Blowin' it
11/1/07
Fantastic piece below, certainly worthy of a Really Dude, but I still feel as if the player getting kicked of his basketball team (also know as the Nevada triple homicide) deserves a day or two in the sun. First and foremost you cannot test positive for cocaine and not have taken it, right? Second, and the best part IMO, cocaine takes about 12-24 hours and a glass of water to get out of your system! So we can reasonably assume that she was prepping for the "All England Lawn Tennis Championships"(Wimbledon to Americans) ala Brittany getting ready for the VMA's.
Lastly what does this say about former boyfriend Sergio, el nino = el farino??
Hingis admits positive drug test
BBC 11/1
Martina Hingis has retired from tennis after revealing she tested positive for cocaine at this year's Wimbledon. The Swiss star denied ever taking drugs and said the accusations against her were "horrendous and monstrous".
"I have tested positive, but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100% innocent," said the 27-year-old former world number one in a statement. "The reason I have come out with this is because I do not want to have a fight with anti-doping authorities." Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former Wimbledon winner, lost in the third round at the All England Club to Laura Granville.
She then underwent a routine drugs test, carried out under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Her statement continued: "When I was informed I had failed my 'A' test following my defeat at Wimbledon I was shocked and appalled. "I have no desire to spend the next seven years fighting doping officials. I'm frustrated and angry, and accusations such as these don't provide me with the motivation to continue.
"Because of my age and my health problems, I have also decided to retire from professional tennis." In a statement, WTA Tour chief executive Larry Scott said his organisation knew nothing about any drugs test failure by Hingis.
"We have not received any official information regarding the positive doping test result referred to by Martina Hingis, and as a result we are not in a position to comment on the matter," he said.
"However, it is important to remember that in the area of anti-doping, all players are presumed innocent until proven otherwise." A spokesperson for the Swiss tennis association told BBC Sport: "Our association makes it very clear that drugs is not, in any way, part of our sport.
"It is sad to hear this news, but we have yet to have been informed of the details from the tests." The ITF have also "been told nothing", a spokesman told BBC Sport.
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