Major League Baseball and the NFL are not the only sports dealing with suspicions of mass doping. California has taken measures to protect race horses, not only from being doped to win races, but to deter people from using the animals as testing grounds for substances intended for human use. The new tactic is intended to surprise cheaters and disallow them to prepare for drug tests.

Devoted baseball fans will have the ability to have their cremated ashes placed in urns that sport the logo of their favorite franchise as soon as next season, sources report. Major League Baseball and a leading maker of funeral products are to begin working together to promote a new line of MLB urns, promising to take the seventh-inning stretch into eternity for those interested in the product. Next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers, will be able to purchase urns bearing their teams colors and insignia.

ooking to get away from it all? Well, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus may have the perfect gift idea for you: a space trip that includes a spectacular view of Earth and a chance to experience weightlessness. This year's Neiman Marcus holiday catalog offers gift seekers a slew of ideas ranging from a $25 crystal desk bell to the $1. 76 million space charter for six passengers including medical assessments, training, a ride on the Virgin Galactic spaceship and an after-party at Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson's private-island retreat in the Caribbean.

What may be the longest baseball game ever occurred last weekend in Alliance, NE, beginning at 10 a. m. Saturday and ending on Sunday at 4:05 p. m. The current Guinness World Record, set in Canada three years ago, is 25 hours and the Alliance game's organizers are hoping their 30-hour-five-minute game will take its place in the book. The game consisted of 40 players, aged 18 to 44, and lasted 84 innings. The ending score was 120 to 114, with the Herald Dragons beating the WESTCO Knights.

What do you get when you combine a man wielding a hammer, another man swinging a baseball bat, and yet another waving a weed-trimmer? Instead of a witty punch line, authorities in St. Johns County got to sort out a lawn brawl that sent one man to the hospital. The brawl occurred after a lawn service supervisor criticized one of his worker's grass-cutting skills, according to The Florida Times-Union.