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Oakland A's Jason Giambi lands on DL with quadriceps injury

Jul. 20, 2009
Struggling slugger Jason Giambi has been placed on the Oakland Athletics' disabled list with a strained right quadriceps muscle.
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Giambi gets 1-year deal with Athletics

Giambi gets 1-year deal with Athletics

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Five-time all-star Jason Giambi is returning to the Oakland Athletics, the American League club announced Wednesday.

Thong helps Giambi out of slumps

NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- New York Yankees All-Star Jason Giambi said he often wears a tiger-stripe thong to help him out of slumps -- and he has loaned it out to teammates.

No disciplinary action for Jason Giambi

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball won't take disciplinary action against New York Yankee Jason Giambi, who has hinted at using performance-enhancing substances.

Giambi to meet with Mitchell on steroids

NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- Jason Giambi Thursday said he would meet with a committee headed by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, looking into steroids in Major League Baseball.

Giambi faces a deadline on steroids issue

NEW YORK, June 20 (UPI) -- Jason Giambi has until Thursday to make a decision about when to face a committee investigating the steroids issue.

Jason Giambi may face suspension

NEW YORK, June 14 (UPI) -- A high ranking Major League Baseball official told USA Today that New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi may be headed toward a suspension.

Giambi out with a foot injury

NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- New York Yankees' first baseman Jason Giambi will miss at least three weeks because of torn tissue in the arch of his left foot, the team said Thursday.

Report: Giambi may be done as a Yankee

NEW YORK, May 20 (UPI) -- Slugger Jason Giambi may be in jeopardy of having his seven-year, $120-million deal with the New York Yankees terminated. The New York Daily News reported Sunday that the team would consider releasing the veteran slugger if it is determined that he used i

Yankee slugger Giambi has benign tumor

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The New York Daily News reports that Yankee first baseman Jason Giambi has been getting steroid treatment for a benign tumor in his pituitary.

Giambi hopes to return this season

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi, recently diagnosed with a benign tumor, said Wednesday he hopes to return to play before the end of the season.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler