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Moroccan tennis player Younes El Aynaoui tested positive for marijuana in Italy last month and could face a three-month suspension.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper has decided to end his relationship with longtime agent Mason Ashe.

Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen withdrew from Finland's Olympic team on Thursday, saying he hasn't fully recovered from a groin injury that kept him out of 35 games.

Former boxing champion Thomas Hearns was sentenced to nine months of probation after pleading no contest to a charge that he assaulted his 13-year-old son.

Former pro basketball forward Luther "Sally" Green, who played for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers, has died from lung cancer. He was 59.

The Phoenix Suns acquired 7-footer Nikoloz Tskitishvili from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday for a 2006 second-round draft pick.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Terry Long committed suicide by drinking antifreeze, a revised death certificate shows, and did not die as a direct result of football-related head injuries.

The Oakland A's signed Frank Thomas to $500,000 deal & can earn $1.4 million in roster bonuses if he is on the active major league roster or not on the DL related to a left foot injury. He would get $325,000 each on May 1 and June 15, and $375,000 apiece on July 15 and Aug. 15. He also can earn $1.2 million in performance bonuses: $200,000 each for 300, 350, 400, 450, 500 and 550 plate appearances.