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Monday, June 18, 2012
Schilling taking leave of absence from ESPN
Associated Press Sports
updated 3:19 p.m. ET June 17, 2012
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Curt Schilling is taking a leave of absence from his job as an analyst for ESPN after his video gaming company filed for bankruptcy.
ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys says on Twitter that the network and retired pitcher "mutually agreed" to the leave as he works through "his business issues." He says Schilling is expected to return to the air later this season.
Schilling's 38 Studios filed for bankruptcy June 7. Federal and state authorities launched probes into the studios, which received a $75 million loan guarantee deal from the state of Rhode Island.
The three-time World Series champion with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox was hired by ESPN two years ago.
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Ivan Nova pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano hit solo homers, and the Yankees beat the on-the-rise Nationals 4-1 Sunday to complete a sweep of the series between division leaders.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Brandon Phillips hit a tiebreaking single and made a between-the-legs flip to start a flashy double play, leading Johnny Cueto and the Cincinnati Reds over the New York Mets 3-1 Sunday for their sixth straight win.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Facebook settles sponsored stories suit for $10M
Facebook is paying $10 million to settle a lawsuit over ads that it called sponsored stories.
Facebook's service allowed companies to pay to retransmit users' activities to their friends' pages. If a user clicked the "like" button for a brand, the click might show up as a "sponsored story" on friends' pages. The ads started in early 2011.
Some Facebook users sued, saying that Facebook used their images for commercial activity. Facebook had argued that the plaintiffs did not show they were hurt by the practice.
Court documents from late last week say a settlement has been reached. Facebook attorney Michael Rhodes confirms Sunday that it's for $10 million, which will be given to charity. A judge still needs to approve the settlement.
Reuters first reported details of the settlement.
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UEFA looks into reports of Croatian racism
By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 1:40 p.m. ET June 15, 2012
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -UEFA is looking into reports that Croatia fans threw a banana at the pitch and racially abused Italy striker Mario Balotelli at the European Championship.
UEFA said Friday it is seeking more information about the incidents, which reportedly happened during the Italy-Croatia match Thursday in Poznan.
An anti-discrimination group appointed by UEFA to work at Euro 2012 said it has "categorical" accounts from two monitors that around 300 people directed monkey chants at Balotelli, who is black.
"They are both categorical. It was not a boo or something that could be misinterpreted," Piara Powar, of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), told The Associated Press.
Balotelli has now been the target of alleged abuse at both Italy matches at Euro 2012.
UEFA is investigating claims by a Spanish fans' group that some Spain followers made monkey chants Balotelli during a Group C match last Sunday in Gdansk. Balotelli started for Italy against Croatia, and was replaced in the second half of the 1-1 draw.
"It was fairly consistent throughout the game," Powar said of the monkey noises. "It was at its most intense as he was substituted and left the field."
UEFA asked FARE to provide monitors, who speak the language of both nations, at each Euro 2012 match, and file reports within 24 hours detailing offensive chants, banners and behavior.
"Our Italian observer was very shocked by what was heard," Powar said. "Self-policing worked with the Spanish fans and it didn't work with the Croatia fans."
UEFA will also receive details of far-right flags and symbols displayed by some Croatia followers, but not the banana incident in the monitoring reports, Powar said.
Before the tournament, Balotelli said in an interview that he would want to "kill" anyone who threw a banana at him. He also threatened to walk off the pitch if he was racially abused.
UEFA rules make national associations responsible for their fans' behavior. Punishments range from warnings and a sliding scale of fines to points deductions and even expulsion from Euro 2012.
Also Friday, the Croatia FA was fined ?25,000 ($31,500) for its fans' behavior at an earlier match against Ireland. UEFA said the sanction was imposed for "the setting off and throwing of fireworks and missiles, and a pitch invasion by a supporter." A Croatia fan was tackled by stewards after trying to reach coach Slaven Bilic following the 3-1 win last Sunday in Poznan.
After Croatia led 2-1, Ireland's kickoff was delayed while smoke from fireworks cleared at one end of the stadium packed with Croatia fans.
Italy's kickoff was also delayed by firework smoke on Thursday after Croatia equalized in the 1-1 draw. A further UEFA charge is likely.
Bilic said Friday it was "unbelievable" to see so many fans in Poznan.
"We were like the home side, it also lifted us and we'd like to thank them for coming because we felt their presence," Bilic said. "Unfortunately, you will always find some individuals that cause the problems with some fireworks or with some whistles."
In a separate case Friday, the Italian FA lodged a complaint with UEFA over Croatia fans whistling when Italy's national anthem was played before the match.
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Associated Press writer Pan Pylas contributed to this report from Warka.
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Graham Dunbar can be reached at www.twitter.com/gdunbarap
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England eliminated Sweden from the European Championship on Friday after Theo Walcott scored one goal and set up another for an entertaining come-from-behind 3-2 win.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
DNA bolsters Bulgaria's John the Baptist bones claim
LONDON |
LONDON (Reuters) - Bulgaria's claim to have unearthed six bones belonging to John the Baptist has received a boost from scientists who have concluded after dating them and analyzing their genetic code that they could indeed be relics of the man who baptized Jesus.
The remains, which include a molar and a piece of cranium, were found in July 2010 in a marble sarcophagus in the ruins of a medieval church on the island of Sveti Ivan, or Saint John, off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast near the resort of Sozopol.
They are on display in a church in Sozopol where thousands of worshippers have flocked to view them, untroubled by questions about their authenticity.
"When I first heard this story in 2010 I thought it was a bit of a joke, to be honest," said Tom Higham of the University of Oxford's Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, one of the world's top laboratories for carbon dating of archaeological material.
Higham's team dated a knuckle-bone to the first century AD, when John the Baptist would have lived, while geneticist colleagues from the University of Copenhagen established the full DNA code of three of the bones.
The genetic analysis showed that the bones were from the same person, a man who most probably came from the Middle East.
Higham, who is an atheist, said that it was obviously impossible to say with any certainty that the remains belonged to John the Baptist. But it could not be ruled out.
"I'm much less skeptical than I was at the beginning. I think there's possibly more to it. But I'd like to find out more," he told Reuters on Friday.
12 HANDS AND SIX HEADS
Relics of saints or fragments of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified, according to Christian tradition, have been a powerful draw for pilgrims and tourists for centuries. Thousands of such relics can be found in churches across Europe.
But skeptics have always dismissed these items as a scam to lure the credulous, and some joke that if all the bones said to have belonged to John the Baptist were authentic the Biblical figure would have had 12 hands and six heads.
Higham plans to apply for funding to analyze purported John the Baptist relics from other places to see if any of them came from the same individual whose remains were found on Sveti Ivan.
"I look at this as a bit of fun. I'm not a hard core ecclesiastical researcher. I actually study Neanderthals and stuff like that, older stuff," said Higham.
"But I'm really interested in applying radio carbon dating more widely to find out information about the past."
John the Baptist, who is revered in Christianity and Islam, announced the coming of Jesus and baptized him in the River Jordan. The Gospels say King Herod had him beheaded.
Oxford archaeologist Georges Kazan, who wrote his doctoral thesis on the movement of relics in the 5th and 6th centuries, said that there was historical evidence to support the claim that the Sveti Ivan remains could be authentic.
The evidence includes a small box made from volcanic tuff, or consolidated ash, which was found next to the bones and is inscribed with John's name and his feast day in Ancient Greek.
The tuff came from Cappadocia, in modern Turkey, which was one of the routes used to take purported relics from the Holy Land to Constantinople, now Istanbul, where in the 5th and 6th centuries Eastern Roman Emperors were keen to acquire them.
The emperors, who were copied by pious aristocrats, wanted relics for devotional purposes or to be buried with them.
"They were often bestowed as a sign of favor. The monastery of Sveti Ivan may well have received a portion of relics as a gift from a patron, a member of Constantinople's elite," said Kazan, adding that the island was an easy distance from the Byzantine capital on a major Black Sea trading route.
(Additional reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova in Sofia; Editing by Jon Hemming)
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