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California Defeats Taiwan To Win Little League World Series

California came up big late to win the Little League World Series on Sunday, as reported by the Associated Press.

Bulla Graft?s single scored the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and Kiko Garcia pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to lead Chula Vista to a 6-3 victory over Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Via AP


Drug Case Could Head To Supreme Court

Solicitor General Dean Elena Kagan will decide whether to take the baseball drug list case to the Supreme Court.

The MLBPA won a 9-2 decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week, which ruled federal agents illegally seized the urine samples of 104 players who allegedly tested positive in 2003.

"The 9th Circuit is not one of the Supreme Court's favorite circuits. It is probably one of the most liberal circuits in the country," Pace Law School professor Bennett Gershman told the Associated Press. "I think there's a good chance if it goes to the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court is going to reverse."

Via Yahoo! Sports


Court: Feds Wrong To Seize 2003 List

An appeals court has ruled that federal agents were wrong to seize the drug list of 104 baseball players who allegedly tested positive for PEDs in 2003.

The panel says that the agents trampled on players' protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, according to the Associated Press.

"This was an obvious case of deliberate overreaching by the government in an effort to seize data as to which it lacked probable cause," wrote Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.

Via ESPN


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