Gators reach Series

JJ Schwarz broke out of a twoweek hitting slump by driving in five runs, four on a grand slam, and Florida defeated rival Florida State, 7-0, to secure the last spot in the College World Series.

The Gators (52-14) won the final two games in the best-of-three super regional to earn their fifth trip to Omaha in the past seven years. Florida, seeded No. 1 overall in the NCAA tournament, will play Coastal Carolina on Sunday night.

The International Tennis Federation says that it has banned a Ukrainian doctor from sports for four years for giving a banned substance to WTA Tour player Kateryna Kozlova.

The ITF said in a statement that Elena Dorofeyeva gave a supplement containing the banned stimulant DMBA to Kozlova, the current world No. 98, in 2014.

Kozlova tested positive and served a six-month ban last year, when the ITF ruled she had not intentionally doped. Kozlova said she had taken what she thought to be vitamins provided by Dorofeyeva. The ITF dismissed an appeal by Dorofeyeva and ruled that she deserved a four-year ban because “a doctor setting him/ herself up as a sports medicine specialist bears an extremely heavy responsibility,” particularly when working with young athletes.

Russell Baze, horse racing’s alltime winningest jockey with 12,842 victories, is expected to announce his retirement Tuesday after 42 years of riding. His last race was a secondplace finish aboard Wahine Warrior in the 10th race Sunday at Golden Gate Field. His longtime agent Ray Harris confirmed the announcement to the Paulick Report, a racing site.

Baze rode in 53,578 races in a career that started at Yakima Meadows in Washington. He was the leading rider in North America 13 times, his mounts winning almost $200 million.