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NEW YORK -- Philadelphias Ryan Howard and Washingtons Ryan Zimmerman have been cleared by Major League Baseball of allegations they used banned performance-enhancing substances. Fake Yeezys Store .Pharmacist Charlie Sly claimed in an Al-Jazeera America documentary The Dark Side: Secrets of Sports Doping, which was broadcast Dec. 27, that the two used banned performance-enhancing substances.In a brief statement Friday, MLB said its investigation did not find any violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by either Howard or Zimmerman.MLB said the players cooperated with its investigation and Sly did not.Howard, a three-time All-Star, and Zimmerman, a one-time All-Star, denied the allegations and in January sued Al-Jazeera America, Al Jazeera reporter Deborah Davies and former hurdler Liam James Collins, who was said to have assisted in the documentarys reporting. The suits, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., claimed defamation and false light invasion of privacy.The accusations from Al-Jazeera came out of nowhere, and I was shocked and outraged by their false claims, Howard said in a statement. I welcomed the investigation by Major League Baseball as an opportunity to clear my name. I was fully cooperative and transparent in the process, and MLBs findings validate what I have said publicly.Al Jazeera America at first claimed in a text report the two may have used human growth hormone, then changed the text report to the banned steroid Delta 2, conforming with the broadcast documentary. Sly, who worked as an intern at an anti-aging clinic, later recanted his claims.The three defendants asked the court to dismiss the suits. The parties in the Zimmerman suit last month asked U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to hold a hearing on the motion.I understand why Major League Baseball found it necessary to explore this matter, and I appreciate that MLB, after a thorough investigation, was able to publicly affirm my innocence, Zimmerman said in a statement.Throughout my life and career, I have been true to myself, my family, the Nationals organization and my community. It is not right that a so-called news organization and its personnel can publicly make false accusations that damage my reputation and call into question my integrity without any consequences whatsoever.Both players reiterated they would press forward with their defamation claims, filed in U.S. District CourtThe whole point of the lawsuit was to not allow people to basically smear your name without any evidence or without any proof, Zimmerman said before Friday nights game at Atlanta. So that will go on.Former major league catcher Taylor Teagarden, another player implicated in the Al-Jazeera report, was suspended for 80 games in April.The report also implicated NFL players Peyton Manning, Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers, James Harrison and Mike Neal. Manning, now retired, was cleared by the NFL after an investigation. The NFL is still investigating Matthews and Peppers, who play for Green Bay, Pittsburghs Harrison and Neal, a free agent.---AP freelance writer Amy Jinkner-Lloyd in Atlanta contributed to this report. Fake Yeezy Boost 350 V3 . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. 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The question now is whether it will take another full calendar year to complete the downsizing.At the annual meeting of NHL general managers in Florida last March there was optimism from both the league and the National Hockey League Players Association that tapered or streamlined goaltending equipment would be ready for introduction this fall in an effort to level the playing field for goaltenders and by extension drive up scoring.The plan was for the new equipment, contoured to more snugly fit goaltenders based on their individual body size, to be produced by four designated manufacturers and be ready for the start of the World Cup of Hockey training camps on Labor Day weekend and for the balance of NHL goaltenders when their respective team training camps begin the third week of September.But multiple sources said only one manufacturer provided updated equipment and there is little hope that the equipment could be ready for the start of the NHL regular season on Oct. 12.It is a little frustrating because its not like we started this six months ago, New Jersey Devils netminder Cory Schneider said in an interview.We had this discussion 18 months ago at the competition committee of 2015, added Schneider who is a member of the committee made up of representatives from both the players union and league tasked with examining and recommending changes to the game.Sure enough here we are with a month to go before camp opens and nobody knows, Schneider said. Nobody knows for sure where its going to go. So thats a little disappointing from everyones perspective, he said.Part of the problem for manufacturers is in how to produce the downsized equipment, especially the chest protector which has a number of interconnected parts that must all work in unison while maintaining protection of the goaltender.The chest protector and goaltenders pants are the main areas bbeing targeted for reduction. Fake Yeezys Online. Goaltenders pads were downsized several seasons ago as part of an ongoing process to ensure that some goaltenders arent getting an unfair competitive advantage with outsized gear.Still, there has also been some ongoing resistance from some within the goaltending fraternity to have the gear reduced.Some guys are probably a little bit more worried about it than others, Schneider said.And I think we as players have to have an open mind and trust the people running this are not going to get people injured or anything like that. Its just been kind of tough to bring it to the goal line, he said.The failure to move the process from concept to implementation raises a potentially contentious issue of how to proceed.League sources, determined to make the changes as quickly, indicate they are exploring whether the new gear could be phased in during the coming season and have not ruled that out as a possibility. Its possible, for instance, that the pants could be ready sooner than the chest protectors, given that downsizing the pants is less complex and that they could be introduced once the season begins. But its almost certain there will be resistance from some goaltenders who will argue that changing their equipment in midseason is unfair.I personally wouldnt mind it, said Schneider, who is also a member of Team USA in next months World Cup of Hockey being held in Toronto. It wouldnt be ideal. But I would understand if thats the way it had to be done. I think once the season gets going and youre in it, you have so much to worry about anyways [that] I dont think guys are going to want to try to break something new in.Some guys may have to change the way they play a little bit, he added. I think that would get a lot of pushback I believe because I think guys wouldnt be willing to make that kind of transition midseason. ' ' '