Baseball: A-Rod, 12 others banned in doping scandal

Baseball: A-Rod, 12 others banned in doping scandal

(FILES): This August 3, 2013 file photo shows Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees responds to a question from the media after a rehab game for the Trenton Thunder against the Reading Fightin Phils at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton, New Jersey. New York Yankees star slugger Alex Rodriguez was banned through to the end of the 2014 season on August 5, 2013 in the latest doping scandal to blacken baseball’s image.
Rodriguez said he would appeal the punishment, while a dozen other players accepted 50-game suspensions from Major League Baseball over their links to the Biogenesis clinic in Florida. Files/Drew Hallowell/Getty Images/AFP