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Catcher Teagarden suspended 80 games for drug violation

Published Apr. 1, 2016 7:52 p.m. ET

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NEW YORK (AP) Former major league catcher Taylor Teagarden, among the athletes accused of using performance-enhancing drugs in a December report by Al Jazeera, was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball.

In its announcement Friday, MLB said Teagarden violated the big league drug program but did not specify the nature of the violation.

Al Jazeera accused several high-profile athletes of using performance-enhancing drugs, among them Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard, Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and then Denver quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning denied the allegations, and William Burck, a lawyer for Howard and Zimmerman, called the charges ''outright lies.''

Al Jazeera broadcast video of Teagarden talking about taking a banned substance called Delta-2.

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