The News Review:
- NHL Playoff Series Previews | Sports | Hockey | PE.com | Southern…
- Will Fike’s revelation about drug use prompt NASCAR to take…
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Metro Warns Riders of Heavy Sports Traffic
- SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Golf — Winning focus
NHL Playoff Series Previews | Sports | Hockey | PE.com | Southern…
Press-Enterprise – Apr 9, 2008
Playoff history: Detroit 1-0. Last playoff meeting: Detroit 4-2 in 2004 conference quarterfinals. DETROIT: With a league-best 115 points, the Red Wings won the Presidents’ Trophy for a record sixth time since its inception in 1985-86 season. No other team has taken it more than twice.
Will Fike’s revelation about drug use prompt NASCAR to take…
ESPN – Apr 9, 2008
It wasn’t until he was arrested and charged with possession of heroin and drug abuse last year that he was indefinitely suspended. They were lucky it wasn’t after a crash at nearly 200 mph. “Every sport organization, and I’ve been doing this for almost 30 years, has been at one point or another in a period of denial,” Yesalis said at the time of Fike’s arrest… Fike is a perfect example that the system doesn’t always work. There could be, and probably are, others. Yesalis, a former sports trainer and open-wheel driver, believes NASCAR may one day find itself addressing drug testing the way it did safety after the death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001. “If there was some tragedy and all of a sudden somebody does something goofy on the track or somebody gets hurt and somebody is implicated that caused the accident to have drugs in their body, that would cause a helluva big stink,” he said. “A good analogy would be dragging their feet on the HANS [head and neck restraint that now is mandatory] and other safety breakthroughs. What finally triggered it was to lose the sport’s biggest star. This doesn’t suggest Yesalis believes NASCAR has a drug problem.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Apr 9, 2008
“I’ve just been having some issues that I need to resolve, so I’m working on
that at the moment and I’m hoping to be back playing as soon as possible,” she
said. Last week, the six-time Grand Slam event champion announced her withdrawal
from this week’s Bausch & Lomb Championships, citing a medical issue. The
powerful American played in Miami last week, and lost to U.
Metro Warns Riders of Heavy Sports Traffic
Washington Post – Apr 9, 2008
United Games Expected to Squeeze SystemBy Lena SunWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, April 9, 2008; 4:48 PMMetro officials are warning riders to expect crowded trains and platforms because of Wednesday’s sports tripleheader starting between 7 and 7:30 p. The Washington Wizards play at 7 p. at Verizon Center before a sell-out crowd, the Washington Nationals play at 7:10 p. at Nationals Park, and D.
SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Golf — Winning focus
San Diego Union Tribune – Apr 9, 2008
com > Sports > Golf — Winning focus. Michael Lardon, a San Diego-based sports psychologist, is hanging out on the putting green with a client, Rich Beem. Next to them, Tiger Woods is working, head down, hitting putt after putt.
