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The new lawyer for Alex Rodriguez, opening a fresh defence for a player who sees himself as unfairly targeted by Major League Baseball and his team, said that the New York Yankees tried to hasten the end of his career by playing him when he was injured and that baseball's commissioner is personally determined to brand Rodriguez as the "poster boy" for doping.

"Alex Rodriguez's attorney Joe Tacopina has remarked there was enough evidence the Yankees slugger used only legal supplements in recent years."

"A Texas judge wants answers from Lance Armstrong about the disgraced cyclist's use of performance-enhancing drugs. A Nebraska-based company is seeking details from Armstrong about his doping, as well as who else had knowledge -- including Armstrong's lawyers and ex-wife -- of the PED use and at what time."

"Lance Armstrong is facing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded team sponsor US Postal Service out of millions of dollars. Armstrong's lawyers have fired back, claiming the government shouldn't collect because it should have seen all those media reports about Armstrong doping."

"Dick Pound, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has admitted that the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport has forced him to question 'everything I see'. Pound, a 71-year-old Canadian lawyer, was founding chairman of WADA and is a former president of the agency, as well as a senior member of the International Olympic Committee. "

"Members of the inner circle of Alex Rodriguez obtained and leaked documents that implicated Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and others involving in Biogenesis scandal. The leak happened in February, according to "60 Minutes", after the Miami New Times published documents implicating Rodriguez in the Biogenesis investigation. However, Rodriguez's lawyer, David Cornwell, denies the allegations."

"Shortly after I was hired to write terrible Morning Docket entries for this website, I went to one of those ATL holiday shindigs in New York."