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To reach young people, the new health insurance exchanges are looking for sports tie-ins. One reason is the success Massachusetts had in promoting its own health overhaul in partnership with the Boston Red Sox.

The Cincinnati Reds pitcher threw the second no-no of his career Tuesday night. But if not for the quick thinking of first baseman Joey Votto, the no-hitter would have been spoiled in the seventh inning. Watch the video to see what happened.

A cross-cultural (and totally made-up) experiment. How would a cricket announcer describe an American baseball game, if he'd never ever seen one before? He doesn't know the rules, the positions, the teams. He has to punt. And punt he does. Gloriously.

In baseball, golf and tennis in particular, we are being slowly lulled to sleep before every pitch, every shot. Hurry up already, says commentator Frank Deford.

Birmingham Barons infielder Tyler Saladino is still in AA, but his maturity, ball skills and intellect keep his major league aspirations alive. Coaches believe he'll eventually make it to the MLB.

ESPN reports that Major League Baseball is preparing to suspend at least 20 players for associating with a known dealer of banned substances. Dave Zirin, sportswriter with The Nation, discusses his proposal: instead of banning performance-enhancing drugs, legalize and regulate them.

There are more reports about players using performance-enhancing drugs. In the past, polls have shown that many fans do care and don't like to hear that the stars might be juicing.

According to multiple news outlets, the man whose Miami clinic has been at the center of allegations about players using performance-enhancing drugs has agreed to testify. His evidence is likely to lead to suspensions of some stars, ESPN and others say.

During a rain delay at Yankee Stadium, some players were in their dugouts when there was an especially loud clap of thunder. That sent them scurrying.

Yankees fan Bernando LaPallo says he was born the same year as his team. And Saturday, more than a century after attending his first game, LaPallo was at the new Yankee Stadium for what he called the "greatest day of my life." LaPallo says he is 111.