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 In an interview Friday with a Michigan radio station, Dan Olsen,
a relative unknown on the Tour, said an exempt player told him that
Woods had been suspended, possibly for a failed drug test.
"It's not testosterone, but it's something else. I think when it's
all said and done, he's gonna surpass Lance Armstrong with infamy,"
Olsen reportedly said. Olsen, who played only one full season on the
PGA Tour in 2004, would not reveal who told him about the alleged
suspension.
Ty Votaw, the executive vice president of the PGA Tour, denied
Olsen's claim.
"There is no truth whatsoever to these claims," Votaw told ESPN. "We
categorically deny these allegations."
Woods was last seen on the course early in February when he withdrew
during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. On Feb. 11, he
said he needed to take a break to deal with the issues in his game.
Olsen, 48, was on a Lansing, Mich., radio station Friday when he
talked about Woods and said, "I heard he's on a month's suspension
... it's kind of a strong witness. It's a credible person who is
telling me this."
Olsen also acknowledged, "I'll be looked at as just some crazy
nobody making accusations about Tiger."
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski did not comment during a
Monday news conference on allegations he knew that Rasheed Sulaimon,
who was dismissed from the team in January, was alleged to have
sexually assaulted two women during the 2013-14 academic year.
Sulaimon was kicked off the team on Jan. 29. Krzyzewski said the
junior guard "repeatedly struggled to meet the necessary
obligations" of being a member of the team.
Sulaimon was the first player dismissed by Krzyzewski during his
tenure at Duke.
Duke's student newspaper, the Chronicle, reported Monday that
Krzyzewski and other members of the athletic department knew of the
allegations in March 2014, 10 months before Sulaimon was kicked off
the team.
---Another week and the top of The Associated Press Top 25 poll
remains the same with Kentucky and Virginia leading the pack.
Kentucky (29-0) earned all 65 first-place votes while the Cavaliers
were a solid second choice.
Changes took place right below Virginia. Losses by Gonzaga and
Wisconsin paved the wave for Duke to move up to No. 3 and Villanova
to ascend to the No. 4 spots.
Rounding out the top five was Arizona.
NASCAR
Suspended NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has taken the first steps to be
reinstated.
Busch has agreed to NASCAR's terms after being suspended
indefinitely following accusation of domestic assault by his former
girlfriend.
NASCAR did not reveal those terms.
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"The outside experts, one of the things they had advised us from the
beginning was no matter what actions we take ... that it was very,
very important for us to provide a road back," NASCAR spokesperson
David Higdon told NBC Sports. "For those who are experts in this
field, specifically in domestic violence, that is critical. We did
follow that advice. We're pleased that he has indicated he will
begin the program that we have laid out for him."
Busch still could face criminal charges stemming from an incident in
September when Patricia Driscoll accused Busch of slamming her head
into a wall of his motorhome. Busch denied an assault took place.
SPORTS BUSINESS
Michael Jordan spent most of his NBA career in rarefied air. Now as
part owner of the Charlotte Hornets, the six-time NBA champion has
entered the stratosphere.
The former Chicago Bulls star made Forbes' annual World's
Billionaires List for the first time. With a net worth of $1
billion, Jordan qualifies as the 1,741st richest person in the
world, according to the magazine.
Thanks to his contract with Nike, Jordan's bank account grew by
about $90 million last year. But the 52-year-old's most valuable
asset is the Hornets, which grew in value by $500,000.
The list is littered with other sports owners as well as Nike
chairman Phil Knight, who ranks 35th with a net worth of $21.5
billion. Tied with Knight on the list is Los Angeles Clippers owner
Steve Ballmer.
Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail
Blazers, is the 51st richest person in the world, with a net worth
of $17.5 billion.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Although Major League Soccer in Atlanta won't kick off until the
2017 season, the franchise is moving ahead with filling key
positions in its front office.
On Monday, former Team USA player Carlos Bocanegra was named
technical director of MLS's 22nd team.
Bocanegra, together with club president Darren Eales, will oversee
day-to-day noncoaching operations of the team. His duties will
include developing a scouting network as well as acting as a liaison
with MLS officials on rules and regulations.
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