NY Times: Maria Sharapova Admits Taking Meldonium, Drug Newly Banned by Tennis
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY and MIKE TIERNEY
NY Times: Maria Sharapova’s Admission Sends Her Sponsors Fleeing
By SYDNEY EMBER
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Due mainly to her numerous endorsement contracts, the lovely Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova is was the world’s highest-paid female athlete. In an instant, her tennis career and endorsement contracts have now gone up in flames. Her supposed offense? -- She tested positive for meldonium, a "performance enhancing" drug that was added to the banned list only weeks ago.
Her real offense? -- Maria is a beautiful blond Aryan Orthodox Christian from the country headed by Vladimir Putin -- who is a big fan of Sharapova. Making matters worse, she refuses to renounce her Russian citizenship and become an American, even though she has lived in Florida since she was seven years old.
The Daily Mail: Maria Sharapova Says She is Proud to be Russian and Would Never Turn Her Back on