Sports Desk
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BASEBALL
GUILLEN, GIBBONS SUSPENDED Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons were suspended yesterday for the first 15 days of next season for violating baseball’s drug policy. The penalties are an indication how the sport might treat players named in the Mitchell report, which could be released next week.
Guillen and Gibbons were accused in press reports of receiving human growth hormone after January 2005, when it was banned by baseball. Gary Matthews Jr., Rick Ankiel, Troy Glaus and Scott Schoeneweis also were linked to HGH, but baseball decided there was “insufficient evidence” to determine they committed a doping violation. They were accused of receiving performance-enhancing drugs before 2005.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
LSU EXTENDS LES MILES’S CONTRACT TO 2012
LSU head football coach Les Miles signed a contract extension yesterday to keep him at the university through 2012, apparently ending speculation that he might leave for a job at the University of Michigan.
“I’m thrilled to be here. I’m thrilled to be LSU’s head coach. I’m thrilled to be on the campus,” Miles told the LSU Board of Supervisors before signing the deal. “I look forward to many years as the LSU head coach.”
The deal was approved yesterday by the LSU board’s athletic committee, but needs the approval of the full board, which meets Friday. That vote is considered a formality.
