Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday 4/15/20
15 April 2020 Sports
Wisconsin linebacker Zack Baun, a possible first-round prospect in the 2020 NFL draft, reportedly had his urine sample flagged at the NFL scouting combine for being diluted.
Baun blamed it on the fact that he drank too much water while trying to add weight, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Baun, notified all 32 teams that he tested positive for a diluted sample at the combine that he blamed on drinking too much water for weight-related weight-in purposes, according to league sources.
Baun was a standout for the Badgers in his redshirt senior season in 2019, finishing tied for seventh in FBS in tackles for loss (19.5) and ninth in sacks (12.5). He also made 76 tackles, two forced fumbles, one interception and two passes defended in earning second-team AP All-America and first-team all-Big Ten.
It’s unclear if his diluted sample will have an effect on his draft status. Prior to Tuesday’s report, he was expected to be taken somewhere late in Round 1 or early Round 2.
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Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race and then watched as nearly every one of his sponsors dropped him.
The 27-year-old Larson, in his seventh Cup season with Ganassi and considered the top free agent in NASCAR just three days ago, is now out of a job in what could ultimately be an eight-figure blunder.
Larson was competing in an iRacing event Sunday night when he appeared to lose communication with his spotter on his headset. During a check of his microphone, Larson said, “You can’t hear me?” That was followed by the N-word.
He issued an apology Monday, saying there was “no excuse” for his comment, and he apologized in a video posted on his social media accounts.
Larson was suspended without pay by Ganassi early Monday, then suspended indefinitely by NASCAR. Larson was ordered to complete a sensitivity training.
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Employees of Major League Baseball teams are participating in a massive study that will test up to 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies and should offer researchers a better sense of how widespread the disease is in major metropolitan areas across the United States, though doctors caution that the data gathered is not expected to hasten the game’s return.
The study, which is being run by Stanford University, USC and the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL), will use test kits that draw blood via pinprick and offer results within 10 minutes. The test will detect the prevalence of IgM, an antibody produced relatively early in those who have been infected with COVID-19, and IgG, a second form that doctors said lasts long after the infection happens. A positive test would confirm a person did in fact contract coronavirus, even if he or she was asymptomatic. Researchers will gather the results of the tests, which have been distributed to individuals throughout the game and already taken by some, on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Hank Steinbrenner, the oldest son of George Steinbrenner and one of the four siblings who own the controlling shares of the New York Yankees, died Tuesday at age 63. The team said he died at home in Clearwater, Florida, due to a long-standing health issue.
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Five-star forward Isaiah Todd has decommitted from Michigan basketball and will look to play professionally next season, his mother told ESPN on Tuesday. Todd, who plans to sign with an agent, won’t play college basketball in 2020-21. Todd, a 6-foot-9 power forward from Virginia who attended Word of God Christian Academy in North Carolina, is ranked No. 13 in the ESPN 100 for the 2020 class. When he committed to Michigan in October, he was the first top-15 recruit Michigan landed since the ESPN recruiting database started in 2007 and the first five-star commitment for new head coach Juwan Howard.
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