WASHINGTON (AP) -Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg was diagnosed with inflammation in his pitching shoulder after being scratched from his scheduled start for the Washington Nationals because he had problems warming up his prized and powerful right arm.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Strasburg had "stiffness and discomfort'' in his right shoulder, but an MRI and X-ray show no structural damage.
The Nationals did not make Strasburg available for comment, saying he went for tests immediately after he encountered trouble. Rizzo said Strasburg is day to day and he's not certain when the righty will pitch next.
PRO FOOTBALL
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL will distribute a new poster to teams that warns of the dangers from concussions in much harsher language than the league had previously used.
Traumatic brain injury "may lead to problems with memory and communication, personality changes, as well as depression and the early onset of dementia,'' the document reads.
The acknowledgment of such risks is a significant change from a pamphlet previously distributed to players, starting in 2007.
Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, co-chairman of the NFL committee that studies concussions, said that recent research influenced the changes in wording.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jack Tatum, the Pro Bowl safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his crushing hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61.
Nicknamed "The Assassin,'' Tatum, died of a heart attack in an Oakland hospital, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks. Hicks said Tatum had diabetes the past several years, and had lost his left leg because of circulation problems.
After starring for Ohio State under coach Woody Hayes, Tatum was drafted in the first round by the Raiders in 1971. In nine seasons with the Raiders, Tatum started 106 of 120 games with 30 interceptions and helped Oakland win the 1976 Super Bowl. He played his final season with the Houston Oilers in 1980.
AUTO RACING
MILWAUKEE (AP) - NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
"There are injuries. Possible surgery,'' Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said in a text message to The Associated Press. "But he walked out of the plane.''
Smith confirmed that the plane belonged to Roush, and he was flying it. Smith said Roush's injuries include facial lacerations.
Roush, an aviation buff, was attending the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week. According to a statement from the team, Roush was landing his plane when the accident occurred.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NEW YORK (AP) - Say goodbye to the old Pac-10. The league has a new logo, a new more aggressive attitude and two new members scheduled to arrive in 2011. And when Colorado and Utah officially join, the conference will also have a new name.
The Pac-12 is on its way, commissioner Larry Scott announced at a news conference at a Manhattan hotel.
In June, Scott nearly turned the Pac-10 into the Pac-16 - and in the process nearly killed the Big 12. But Texas, Oklahoma and three other Big 12 teams decided to stay put and Scott had to settle for adding Colorado and Utah.
CYCLING
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Federal prosecutors investigating cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed documents from a 2004 case in which a Texas company tried to prove Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs.
Jeffrey Tillotson, the attorney who handled the case for Dallas-based SCA Promotions Inc., said that his office will send the documents to federal prosecutors in Los Angeles.
The records include depositions from former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, former Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu and his wife, and testimony from Armstrong and his business associates. The Wall Street Journal first reported the subpoena Tuesday.
SOCCER
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Diego Maradona is out as Argentina's soccer coach.
The Argentine Football Association said it would not renew his contract. Maradona had spent an erratic 21 months in charge of a national team that was eliminated in the World Cup quarterfinals with a 4-0 loss to Germany.
The federation had offered Maradona a four-year contract to continue through the 2014 World Cup. But Maradona said he would stay only if his entire staff remained.
That was unacceptable to Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona. He had asked for several assistants to be replaced. One of them is Maradona's close friend Alejandro Mancuso. The federation's executive committee sided with Grondona.
ATHLETICS
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Organizers say former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin will make his comeback from a four-year doping ban at the Bigbank Kuldliiga meet in Estonia on Aug. 3.
Spokesman Taavi Esperk said the American sprinter will run in the 100 meters at the meet in the northeastern town of Rakvere, about 62 miles from Tallinn.
Gatlin is also reportedly set to race at the Ergo Games in Tallinn on Aug. 8.
Gatlin won gold in the 100 at the 2004 Athens Olympics and in the 100 and 200 at the 2005 world championships.
He had tied the 100 world record of 9.77 seconds, a mark that came weeks after a positive test in April 2006 for excessive testosterone and which has since been erased
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