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Good sports, bad sports
[ 2007-08-07 10:36 ]
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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
For the last several weeks, professional athletes have been on the first
page of newspapers as much as in the sports pages. Some news stories are
about extraordinary careers. Others are about athletes behaving badly.
Professional baseball players Cal Ripken and Tony Gywnn are among the
heroes.
They were admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday at a ceremony in
Cooperstown, New York. About 75,000 fans gathered there to celebrate.
Both men spoke about the importance of the public image of athletes.
Gwynn said professional baseball was about more than just playing. He
said players need to do the right thing for all the fans who love the
sport. Ripken said players are behavior models whether they like it or
not. He said the only question is whether they will be good ones or bad
ones.
The speeches followed weeks of legal charges, accusations and
investigations involving sports professionals. In baseball, Barry Bonds
is two homeruns away from breaking the record set by Hank Aaron in 1976.
Bonds' success has renewed accusations that he used banned
performance-improving drugs. However, Bonds has never failed a drug test
nor has he been charged with any crime.
Similar accusations of banned drug use also took place at the Tour de
France bicycle race last month. Several riders tested positive for a
performance-improving drug. And, in the final week of the race, the
leading cyclist Michael Rasmussen of Denmark was expelled on suspicion of
taking banned drugs.
The International Cycling Union said there were more cases of doping in
the Tour de France this year because there was more testing.
An American professional football player is also in the news. Last week,
Michael Vick told a court in Richmond, Virginia, he was not guilty of
charges connected to an illegal dog-fighting business. The charges
include extreme cruelty to animals.
Federal investigators say they found fight dogs and other evidence on
Michael Vick's property in Virginia earlier this year. A defendant who
pled guilty in the case has agreed to speak against Vick in court in
return for a lesser sentence. Several sporting goods companies that had
paid Vick for the use of his name have ended their business relationship
with him. And an animal rights group, the Humane Society, is urging the
National Football League to suspend Vick from play.
Finally, some bad news in professional basketball. United States federal
officials are investigating former National Basketball Association
referee Tim Donaghy. The referee enforces the rules and keeps order in
the game. He can stop play if he calls a violation by a player and turn
the ball over to the opposing team. Donaghy is being investigated for
betting money on basketball games, including some in which he was a
referee.He resigned last month.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Caty Weaver.
I’m Steve Ember.
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