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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
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Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young being arraigned in Manhattan criminal court in New York. Major League Baseball has suspended Young for seven days following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge last week in New York.
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DETROIT — Delmon Young was suspended by Major League Baseball on Monday for seven days without pay following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge last week in New York.
The commissioner's office said the suspension is retroactive to Friday, when Young was arrested after a late-night tussle at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets.
"Those associated with our game should meet the responsibilities and standards that stem from our game's stature as a social institution," Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "An incident like this cannot and will not be tolerated. I understand that Mr. Young is regretful, and it is my expectation that he will learn from this unfortunate episode."
The statement from the commissioner's office also said that Young would be required to participate in a treatment program.
Young is eligible for reinstatement from the restricted list May 4.
The suspension will cost Young approximately $257,240 of his $6,725,000 salary.
Speaking before the Tigers game against the Kansas City Royals was postponed by rain, Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said Young will not appeal the ruling and that he will not face additional discipline by the team when he comes off the restricted list Friday.
"Under the (collective bargaining agreement), there's no dual discipline," he said. "He'll be activated and ready to play on Friday. If he's not in the lineup, that will be the manager's decision. He's been working out over the weekend, and took batting practice today, so he'll be physically ready on Friday."
Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Young was standing outside the team hotel in New York. Nearby, a group of about four Chicago tourists staying at the hotel were approached by a panhandler wearing a yar-
mulke and a Star of David around his neck, according to police.
Afterward, as the group walked up to the hotel doors, Young started yelling anti-Semitic epithets, police said.
It was not clear whom Young
It was wailing at, but he got into a scuffle with the Chicago group, and a 32-year-old man was tackled and sustained scratches to his elbows, according to police and the criminal complaint.
his arrest.
Dombrowski did not know any of the details of the treatment program. It is not known if Young would undergo sensitivity training, treatment for alcohol and anger issues or some combination.
"Those associated with our game should meet the responsibilities and standards that stem from our game's stature as a social institution"
Both Young and the group went inside the hotel, and at some point, police were called, and Young was arrested, police said. Young was first taken to a hospital because he was believed to be intoxicated, police said.
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Young apologized to his teammates and fans in a statement before being arraigned hours after
"We have not been told those details, and we might never know all of them," he said. "When Miguel (Cabera) was in a similar program last spring, I never saw the entire treatment program. The team is just told what they need to know to facilitate the player's work in the program."
Young is hitting .242 in 18 games, batting fifth in the order behind Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. He has one homer and five RBIs.
OLYMPICS
Kayaker trains for gold, works to overcome Crohn's
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But as Johnson prepares for her third consecutive Olympic Games this summer, something else could squash her medal hopes before she so much as reaches the starting line.
The 28-year-old kayaker can handle endless days of training on the water. She can remain calm in a race — the flatwater sprint — that requires two minutes of explosive strength and steely nerves.
"It's frustrating," she said. "And I have no control over it."
Crohn's disease is an autoimmune disorder that afflicts the digestive tract. The symptoms can include pain, fatigue and weight loss, and they can flare up at any time.
With no known cure, Crohn's has forced Johnson to miss competitions and skip training for long stretches of time.
As the 2012 London Olympics
approach, she must keep it at bay for the next three months.
"You're continually trying to manage it and watch for the warning signs," she said. "That's all you can do."
Not much slowed the San Diego native as a teenager. She competed in gymnastics for more than a decade before discovering kayaking at a junior lifeguard program.
National coaches soon took note of this new paddler, built light and strong, and brought her into developmental camps at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center.
By 17, she was competing internationally.
But then, in 2003, Johnson began to suffer unexplained fatigue and anemia. The symptoms grew serious enough that she had to turn down a spot on the U.S. team headed for the world championships.
After months of medical examinations, a doctor finally diagnosed
the problem.
"I had never heard of Crohn's, so that was scary," Johnson said. "It took awhile to really learn about it and get over freaking out."
The Internet offered tales of the disease in its worst forms, but many of the estimated 700,000 Americans affected by this malady experience lesser symptoms.
Diet and medication can go a long way toward managing Crohn's.
"She has a really good strength-to-weight ratio," said Stein Jorgensen, a former Olympian who coaches her. "She gets out really well and can usually put some distance between herself and her opponents."
Barely a year after her initial diagnosis, Johnson was racing in the 500-meter sprint at the 2004 Athens Games, finishing one spot out of the finals.
HORSE RACING
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Kentucky Derby lacks a clear prediction for winner
This year's running of the Kentucky Derby has more than its share of story lines with no horse clearly head and hooves above the others.
There's the first horse in more than 100 years trying to win the Derby without racing as a 2-year-old, or the horse trying to become only the eighth in history to be undefeated and win the celebrated race, or how about the early favorite who was a lock until finishing third in a recent race.
All this means for Saturday's self-proclaimed greatest two minutes in sports is a lot of guessing and the hope for a lot of racing luck.
"They all have questions, which is why it's so wide open," said Mike Battaglia, who will set the morning line for the Derby after
The horse that more people seem to love than hate is Union Rags, who was considered the easy favorite before finishing third in the Florida Derby. It was a tough race where he was caught behind horses and ran out of room. But, a truly great horse, finds a way to win. Union Rags didn't.
"All I want for the Kentucky Derby is to have Union Rags in a position to win and see if he can win," said jockey Julien Leparoux. "He's a great horse. We definitely have a great chance."
Union Rags was second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and won by four lengths in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He has won four of six races.
Gemologist, winner of the Wood Memorial, hasn't lost in five starts and appeared to have
Two of the more talked-about horses have primarily run on the West Coast. Creative Cause won the San Felipe and then finished second to I'll Have Another by a nose in the Santa Anita Derby. And Bodemeister, trained by Bob Baffert, finished second in the San Felipe and then ran away with the Arkansas Derby.
Wednesday's post-position draw.
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plenty left in the tank when he held off a hard-charging Alpha. But the Wood was his only major race. He has won a maiden sprint, an optional claimer, the Kentucky Jockey Club (as a 2-year-old), an allowance race and then the Wood. Two of those wins have come over the Churchill Downs surface.
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Creative Cause has won four of his eight races and finished second and third twice.
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Bodemeister wasn't even considered the best horse in Baffert's barn when the 3-year-old campaign started. And, not many people were paying attention when he went to Arkansas. But his win by 9{ lengths got people talking about this lightly raced colt.
If he wins he will be the first horse in the history of the Derby to win without running as a 2-year-old.
"He's naturally quick," said his jockey, Mike Smith. "Get him out (of the gate) quick and then try and get him relaxed and go from there. ... He impressed me a whole lot more than I already was with him. That last eighth of a mile (in Arkansas) was pretty impressive."
The other horse expected to get some betting action is Dullahan, who won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. However, he is 0 for 3 running at Churchill Downs, including a fourth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
And who can leave out Hansen (winner of the BC Juvenile) or Take Charge Indy (winner of the Florida Derby) or Went the Day Well (whose connections won the Derby last year with Animal Kingdom) or ...
A competitive race to say the least.
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