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Major League Baseball may hand out 50-game suspensions to 13 players and a lifetime ban for one as a result of its investigation into Biogenesis of America, a now-closed anti-aging clinic that allegedly distributed banned substances to players.

This news comes on the heels of last week's 65-game suspension for 2011 MVP Ryan Braun.


ESPN looks at the reaction to Braun's suspension.

In Baseball vs. Rodriguez, a Show of Tough Posturing


"As Major League Baseball moves closer to suspending Alex Rodriguez for what it believes to be his involvement with performance-enhancing drugs, it has taken an increasingly tough stance in public. Baseball has conveyed its willingness to issue a lifetime suspension to Rodriguez and possibly to circumvent the usual appeals process that a player can normally use under the sport's Joint Drug Agreement." (The New York Times)


Daily Circuit guest Dave Zirin's writing on Braun's suspension.

Chris Davis and others deal with fallout from baseball's steroid era


"Orioles' Chris Davis leads MLB with 37 homers at All-Star break, and some wonder if he's clean. Such is the legacy the previous generation left him and his peers." (Los Angeles Times)

Brennan: Steroid cheaters should never make All-Star Game


USA Today sportswriter Christine Brennan argues that MLB needs the kind of strict drug suspensions imposed by the Olympics.

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