How Do You Solve a Problem Like This, Maria?

She's 6'2".

 

Why would Nike cancel her contract so quickly unless they were desperate to get out if it?

Is anyone really all that outraged by PEDs anymore to the point where they'd think of Sharapova as a total pariah?

 

The BBWAA will keep her out of the hall of fame to punish her.

 

The 70s burnout look was probably calculated. Glamour girls don't get as much sympathy.

 

Not the ones who vote based on pitching wins.

 

Two years. She'd be 31 if/when she comes back.

Sharapova suspended 2 years over doping test

"The ITF tribunal unanimously concluded that what I did was not intentional," Sharapova said in a statement. "The tribunal found that I did not seek treatment from my doctor for the purpose of obtaining a performance enhancing substance. The ITF spent tremendous amount of time and resources trying to prove I intentionally violated the anti-doping rules and the tribunal concluded I did not. You need to know that the ITF asked the tribunal to suspend me for four years -- the required suspension for an intentional violation -- and the tribunal rejected the ITF's position."

 

I heard it was pesticides.

 

I thought it was for grunting.

 

Sharapova ban reduced, can return in April

"under no circumstances ... can the player be considered to be an 'intentional' doper."

 

Can't say I've missed her or her shrieking one bit. But she's paid a fairly heavy price for taking something (for whatever reason) that had only recently been banned.

Tournaments have been much quieter with her banned and Azarenka off having a kid.

 

I like grunting.