Ryan Braun Tested Positive For PEDs  —  Reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enchancing drug, reports Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn of ESPN.  YokalSports.com was the first to report the news (on Twitter).  Braun is facing a 50-game suspension and is disputing the positive test through arbitration.

I'm positive: MLB will never be clean  —  Here we go again.  —  A bombshell revelation about a major leaguer testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.  The player disputing the result through arbitration.  A spokesperson for the player saying, “There was absolutely no intentional violation of the (drug-testing) program.”

Ryan Braun's test would be severe blow to Milwaukee area and baseball, if it's true  —  MILWAUKEE — I'm not sure what it was like around here when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was traded years ago, but at least there were early distant warning signs that howitzer blast of a news item would occur.

Bobby Valentine: Bard to be prepped as starter in spring  —  Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said reliever Daniel Bard, who projected as the team's closer after the departure of Jonathan Papelbon to the Philadelphia Phillies, would be prepped as a starter during spring training.