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NEW YORK -- O.J. Mayo was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA on Friday for violating the terms of the leagues anti-drug program, the first player to receive that punishment in a decade.The league said the No. 3 overall pick in the 2008 draft out of USC is eligible to apply for reinstatement in two years.Mayo, 28, spent the past three seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks. He averaged 7.8 points in 41 games last season, including 24 starts.According to rules of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, information regarding the testing or treatment of a player cant be disclosed by the league, his team or the union. However, there are only a few violations that would lead to Mayos punishment.A player can be dismissed or disqualified from the NBA for testing positive for a drug of abuse, or if he is convicted of or pleads guilty to the use, possession or distribution of a drug of abuse.The list of drugs of abuse includes amphetamines, cocaine, LSD and opiates such as heroin, codeine and morphine.A third positive test for a performance-enhancing drug also leads to a player being dismissed and disqualified, as does being convicted of or pleading guilty to a crime involving the use, possession or distribution of one.The last player to receive the penalty was Chris Birdman Andersen in January 2006, when he was playing for the New Orleans Hornets. He was reinstated in March 2008, won a championship with Miami in 2013 and spent last season with the Heat and Memphis Grizzlies.Mayo was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves but his rights were dealt to Memphis in exchange for Kevin Loves. Mayo played four seasons for the Grizzlies and one for the Dallas Mavericks before joining the Bucks. He has averaged 13.8 points in 547 career games. Custom Rays Jersey China . Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats. Cheap Custom Rays Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. http://www.customraysjersey.com/ . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. Rays Jerseys China .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Evan Longoria Jersey Large . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. EAST LANSING, Mich. -- His team in a freefall, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio acknowledged the Spartans are scuffling along at quarterback.We lost a guy who was there for three years, Dantonio said, referring to the graduated Connor Cook. We have a fifth-year senior (Tyler OConnor) who knows our system, but hes in a lot of situations for the first time. Damian Terry and Brian Lewerke are the same. The quarterback situation is in flux, and whether its due to injury or production, youre going to have inconsistency.Lewerke is out for the season after suffering a broken leg against Michigan last weekend, leaving OConnor and Terry listed on the depth chart. Dantonio said there were no plans to add freshman Messiah DeWeaver, who has been redshirted, to the mix at quarterback.I never say never, because you dont know whats the next thing we have to deal with, Dantonio said Tuesday. But at this point its highly unlikely well take a redshirt off a guy. Well try not to, lets put it that way.Michigan State (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten) plays at Illinois (2-6, 1-4) on Saturday. The Spartans have won 12 of the last 13 meetings with the Fighting Illini, the last a 42-3 victory in Champaign in 2013, and they must win their last four games, including a home game with Ohio State, to become bowl eligible.ddddddddddddOConnor said his team will have to avoid a letdown this week.Its easy to get hyped for Michigan, he said Saturday after losing to the Wolverines. Its going to be tougher than ever to get everyone hyped up this week.Throughout their six-game skid, the Spartans either led or got themselves in a position to win each week.Weve had opportunities to win every single game weve played, Dantonio said. I thought we had a chance to win against Michigan, and we didnt. We had to play error-free, and we werent.Michigan State has struggled on both sides of the ball this season. Last year, it was 6-1 in games decided by one or less scoresRight now, thats not occurring, Dantonio said. Theres answers to our problem. We have to identify those answers , change and get back to what we were doing. ' ' '