In a turn of events that admittedly, few of us saw coming, it seems one of the shining stars of women’s tennis has taken a rather public tumble from grace. In a press conference yesterday, Sharapova admitted that she had tested positive for the drug Meldonium, which in January was placed on the banned substances list. Sharapova has been taking the drug for years, allegedly for a magnesium deficiency, but claims that she didn’t know that the drug had been added to the banned substances list. Here is her statement she made at the press conference. I did fail the test. I take full responsibility for it. I made a huge mistake. I let my fans down. I let my sport down…I don’t want to end my career this way. … I know many of you thought I was retiring. But if I was ever going to...
