The Future Of Tennis Star Maria Sharapova

4:22pm March 10, 2016

Tennis player Maria Sharapova addresses the media regarding a failed drug test at The LA Hotel Downtown on March 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Tennis star Maria Sharapova announced earlier this week that she tested positive for meldonium, a now-banned substance that Sharapova says she took for a heart ailment, but which also has performance enhancing properties. Here & Now’s Robin Young talks with sports analyst Mike Pesca about Sharapova’s future.

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Mike Pesca, Here & Now‘s sports analyst. He hosts the daily podcast The Gist. He tweets @pescami.

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