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Diaranson 11 november 2020

More details emerge on White Sox manager La Russa’s arrest

Russa was hired late last month. The
team had no further comment on
Tuesday. La Russa’s attorney, Law-
rence Kazan, did not return messages
seeking comment.
The 76-year-old La Russa is the old-
est manager in the major leagues by
five years. Houston’s Dusty Baker is
71.

La Russa is 2,728-2,365 with six pen-
nants over 33 seasons with the White
Sox, Oakland and St. Louis. He was
enshrined in Cooperstown in 2014.
Only Hall of Famers Connie Mack
(3,731) and John McGraw (2,763)
have more victories. La Russa and
Sparky Anderson are the only man-
agers to win the World Series in
the American League and National
League.

La Russa pleaded guilty to driving un-
der the influence in Florida in 2007
after police found him asleep inside
his running sport utility vehicle at a
stop light and smelling of alcohol.
“I accept full responsibility for my
(AP) - Chicago White Sox man- on Tuesday. didn’t trust the tests. Officers ob- conduct, and assure everyone that I
ager Tony La Russa blew out a tire tained two tubes of blood from him have learned a very valuable lesson
on the grey Lexus he was driving An officer found La Russa stand- after a warrant was issued. and that this will never occur again,”
in a collision with a curb that left ing next to his SUV, asked him what La Russa said then.
the vehicle smoking when he was happened and then requested iden- According to ESPN, which obtained
arrested on misdemeanor DUI tification. The officer said La Russa a more detailed incident report, La La Russa was hired by Chicago in a
charges in February, according to reached into his right back pocket, Russa appeared incoherent at times surprise move after Rick Renteria was
an affidavit filed by the Arizona pulled out a large amount of cash and and kept mentioning he is a Hall of let go in what the team insisted was
Department of Public Safety. shuffled through his credit cards and Famer while expressing his mistrust a mutual decision. La Russa, who is
California driver’s license multiple of blood alcohol tests. It said a breath friends with chairman Jerry Reins-
La Russa was charged in late October times, according to the affidavit. test taken at the scene showed a blood dorf, started his managing career with
by the Maricopa County Attorney’s alcohol content of .090. And as he the White Sox during the 1979 sea-
Office after tests taken the night of The officer reported he could smell was placed into the back of a cruiser, son.
his arrest showed his blood alcohol alcohol on La Russa, who had been at La Russa flashed a ring and told an
concentration was .095 — above the dinner with friends from the Los An- officer “I’m a Hall of Famer baseball The Hall of Famer hasn’t managed a
legal limit of .08. He has pleaded not geles Angels, and took him into cus- person.” big league club since 2011, when he
guilty. tody after a field sobriety test. The af- led St. Louis past Texas in the World
fidavit said La Russa initially refused White Sox spokesman Scott Reifert Series. He also won championships
News of La Russa’s arrest broke to provide a sample of his blood, urine said Monday the team was aware of with Oakland in 1989 and the Cardi-
Monday. And more details emerged or other bodily substance because he the arrest when the 76-year-old La nals in 2006.

MotoGP rider's ban for steroid doping extended to 4 years

(AP) — MotoGP rider wrote on Instagram. "They substance was present in
Andrea Iannone had his ripped my heart apart from their system.
doping ban extended to my greatest love." Athletes have had explana-
four years on Tuesday be- Iannone cited eating con- tions of contaminated meat
cause he could not prove taminated meat for his posi- accepted after testing posi-
contaminated meat was tive test for the anabolic tive for clenbuterol in China
to blame. steroid Drostanolone at the and Mexico, where it has
The Court of Arbitration Malaysian Grand Prix in been used in livestock farm-
for Sport said it dismissed November 2019. ing. A two-year ban could
the Italian rider's appeal CAS found he was not able have resulted for a judgment
against an 18-month ban to prove "the precise type of of inadvertent doping.
and upheld the World meat he had consumed nor However, the panel decided
Anti-Doping Agency's the origin of said meat." even if meat contamination
counter appeal request- "Moreover, the panel found was possible in Iannone's
ing a four-year sanction. that neither Andrea Iannone case, he "has not been able
nor his experts were able to provide any convincing
The 31-year-old Iannone's to establish specifically that evidence to establish that
ban, originally imposed by there was an issue of meat the (violation) he commit-
the International Motorcy- contamination by Drostano- ted was unintentional."
cling Federation, was ex- lone in Malaysia," the court Iannone had been riding for
tended to December 2023. said in a statement. Aprilia Racing Team Gresi-
"Today I've received the Anti-doping rules place the ni. His only MotoGP victo-
worst injustice I could ever burden of proof on the ath- ry came at the 2016 Austrian
have imagined," Iannone lete to explain how a banned GP.