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...fact, most other athletic organizations are clearly aware of performance-enhancing drugs’ downfalls. The National Basketball Association (NBA), the NFL, as well as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to name but a few, have all instituted random steroid and amphetamine testing. They have also enforced strict penalties in an effort to keep sports drug-free. The IOC, according to its official web site, has been “radically against doping” for the past 30 years, operating under the principles of “protecting athletes’ health, respecting medical and sporting ethics, and maintaining...
...insists this time it's really, truly the end. After retiring and returning to basketball twice (and leaving baseball once), MICHAEL JORDAN says he played his final NBA game last week in Philadelphia. "It's time to move on," said Jordan, 40. "It's easier to accept because physically I know it and feel it." Though Jordan leaves after a disappointing two seasons with the Washington Wizards, his career accomplishments are staggering, including six championships and five MVP awards with the Chicago Bulls. "I never, never took the game for granted," Jordan said. Fans can say they did the same...
Elmore, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and now works for ESPN, said that current policies encourage players to skip college and go directly to the NBA...
...player on a program who gets fined because he gets free class home or free trips home, or somebody buys him a suit to go to somebody’s funeral,” said Russ Granik, a graduate of HLS and the deputy commissioner of the NBA...
...said that the NBA was considering a proposal to lengthen the amount of time players would spend on the “rookie pay scale...