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Former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino apparently fathered a secret love child with a CBS employee in 2005, according to the New York Post.
The Post’s sources say Marino paid the woman, Donna Savattere, “millions” not to talk about their child. Savattere worked for CBS Sports where Marino has been an analyst for the network since 2003. The baby, a girl named Chloe, was born in June 2005. Marino admitted paternity to the newspaper when confronted with the allegations. “This is a personal and private matter. I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then,” he said in a statement provided to the Post. Marino spent his entire 17-year career with the Dolphins before retiring in 1999.
In the latest doping scandal to hit the sport of cycling since Lance Armstrong’s confession earlier this month, Danish rider Michael Rasmussen admitted Thursday that he took performanceenhancing drugs for more than a decade.
Rasmussen, a climbing specialist who won stage victories in the Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta, said he took everything from testosterone and growth hormones to blood transfusions from 19982010 in an effort to boost his performance. The 38-year-old Dane said he would quit the sport immediately and cooperate with anti-doping agencies.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a four-year, $40-million contract with Martin Prado just a week after acquiring the former all-star infielder in a trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta.
The 29-year-old infielder, who will play for Venezuela in this year’s World Baseball Classic, is a career .295 hitter.
The Phoenix Coyotes’ ownership saga has taken another unexpected turn. With a deadline for a lease agreement with the city of Glendale set to expire, prospective owner Greg Jamison has yet to complete his purchase of the team from the NHL.
Jamison, the former CEO of the San Jose Sharks, had until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to buy the team before his 20-year lease agreement with Glendale expires. A league official told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that it was unlikely Jamison would have the funds or investors in place to meet the deadline.
Wide receiver Shawn Gore has re-signed with the B.C. Lions.
The speedy wideout led the Lions with 722 receiving yards in 2012. The Toronto native has spent three seasons with the team after being selected in the second round (10th overall) in the 2010 Canadian draft. The Lions also dealt quarterback Mike
Reilly and a secondround pick (14th overall) in this year’s Canadian draft to Edmonton for the Eskimos’ second-round selection (11th overall) in the 2013 Canadian draft and their second-round pick in 2014.
Former Arizona Diamondbacks television analyst Mark Grace has been sentenced to four months in jail under a work-release program.
The 48-year-old former first baseman with the Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs pleaded guilty Thursday to felony endangerment and misdemeanour driving under the influence of alcohol. Grace was arrested last August in Scottsdale — his second drunken driving arrest.