Ryan Braun tests positive for PED  —  National League MVP Ryan Braun, who last season led the Milwaukee Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld …

Source says Braun's test not for PED  —  Baseball was rocked Saturday by an ESPN report that reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.  —  A source close to Braun, however, said Sunday that although the player tested positive for a prohibited substance …

Source: Braun didn't take PED  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  A very good source on the Ryan Braun side of the drug testing controversy assures me that Braun did not test positive for a performance-enhancing drug, as reported by ESPN's “Outside the Lines.”

Taxing issue for Red Sox in offseason  —  The Boston Red Sox are in a box.  —  A box that might prevent them from signing free-agent closer Ryan Madson, reduce their leverage in trade talks for Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey and temper their pursuits of free-agent outfielder Carlos Beltran and Japanese right-hander Yu Davish.

Sox stick with approach  —  Little tweaks often can go a long way  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  One of these days, the Red Sox [team stats] will make a trade, sign a free agent and fill out their coaching staff.  —  In the meantime, all signs point toward …