Sprinter Tyson Gay accepts 1-year ban
Suspension is back-dated to last June, when sample was collected that later tested positive for a banned substance.
Track and field
* Sprinter Tyson Gay accepted a 1-year suspension yesterday after testing positive for a banned substance nearly a year ago, and returned the silver medal he won in the men's 400-meter relay at the 2012 London Olympics.
USADA announced that Gay's 1-year ban began June 23, the day his sample was collected at the U.S. championships.
As part of the penalty, Gay, the American recordholder in the 100, also accepted loss of results dating to July 15, 2012, the date when he first used a product that contained a banned substance. He was a member of the relay team at the London Games that finished second to a Jamaican team led by Usain Bolt. The Americans set a national record with a time of 37.04 seconds. He has given his medal back to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
USADA said in a statement that, upon receiving notification of his positive tests, Gay, 31, voluntarily withdrew from all competition prior to the 2013 world championships and has not competed since.
He could've been given a penalty twice as long, but received consideration after assisting USADA in the investigation into his positive test. USADA said he tested positive for the presence of an exogenous androgenic anabolic steroid.
Golf
* Angel Cabrera and Martin Flores shared a one-shot lead over Justin Rose after two rounds at the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C.
* Meena Lee and Caroline Masson held a one-shot lead over Stacy Lewis and Natalie Gulbis after two rounds of the North Texas LPGA Shootout in Irving, Texas.
* Bernhard Langer birdied the final six holes for a share of the lead with Bart Bryant in the Champions Tour's Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands, Texas.
* Jason Day has decided not to compete in The Players Championship next week as he recovers from a thumb injury suffered in February.
NBA
* Nets coach Jason Kidd was fined $25,000 by the NBA for public criticism of the refereeing in the Nets' 115-113 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday.
* Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph was suspended for tonight's game without pay for punching Oklahoma City center Steven Adams in the jaw midway through the fourth quarter Thursday night, the NBA announced.
College basketball
* Kentucky coach John Calipari is recovering from right hip-replacement surgery.
* Guard Seth Allen is leaving Maryland. In two seasons, Allen averaged 10 points and 2.5 assists over 56 games.
* Kansas signed touted point guard Devonte' Graham, a day after starter Naadir Tharpe announced he would be transferring closer to his home in Massachusetts.
* Duke says big man Sean Obi is transferring in from Rice. He must sit out this season and will have 3 years of eligibility beginning in 2015-16.
* University of Connecticut and coach Kevin Ollie are negotiating a new deal that would double his salary, according to ESPN. Ollie made $1.25 million last season in leading the Huskies to the NCAA championship. He has coached the team for two seasons.
Baseball
* Former Pirates All-Star reliever Joel Hanrahan, who is still working back from elbow surgery, agreed to a $1 million, 1-year deal with the Tigers.
Philly File
* Sean Neal, who was La Salle basketball's director of operations for the past 5 years, was promoted to assistant coach. Neal, who played for the Explorers from 2003-07, replaces Harris Adler, who took a similar position at Auburn.
* Austin Williams, a 6-8 forward from Trinity Episcopal (Va.) High, has committed to attend Drexel. Williams averaged 12.5 points and 8.7 rebounds this past season for Trinity (20-8) in Richmond. The school is the alma mater of Drexel freshman Rodney Williams (no relation), an All-Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie selection.