THE MEDIA
Women's sports pioneer Garber dies at 92 Mary Garber, among the nation's first female sports writers and the first woman to win the Red Smith Award, the Associated Press Sports Editors' highest honor, died Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 92.
In 2006, the Association for Women in Sports Media named its annual Pioneer Award for Garber, and she is a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportwriters Hall of Fame.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported Sunday that a minister was making the rounds at the Brookridge Retirement Village where Garber was a resident, and he asked what she had in mind for a spiritual reward in heaven. "Football season," she said.
OLYMPICS
U.S. equestrian team disqualified for drugs The United States was disqualified Monday from its fourth-place finish in the Olympic team dressage event for a positive drug test.
The International Equestrian Federation said rider Courtney King's horse Mythilus tested positive for the banned substance felbinac. The medication is used as an anti-inflammatory pain reliever, not a doping product.
The FEI said the disqualification was automatic despite a plea from the U.S. Equestrian Federation on behalf of King's teammates Steffen Peters and Debbie McDonald.
King also lost her 13th place in the individual dressage class and received a one-month ban already served since she was suspended during the Beijing Games.
A hearing on the case was held Sept. 7 in Lausanne. King argued she gained no competitive advantage and had not mistreated her horse because of the nature and small amount of the substance found.
