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Sideline Chatter: What 2-year ban? It's just a pregnant pause in his career

D.J. Cooper got a 24-month suspension, but why wasn't it nine?

Turns out the ex-Ohio U. star _ banned last year by the International Basketball Federation _ had used his girlfriend's urine when it came time to be drug-tested before joining the Bosnian national team. And he might have gotten away with it, too, if she hadn't been ... pregnant.

Which probably wasn't the next "and one" he had in mind.

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