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MLB Changes Off-Day During LCS

Major League Baseball has removed the awkward off-day between Games 4 and 5 of the league championship series.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia griped about the scheduling last October.

The overall length of the postseason will not be shortened and the first round will remain best-of-five at least through 2011.

Via ESPN


Canseco Subpoenaed In Clemens Case

Jose Canseco says that he had been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

Canseco posted on Twitter that the FBI would visit his house and then said he had received a subpoena to appear before the grand jury "about roger clemens,andrew pettite and others" on April 8.

"Its like the godfather," Canseco said in a later post, "when I thought I was out they drag me back in. And now it begins again."

Via ESPN


Chiropractor Arrested On Steroid Charges

A northern Virginia chiropractor was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after being accused of supplying steroids to members of two Washington-area professional sports teams.

Douglas O. Nagel, 50, was arrested Tuesday morning in Virginia and charged by Florida authorities with seven counts of conspiring to deliver a controlled substance, specifically steroids.

Via ESPN


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