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Chiefs WR Rashee Rice accepts six-game ban beginning Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice accepted a six-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy, the NFL announced Wednesday afternoon.,Rice, 25, and the NFL were scheduled for a disciplinary hearing as entitled by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. But that Sept. 30...

Reports: Chiefs WR Rashee Rice accepts six-game ban beginning Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice accepted a six-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy, NFL Network reported.,Rice, 25, and the NFL were scheduled for a disciplinary hearing as entitled by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. But that Sept. 30 sitdown is unlik...

Reports: NFL pushing Rashee Rice six-game ban beginning Week 1
Rashee Rice could be suspended six games effective immediately if the Chiefs wide receiver agrees to accept terms of the NFL ban, ESPN reported Wednesday.,Rice and the league are set for a disciplinary hearing Sept. 30 in New York, but could meet prior to that if the 25-year-old accepts the terms of...

Cardinals 1B Willson Contreras suspended 6 games after outburst
Major League Baseball suspended St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras for six games Tuesday after he threw his bat while arguing with umpires on Monday night.,Contreras' bat hit his own coach, and the player also spiked his batting helmet and chucked a bucket of bubble gum from the dug...

Phillies' Jose Alvarado sorry as he nears return from 80-game ban
Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado apologized to his team and its fans Tuesday as he nears his return from an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.,Alvarado wrote on Instagram that he did not intend to take a banned substance and is "fully aware tha...

Report: Vikings brace for 3-game ban for Jordan Addison
The Minnesota Vikings are bracing for a three-game suspension for wide receiver Jordan Addison over last year's DUI arrest, ESPN reported Monday.,Addison, 23, resolved his legal case last month by pleading no contest to a lesser charge. He was placed on 12 months of probation and ordered to pay a fi...

Austin Hill suspended one race for Indy crash
NASCAR issued a one-race suspension to Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill for his role in a crash in Indianapolis last weekend.,Hill, the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 21 Chevrolet, will be replaced by Austin Dillon behind the wheel at Saturday's race at Iowa Speedway.,The crash in quest...

Rockies prospect suspended for PED violation
Colorado Rockies minor league pitcher Erick Veras received a 56-game suspension without pay Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.,The commissioner's office said the 18-year-old left-hander tested positive for Boldenone, a steroid. The suspension is effective immediatel...

NFL suspends ex-Ravens K Justin Tucker for 10 games
The NFL suspended free agent kicker Justin Tucker without pay for the first 10 games of the 2025 regular season.,The NFL said Thursday that Tucker, who was released by the Baltimore Ravens on May 5 amid a sexual misconduct investigation, violated the league's personal conduct policy.,Tucker, 35, may...

Reports: Suspension reduced for Padres' Robert Suarez
San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez will begin serving a reduced two-game suspension on Wednesday, multiple outlets reported.,Suarez, 34, originally received a three-game ban from Major League Baseball for intentionally hitting Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani on Thursday. Suarez dropped his...

Padres-Dodgers discipline: Robert Suarez, both managers receive bans
Major League Baseball suspended San Diego Padres right-handed pitcher Robert Suarez for three games Friday, while Padres manager Mike Shildt and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received one-game suspensions following the conclusion of a feisty four-game series between the teams this week.,S...

Pirates RHP Dennis Santana suspended 4 games over fan interaction
Major League Baseball gave Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dennis Santana a four-game suspension on Friday for "his aggressive conduct toward a fan" that saw him take a swing at someone heckling him from behind the bullpen.,Santana's suspension was set to begin Friday, but the pitcher has elected to appe...