? Best sports performance, period? Pinnacle of overall human achievement? That last one is ...