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Legal Greenies? Nick Green Explains Ins, Outs of Therapeutic Use Exemption

NEW YORK -- Three hours before every Red Sox game, Nick Green takes an amphetamine.It's legal.It's within baseball's rules.And he's not alone. Amphetamines are banned in baseball, but players can get therapeutic-use exemptions (TUEs), in which they show a medical need for the substance.It sounds like a perfect loophole....

Starting Five: Watch Out for That Tree!

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That talk about maple bats has died down since last year, but the problem is still there. For proof, look at what nearly happened to Red Sox shortstop Nick Green during Wednesday night's game. The...

Timeless Wakefield Gives Sox Lift

OAKLAND -- Terry Francona was having one of those mornings.Not only was his team reeling from its worst eight-game start in 13 years, but he had just hours earlier milked 11 innings out of his bullpen and had to put Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled list. The pitcher who was coming from Triple-A to take Matsuzaka's spot...

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05/23/12 Bannister 'at the end of the line' Source: AdelaideNow - Australia Bannister, 27, is scheduled to face drink-driving charges in the Brisbane Magistrates Court next month.
05/22/12 Video: Galaxy starting goalkeeper Saunders returns to... Source: 100 Percent Soccer Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers.
05/21/12 Iowa high school track and field state meet: Sabers'... Source: Clinton Herald - Clinton IA When Central DeWitt senior Nick Green was running the second lap of the 800-meter run Saturday at the Iowa Class 3A boys track and field state meet, he thought about all the work he'd put it in over the year and years.
05/21/12 Galaxy's Donovan, Chivas USA's Agudelo and LA native... Source: 100 Percent Soccer Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers.
05/17/12 Games chief vows to fight budget cut Source: WA Today - Australia THE Australian Olympic Committee's chef de mission, Nick Green, has hit back at the federal government's plan to cut sports funding and is prepared to fight its decision on his return from the Olympics.