WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2003
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Royals' Quinn optimistic about recovery
Hamstring injury may sideline outfielder for a few games
The Associated Press
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Mark Quinn is optimistic he will miss only a few Kansas City Royals' spring training games after hurting his hamstring.
Quinn, who tore his left hamstring last June, aggravated the injury while running to first base in the Royals' 8-7 loss to the
Seattle Mariners on Monday.
"It's not feeling too bad," Quinn said Tuesday. "This is good news. I've kind of been through this before. There's a big knot of scar tissue on the back of my hamstring."
"The thing is, the strength in the hamstring is 100 percent. That wouldn't be the case if it was a muscle or tendon problem," Quinn said.
Quinn and trainer Nick Swartz said it was likely the aggravation was the result of scar tissue breaking down.
Swartz said it was "very likely"
"That's the goal." Swartz said.
Quinn could return to the lineup by this weekend.
Quinn was scheduled for an MRI Tuesday, but it might be a few days before the Royals have conclusive reports.
"They just want to make sure it is scar tissue," Quinn said. "All the symptoms that I have heard from the doctor and trainers say that it is scar tissue."
Quinn hit 294 with 20 home runs and 78 RBIs as a rookie in 2000, but played only 23 games last season because of injuries. He had
"It is frustrating," Quinn said. "I've got to the point where I've got to deal with it. It was a pretty traumatic injury to that area."
a setback with the hamstring while playing winter ball in Puerto Rico.
Carlos Febles, who was hit in the left hand by a pitch to lead off the game Monday, did not play Tuesday against Oakland, but did take part in on-the-field activities, including batting practice.
"He's got a little swelling in his right finger, but overall he's a lot better than it initially looked like," Swartz said.
Wells won't waive no-trade clause
TAMPA, Fla. — David Wells won't waive the no-trade clause in his contract if the New York Yankees attempt to trade him after embarrassing revelations in his new book.
"I can say yes, but I'm not a fool. I'm not waiving it," he said yesterday at Yankees' spring training camp.
Wells has a complete no-trade clause in the $7 million, two-year contract he agreed to with the Yankees before the 2002 season. The New York Post reported yesterday that Wells, after details of his book became known, had told the team he would waive the no-trade clause if the team wanted to get rid of him.
The 39-year-old left-hander could be punished by the team for writing an autobiography that general manager Brian Cashman said "tarnishes the Yankees' image." Wells apologized to Cashman Saturday and addressed his teammates Sunday about the book, "Perfect I'm Not! Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches & Baseball."
The Associated Press
NBA players face pre-Olympic testing
The Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark NBA players on Olympic teams will face out-of-competition, random drug tests for the 2004 Athens Games starting July 1 as part of a global program that is expected to be approved today.
Under the system, which applies to athletes in all Olympic sports, drug testers can show up unannounced at a player's house at any time to ask for a sample.
This is the first time NBA stars will face such comprehensive, pre-Olympic testing, U.S. drug officials said.
"There will be no differentiation between a team handball athlete and an NBA professional," said Terry Madden, chief executive officer of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
The NBA and other U.S. professional leagues are not formally covered by the World Anti-Doping code being completed at a three-day drug summit here.The code set outs uniform drug-testing rules and sanctions across all sports and countries.
Pro leagues are only "encouraged" to comply, because they aren't
under the jurisdiction of international sports federations or national governments. But proathletes wishing to take part in the Olympics are subject to the same pre-games testing as other competitors.
Players on the U.S. roster or contending for spots on the Athens team will be part of a pool of athletes subject to testing.
The program is similar to what NHL players faced before the Salt Lake City Olympics. NBA players have been in the Olympics since the first Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
"We've been through it before with the NHL players, and it worked well," Madden said. "I think they can relate to the NBA and tell them that everything is done properly."
The NBA players'union had no comment yesterday except to say it was reviewing the new policy.
U. S. players had to take random drug tests at training sites in Hawaii and Australia before the 2000 Sydney Olympics. NBA players also were subject to out-of-competition controls before last year's world championships in Indianapolis, where the United States finished sixth.
USA Basketball, the national governing body, said this is the first time players will be eligible for testing so far before the games and away from the playing venues.
"It's something the USOC has encouraged and been pushing for," USA Basketball spokesman Craig Miller said. "It's a requirement."
Last month, Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan were selected to the 12-man team. Kobe Bryant, Mike Bibby and Karl Malone are also expected to join, with the rest of the roster to be announced in the spring.
The team will compete in a qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico in August. If the Americans finish among the top three, they earn a trip to Athens.
The U.S. Olympic Committee, the White House Drug Control Policy Office and the U.S. AntiDoping Agency back the new code.
Edward Jurith, general counsel of the White House office, called the code a "significant step forward" but said the U.S. government was not in a position to influence the pro leagues.
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