BRIEFLY : WHITAKER'S DRUG SUSPENSION LIFTED.Byline: Daily News Pernell Whitaker's suspension for alleged cocaine use was lifted Monday by the World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF , clearing the way for the welterweight's April 25 title bout against Ike Quartey Ike "Bazooka" Quartey (born November 27, 1969 in Bukom, Ghana) is a former WBA welterweight boxing champion. Professional career Quartey entered boxing in 1988. He won the WBA Welterweight title on 4 June 1994 against Cristano Espana of Venezuela, with a KO in 11. . The WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access ruled that a positive test result for cocaine use after Whitaker's Oct. 17 victory over Andrei Pestriaev was invalid. ``The procedures that they took were not the most appropriate or correct ones, and they didn't even take a second test,'' said Gilberto Mendoza, executive director of the WBA. The tests were administered by the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming and Athletic Commission An athletic commission is an organization which oversees and promotes athletics in a state. For example, the Nevada State Athletic Commission oversees boxing and mixed martial arts. , which was the host for the fight at Foxwoods Resort Casino Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. It is the largest casino in the world, as measured by floor space for gaming, with 340,000 sq ft (31,587 m²) [1]. The entire resort comprises 4,700,000 sq ft (440,000 m²) of space. in Connecticut. The commission suspended Whitaker indefinitely. If the positive test result had stood, the commission's options ranged from an extension of his suspension to revocation of Whitaker's license. The result of the fight could have been overturned, or it could have been declared no contest. Whitaker also could have lost his purse, which was $1 million. The WBA also conducted drug tests on Whitaker over the past two months, Mendoza said. All the results were negative. BASEBALL: A sudden change in heart rhythm was blamed for the collapse of Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray. Caray has not been able to breathe on his own since being admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center The Eisenhower Medical Center of Rancho Mirage, California, USA is the Coachella Valley's only not-for-profit hospital, one of the top one hundred hospitals in the United States in 2005 and the location of the world-famous Betty Ford Center. in Rancho Mirage on Saturday night after falling at the Basin Street West nightclub, family spokesman Bill Wills said. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : Looking to improve a defense that ranked 23rd in the NFL last year, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed veteran Buffalo Bills linebacker Bryce Paup to a long-term contract. The contract is reportedly worth about $22 million. The Chicago Bears signed free-agent fullback Ty Hallock, formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars, to a three-year, $2.1 million contract, the team said. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Texas A&M coach Tony Barone, whose 1991 arrival brought hopes of a basketball revival, will be dismissed as coach after this season and reassigned within the athletic department. |
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