Mariners infielder Beckham receives 80-game suspension
Seattle Mariners infielder Tim Beckham has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for stanozolol, a banned performance enhancer, Major League Baseball announced.
Beckham’s suspension is effective immediately and ends his season.
Beckham was hitting .237 with 15 home runs and 47 RBIS in 88 games this season, his first in Seattle.
Dodgers: Outfielder Alex Verdugo, who leads rookies in batting at .294, was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a right oblique strain.
Nationals: Switch-hitting infielder Asdrubal Cabrera (.235, 12 home runs) reached agreement on a one-year contract for a second stint with Washington after being released Saturday by Texas.
Cubs: Reliever Brandon Kintzler (2.33 ERA) was placed on the 10-day injured list with discomfort in his right pectoral muscle, and reliever Pedro Strop (5.20 ERA) was activated from the IL.
Giants: Second baseman Joe Panik
(.235, three home runs) was designated for assignment with San Francisco no longer needing him to play regularly after the acquisition of Scooter Gennett at the trade deadline.
Blue Jays: Toronto will extend protective netting at Rogers Centre next season, joining other teams that have taken measures after foul balls injured fans. return for a 17th season with the Miami Heat.
The 39-year-old has spent his entire NBA career with the Heat, and should become just the sixth player in league history to play such a long career with only one franchise.
It’s a veteran’s minimum contract, worth just under $2.6 million this season.
Haslem has appeared in only 40 games over the past three seasons, and averaged 2.5 points in 10 appearances last season. But the Heat continue to rave about his commitment to the franchise’s culture and value his leadership in the locker room, insisting that he is worth a roster spot for those qualities alone.
Golf: The European Tour suspended Thorbjorn Olesen pending the investigation into his July 29 arrest on charges of being drunk on an airplane and assaulting a female passenger while she slept.
Soccer: Former England national team captain Wayne Rooney is leaving Major League Soccer’s D.C. United at the end of the season to return to England as a player-coach for second-tier Championship team Derby County.
Equestrian: Renowned trainer George Morris, 81, received a lifetime ban for sexual misconduct involving a minor. He will appeal, saying the allegations concern incidents that happened more than 50 years ago.
Motor sports: Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, but will spend no time in jail.