An article in Sports Illustrated said Ray Lewis sought help from a company that says its deer-antler spray and pills contain a banned product connected to human growth hormone. (AP-Yonhap News) NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― Ray Lewis is “agitated.” Not because the Baltimore Ravens linebacker thinks the magazine report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers will affect his pla...

Alex Rodriguez and other players implicated in PED use again as MLB probes

Lim Chang-yong (Yonhap News) INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― South Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong, who recently signed with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, said Monday he will try to land a full-time big-league job next year. The 36-year-old right-hander left for Arizona to begin rehabbing his surgically repaired right elbow. He signed a two-year split contract last year that could be worth u...

Park Jae-hong, one of the best all-around players in South Korean baseball, announced his retirement on Friday, saying he felt it was “the right time” to leave the game. Park, 39, played 17 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization for three different clubs. The outfielder spent his final eight years with the SK Wyverns, winning three KBO championships. Park said the Wyverns offered him an opp...

Sammy Sosa ( MCT) CHICAGO (AP) ― Sammy Sosa says he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin’ Sammy also says the Chicago Cubs should retire his number, and he left open the possibility of running for president of the Dominican Republic during an interview Wednesday on the website Ustream.com. Asked if he thinks he or McGwire belong in the Hall, Sosa sai...

A time-worn baseball adage says pitching and defense win championships. Kim In-sik, the former South Korean manager of two World Baseball Classic tournaments, said Wednesday that pitching will be crucial for South Korea at the third WBC scheduled for March 2-19. “Comparing this roster to the national teams of the previous two WBCs, I don’t see much difference in offense and fielding,” Kim said....

Telecom giant approved as owner of expansion baseball club

NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until after the All-Star break. The New York Yankees said Dr. Bryan Kelly repaired a torn labrum and impingement and the operation at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York “went as planned and without complication.” The 37-year-old former All-Star third baseman is expected to be released ...

KT, South Korea`s largest fixed line operator and No. 2 mobile carrier, was approved as the owner of a new professional baseball team on Thursday. (Yonhap News) KT, South Korea‘s largest fixed line operator and No. 2 mobile carrier, was approved as the owner of a new professional baseball team on Thursday. At their general meeting, owners of the existing nine clubs in the Korea Baseball Organiz...