January 17, 2019 By Bill Pollock Royals left-hander Eric Skoglund has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The 26-year-old would have been a rotation candidate in spring training, but instead will sit out the first half of the season without pay. He went 1-and-6 with a 5.14 ERA last season and missed three months with an elbow injury. Skoglund tested positive for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators S-22 (Ostarine) and LGD-4033 (Ligandrol), the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced. The 26-year-old Skoglund is the second Royal in less than a year to be suspended for 80 games. Outfielder Jorge Bonifacio was suspended during Spring Training in 2018. Share this:FacebookTwitterGoogle … [Read more...] about Royals pitcher Skoglund suspended for 80-games
SEC losses start to pile up for the Tigers
January 17, 2019 By Bill Pollock Mizzou Men’s Basketball lost to Alabama, 70-60, Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. Mark Smith and Javon Pickett each added 13 points to lead Missouri (9-6, 0-3) in scoring. Smith entered the game leading the SEC at 47.3% in three-point shooting. He made four of nine attempts. The Tigers also led the SEC shooting 39.4% from beyond the arc, but made just 7-of-20. They were also beat bad on inside points. With Jeremiah Tilmon on the bench for a long stretch in the first half, Alabama turned a 13-12 deficit into a 32-26 halftime lead, which quickly jumped to a 13-point advantage two minutes into the second half. The Tigers would never get closer than four. The Tide outscored the Tigers 40-30 in the paint, outrebounded Mizzou 37-29 and their bench outscored Missouri 33-15. Jordan Geist scored just nine points on 4-for-11 shooting, including 0-for-5 from three. Share this:FacebookTwitterGoogle … [Read more...] about SEC losses start to pile up for the Tigers
US alarmed as Zimbabwe targets, beats activists amid unrest
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said Thursday it is "alarmed" by credible reports that security forces are targeting and beating activists and labor leaders after a local doctors' rights group said it had treated 68 gunshot cases and scores of other cases of assault.The U.S. also urged Zimbabwe's government to restore access to social media as the country faces its worst unrest since deadly post-election violence in August. Zimbabweans this week heeded a nationwide stay-at-home call after the government dramatically increased fuel prices, making gasoline in the economically shattered country the world's most expensive.Hungry residents of the capital, Harare, on Wednesday reported being tear-gassed by police as they ventured out to seek food. "Are we at war?" one resident asked. The city was quiet on Thursday as people stayed home, with schools and many shops closed and soldiers controlling long lines at the few gas stations open.Zimbabwe's state security … [Read more...] about US alarmed as Zimbabwe targets, beats activists amid unrest
Gdansk city official meets with family of mayor’s attacker
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A deputy of Gdansk's slain mayor says he has met with the attacker's mother and that the family needs protection against hate messages.Mayor Pawel Adamowicz's coffin will lie in state on Thursday at the Solidarity movement center in Gdansk to allow residents to bid farewell to the official, who will be buried Saturday.Adamowicz died Monday from stab wounds inflicted the night before by Stefan W., who had served a prison term for robberies.Deputy Mayor Piotr Kowalczuk said that he has met the assailant's mother and that the family is in shock and needs support.Poland's justice minister has said that the mother warned prison authorities about her son's psychological condition, but they found nothing to postpone his release in December. … [Read more...] about Gdansk city official meets with family of mayor’s attacker
Police find body of German tourist in Australian Outback
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — The body of a 62-year-old German tourist was found beneath a tree in the searing heat of the central Australia Outback on Thursday, eight days after she was reported missing, police said.Desert Palms Resort staff in Alice Springs reported guest Monika Billen missing on Jan. 9, but her last reported sighting was on Jan. 1, a police statement said.Her body was spotted by searchers in a helicopter under a tree far from hiking tracks and 3 kilometers (2 miles) west of Emily Gap in the East MacDonnell Ranges, police said.The location had already been searched twice in a 16-square kilometer (6-square mile) targeted area but was densely covered with trees and foliage, Police Superintendent Pauline Vicary said.Police worked with Billen's German mobile phone provider to narrow the search to the targeted area over the past two days, Vicary said.When asked why it took eight days to find her, Vicary said the search involved "a lot of technology and information and … [Read more...] about Police find body of German tourist in Australian Outback