2014 Event NFL player Ray Rice will be allowed to resume playing in the league; Rice was suspended in July after video surfaced in which he knocked out his fiancee (now wife) by punching her in an elevator 2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been suspended for six months from sponsor organization USA Swimming due to a recent drunk driving charge; Phelps plans to enter a treatment program 2014 Event Indian athletes are granted permission to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics under their nation's flag; the Indian Olympic Association had been suspended when Indian officials were accused of corruption in 2012 2013 Event Journalist Lara Logan of CBS is suspended after admitting that portions of her '60 Minutes' Benghazi attack report covering the death of U.S Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, were false 2012 Event Britain's MP Nadine Dorries is suspended from the Conservative Party after deciding to become the first politician to appear on a reality TV series 2011 Event In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks 2010 Event U.S. television pundit, Keith Olbermann, is indefinitely suspended from MSNBC for making three political donations to Democratic Party candidates 2010 Event The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine 1997 Event Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling 1996 Event Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump 1995 Event Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days 1994 Event New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1993 Event Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism 1993 Event Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments 1992 Event Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine 1991 Event Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks 1991 Event Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine 1991 Event Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch 1991 Event Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1991 Event Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1991 Event Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use 1990 Event New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 1990 Event "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 Event Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1989 Event Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1988 Event Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1988 Event Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended 1988 Event Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump 1987 Event Fiji's constitution is suspended 1986 Event Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1986 Event Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks 1985 Event Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump 1984 Event Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 Event Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1984 Event Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 Event 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 Event Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use 1981 Event Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1981 Event Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) 1977 Event Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada 1974 Event South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies 1972 Event Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended 1971 Event George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year 1970 Event AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking 1966 Death Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation 1965 Event U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute 1964 Event Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer 1963 Event Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding 1962 Event Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 1959 Event Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement 1956 Event Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot 1955 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal 1951 Event AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games 1946 Event Giants Filchock and Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt 1946 Event Spain suspended from UN 1945 Event A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended 1944 Event Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs 1942 Event New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season 1940 Event Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1934 Event In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience 1933 Event Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1922 Event Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump 1922 Event Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1918 Event Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly 1912 Event Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game 1912 Event Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended 1909 Event Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1901 Event Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an ump 1808 Event Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1561 Event By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
