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By JEFF WILSON A sea of baseball personnel, VIPs and media at the 2008 All-Star Game parted during batting practice so that Alex Rodriguez could share a moment with an old friend.Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks gladly met his former player. They embraced. They shared no more than a minute as photographers and onlookers closed in, but it was a good minute that day at Yankee Stadium.That was July 15. On Monday, Hicks seemed scarred by Rodriguez after he admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during his three seasons with the Rangers.'I feel personally betrayed. I feel deceived by Alex,' Hicks said during a conference call. 'We had conversations about this general subject. He assured me that he had far too much respect for his own body to ever do that to himself.'Why should I believe it didn’t start before he came to the Texas Rangers?'Rodriguez told ESPN that he is guilty of using a banned substance, though he doesn’t know which one. Sports Illustrated reported on Satur

Jason Terry had surgery Monday to stabilize the fourth metacarpal fracture in his left hand. The procedure, which the club called a success, was performed by Dr. Scott Oishi and Dr. T.O. Souryal at Texas Sports Medicine.No timetable has been set for his return. Similar injuries usually keep an athlete out 3-6 weeks.Terry, averaging 19.9 points, suffered the injury Saturday in a collision with teammate J.J. Barea.'According to the doctors, he certainly will be back this season,' owner Mark Cuban said. 'Hopefully, quickly.' — David Moore

Baseball's Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003 and apologized, ESPN reports. Rodriguez won his first MVP award in '03, his last year with the Rangers before being traded to the Yankees. Sports Illustrated broke the news Saturday that Rodriguez, who previously denied steroid use, tested positive in 2003.

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Tick ... tick ... tick ... In golf, they count the seconds until Tiger Woods returns. The sport has been a table without a centerpiece. ...

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Here's a real curve: Instead of accusing more major leaguers of using performance-enhancing drugs, Jose Canseco wants to help baseball deal with the lingering fallout of the sport's steroid era.

The Pro Bowl barely registers a pulse on the sports calendar, and the NFL's proposed solution isn't going to help. Euthanasia might be the only answer, Clark Judge says.

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