Baffert, Barred from Churchill Downs, Is Embraced by the Breeders’ Cup

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has longstanding relationships with many members of the Breeders’ Cup board.https://nyti.ms/3k5WiEW

Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79

By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Sports Taking over in the wake of an ethics scandal, Dr. Rogge was credited with restoring stability and taking a hard line against doping.https://nyti.ms/3gL69yr

A Dreamlike Summer Obscures Trouble in the ‘Sport of Kings’

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Will horse racing right itself so people can visit Saratoga Springs for another century or two?https://nyti.ms/3mDK8oI

Did a Burrito Cost an American Runner Her Olympic Dream?

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports Shelby Houlihan, a medal favorite, will miss the U.S. Olympic trials after she tested positive for a banned steroid. She has blamed a food-truck meal.https://nyti.ms/2TC6gmV

Winning Always Wins. Will Integrity Place, or Even Show?

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Ahead of the Preakness, with horse racing’s best-known trainer mired in controversy, it seems the sport’s credibility is going down to the wire.https://nyti.ms/3tDQ7Kl

A Derby Winner’s Drug Test Won’t Change the Bets. Here’s Why.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports A failed drug test has cast doubt on Medina Spirit’s victory at Churchill Downs. But people who bet on him to win will keep their money either way.https://nyti.ms/3vVYAKs

World’s Fastest Sprinter Barred From Tokyo Games

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Coleman is the reigning world champion in the 100 meters and has never failed a drug test, but he missed three tests in 2019, resulting in an 18-month suspension.https://nyti.ms/3mUfzJI

Three Judges Endorsed Penalties for Russia’s Doping. Then They Cut Its Ban in Half.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports A Court of Arbitration for Sport panel substantiated much of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s findings on Russia’s doping cover-up, and then let the Russians off the hook.https://nyti.ms/3oDmd78

Chinese Swimmer’s Doping Ban Is Lifted After Accusation of Racism

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Sun Yang, a former Olympic champion, had challenged the neutrality of one of the Court of Arbitration for Sport officials who issued his eight-year suspension.https://nyti.ms/34FomYe

‘It Doesn’t Work’: Critics of Russia’s Doping Ban Blame the System

By BY ANDREW KEH AND TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports While athletes and experts lament a court’s reduced punishment for Russia’s doping scandal, the country is already trying to wring a new concession.https://nyti.ms/3mELEU7

A New U.S. Law Would Target Doping’s Enablers. International Watchdogs Don’t Like It.

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The Rodchenkov Act, awaiting President Trump’s signature, would allow American law enforcement authorities to go after the people who facilitate doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency says it will cause confusion.https://nyti.ms/2UF9O5k

Russia Tries New Weapon in Fight Against Doping Ban: Emotion

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The decision to uphold, or overturn, Russia’s four-year ban could determine if antidoping officials can ever punish state-backed cheating programs.https://nyti.ms/36M3Mp4

Why Did the World’s Fastest Man Miss Drug Tests — and a Shot at the Olympics?

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Christian Coleman was poised for a major breakout at the Tokyo Games this summer, but he was suspended for two years for missing drug tests. How did that happen?https://nyti.ms/2Ietjia

Russian Biathlete Loses His Medals, His Country’s Latest Defeat

By BY TARIQ PANJA AND REBECCA R. RUIZ from NYT Sports When the Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped a biathlete of his medals from two Olympics, it also knocked Russia out of the top spot for golds in Sochi.https://nyti.ms/3oEzddl

Doping Tests Are Returning, but It Might Be Too Late

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The coronavirus pandemic made collecting blood and urine samples extremely difficult. It also made 2020 an ideal opportunity for those who wanted to cheat.https://nyti.ms/3dOLhDI

Charlatan, a Belmont Stakes Contender, Tests Positive for a Banned Substance

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Charlatan was one of two horses trained by Bob Baffert that tested positive for a banned numbing agent at a recent meet in Arkansas.https://nyti.ms/3eqyohZ

Doping Tests Go Virtual. Is It Temporary or a Glimpse of the Future?

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The antidoping officials who collect urine and blood samples from athletes can’t work as they usually do during the coronavirus pandemic. In the United States, the testers are trying to take their work online.https://nyti.ms/2XB7a3a

Coronavirus Pandemic Hobbles World Antidoping Efforts

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Collectors of biological samples can’t do their work in the expanding global lockdown, making it difficult to carry out effective antidoping programs.https://nyti.ms/341d3bg

Fast Horses and Blind Eyes: Tapes Detail How Top Trainers Rigged Racing

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Indictments charging 27 people, including some of the sport’s biggest winners, were just as startling in what they revealed about others in the trade.https://nyti.ms/2TYCNAc

More Than Two Dozen Charged in Horse Racing Doping Scheme

By BY BENJAMIN WEISER AND JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Among those charged was Jason Servis, the trainer of Maximum Security.https://nyti.ms/2wF6qi4