Share this: The punishment FIFA levied against Sepp Blatter appears to be final. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Blatter’s six-year ban from soccer Monday after delivering a verdict against the former FIFA president, according to The Associated Press. World soccer’s governing body banned Blatter, its longtime head, for six years because it deemed a $2 million payment he made to former protoge Michel Platini in 2011 to be a violation of its code of ethics. “… Mr Blatter breached the FIFA code of ethics since the payment amounted to an undue gift as it had no contractual basis,” CAS said in a statement, per talkSport. “The panel further found that Mr Blatter unlawfully awarded contributions to Mr Platini under the FIFA Executive Committee
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CSKA’s Eremenko suspended for two years
The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) has notified today its decision in relation to PFC CSKA Moskva player, Roman Eremenko.The Finnish player has been suspended for two years from all competitions, following the positive result of a doping control test in competition undergone by the player after the UEFA Champions League group stage match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and PFC CSKA Moskva played on 14 September 2016 in Germany. The analysis of the A sample revealed the presence of cocaine and its metabolites - a stimulant that is classified under the category of prohibited substances in the Worl... UEFA.com
Tuukka Rask On Hockey Future: ‘I Think My Best Years Are Ahead Of Me’
Share this: Tuukka Rask returned to the ice Friday for practice, and there’s a chance he could play Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings. But no matter what happens this weekend, Rask still believes he has many more games — and years — ahead of him in net. “Well, I’d like to think I haven’t hit my prime yet,” Rask told Jack Edwards, as seen Friday on “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank. “They say goalies are kind of late bloomers when it comes to that. I’m going to be 30 coming in March, so I think my best years are ahead of me. So that’s something that keeps you motivated.” Hear more from Rask with Edwards in the video above. More Stories Source
Twitter Explodes After Cubs Clinch First World Series Berth In 71 Years
The Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series. No, that’s not a joke. The Cubs are National League champions for the first time since 1945 after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field on Saturday night. As you might expect, the reaction to the Cubs’ triumph on Twitter was pretty insane. A lot of people weren’t alive the last time the Cubs won the pennant. Here’s the best reaction from Chicago’s historic win. Thumbnail photo via Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sports Images
Former No. 1 Overall Pick, Elton Brand, Retires From NBA After 17 Seasons
Share this: In 1999, the Chicago Bulls selected Elton Brand with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. 17 years later and Brand has finally retired from the league. He may have lasted only two years in Chicago and spent 11 seasons on losing teams around the league but Brand was a model of consistency in the NBA. Brand averaged over 18 points and nine rebounds per game through his first eight seasons before tearing his Achilles in 2007. He fought back to rehab from the injury and continue to produce in the NBA for nearly another decade before finally deciding to retire. NESN.com’s Rachel Holt tells you what Brand had to say at the conclusion of his career in the video
Steven Hauschka’s Name Actually Is Stephen, But He Hasn’t Corrected Anyone In Years
Here’s your weird sports of the day: Everyone has been spelling Steven Hauschka’s name wrong for his entire NFL career. KCPQ-TV in Seattle was doing a segment with the Seahawks kicker when producer Dusty Lane double-checked the spelling of Hauschka’s last name. However, as Lane tells it, he should’ve been checking the first. A photographer checked with Hauschka and learned that the kicker’s first name actually is spelled “Stephen” rather than “Steven.” “There was a little mix-up in college,” Hauschka said, per Lane. So why didn’t the Needham, Mass., native correct anyone until his ninth season in the league? “Uh ... NESN.com
Jose Fernandez Saved His Mother From Drowning While Defecting From Cuba
Share this: One of Major League Baseball’s brightest young stars is gone much, much too soon. Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez died early Sunday morning in a tragic boating accident off the coast of Miami Beach. The shocking news hit the baseball world hard, not only because the 24-year-old was one of the most electric pitchers in the game, but also because of the incredible journey he took to reach the sport’s peak. Fernandez defected from Cuba in 2007 at just 15 years old, surviving harrowing conditions to reach the United States and pursue a professional baseball career. His journey from Cuba to the U.S. was detailed three years ago in an excellent feature on the now-defunct Grantland, and that story includes an