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NEW YORK -- Free-agent pitcher Oliver Suero has been suspended 72 games and Chicago White Sox first baseman Telvin Nash 50 games under baseballs minor league drug program.The suspensions were announced Friday. The commissioners office says Suero tested positive for stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance, while Nash tested positive for amphetamine, a banned stimulant.Suero, a righty from the Dominican Republic, agreed to a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on July 2 for a $200,000 signing bonus. The deal was voided based on an age and identification investigation by Major League Baseball, a person familiar with the decision said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement of the voiding was made.The 25-year-old Nash hit .255 with 11 homers and 38 RBIs in 46 games with the Class A Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League this season.There have been 73 suspensions this year under the minor league drug program and 13 under the major league program.Bradley Zimmer Indians Jersey . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Leonys Martin Indians Jersey . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. http://www.indianssale.com/indians-roberto-perez-jersey/ . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. Omar Vizquel Indians Jersey . Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off. Manny Ramirez Jersey . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at .NEW YORK -- The NFL will require the athletic trainer in the press box to stay in contact with on-field doctors to help determine if a player has a concussion.The requirement, announced Wednesday, is an enhancement made to prevent confusion that occurred in the season opener, when Carolinas Cam Newton was allowed to return after getting hit in the head.Under the leagues concussion protocol, the NFLs athletic trainer wasnt allowed to call a medical timeout after being contacted by personnel on the field. In Newtons case, the team physician and an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant asked the trainerr for video of the hit, but a technology glitch delayed the video.ddddddddddddAfter getting the replay and observing Newton on the sideline, the physician and neurotrauma consultant said no further evaluation of the quarterback was necessary.Under the new protocol, the trainer in the booth would be able to stay in contact with doctors on the field until receiving word that a concussion evaluation has occurred.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '