The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine will present 21 research awards and grants at its annual meeting, July 5 to 8 in San Diego.

Keith Meister, MD, injected Chicago Cubs' pitcher Yu Darvish with a cortisone shot to treat inflammation, ESPN reports.

Orthopedic surgeon Waldomar Roeser, MD, 83, died June 25, 2018.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, confirmed Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zack Cozart tore the labrum in his left shoulder, MLB.com reports.

The Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee passed the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (S. 808), a bipartisan bill to eliminate ambiguity around licensure and malpractice insurance for sports medicine professionals traveling across state lines with an athletic team, DRGNews.com reports.

Several schools are exploring new policies following the sexual abuse scandals involving former university athletics team physicians Larry Nassar and Richard Strauss, NBC News reports.

The Epstein Family Foundation donated $10 million to enhance sports medicine research and care with the Los Angeles-based University of Southern California Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine.

A health system, professional sports team and public school district collaborated to open the Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, D Magazine reports.

National Football League Alumni partnered with Bemer USA Marketing Affiliates to provide BEMER technology to its members.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based family and sports medicine physician David Lee Haller, MD, was charged with sending sexual messages to two cheerleaders from a school where he volunteered as a physician during athletic events, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The University of Maryland, College Park contracted sports medicine consulting firm Walters Inc. to examine its football team following a player's sudden death, CBS Baltimore reports.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute became the official partner of the Schaumburg Boomers for the 2018 season.

Philadelphia Eagles head team physician Peter DeLuca, MD, and internist Gary Dorshimer, MD, will not return for the 2018 season, a source close to the team told The Inquirer.

Vail, Colo.-based Steadman Philippon Research Institute and Smith & Nephew partnered to put on the 2018 Vail International Complex Knee Symposium V, from June 14 to June 16 in Vail.

Here are seven sports medicine physicians who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in May:

David Altchek, MD, will repair the labrum and anterior capsule in the shoulder of Boston Red Sox pitcher Carson Smith, the Providence Journal reports.

The late Richard Strauss, MD, who was a physician at Columbus-based Ohio State University, has been accused of sexual misconduct by former student health center patients and student-athletes, The Crescent-News reports.

Steve Yoon, MD, injected platelet rich plasma and stem cells into the elbow of Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani June 7, MLB.com reports.

Hattiesburg (Miss.) Clinic broke ground on an orthopedic and sports medicine building that when complete will provide practice space for 14 orthopedic surgeons June 6, Mississippi Business Journal reports.

The Detroit Medical Center is set to open a new sports medicine center next to Little Caesars Arena in 2020, according to the Detroit Free Press.