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3 Greatest Medical Issues facing the NFL & NFLPA

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Johnny Benjamin

Re-negotiating the collective bargaining agreement is a major focus of both the NFL owners and the NFLPA but without healthy players the formula for s...

Barry Bonds 'Proud' Of Mark McGwire, Still Not Ready To Retire

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Home run king Barry Bonds said he is "proud" of slugger Mark McGwire for returning to baseball as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitti...

First Tiger, Now A Rod linked to tainted Canadian 'Sports' Doctor

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Johnny Benjamin

The more I read about Dr. Anthony Galea and his ties to professional athletes the less I believe that this story will end well for all those even tang...

Apparently Floyd Mayweather Knows a Thing or Two About PED Testing

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Johnny Benjamin

From a medical or scientific perspective, Floyd Mayweather is supported in his conclusion that to adequately test for banned substances, blood must be drawn randomly.

Congress Can Help College Football

Brad Kurtzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Kurtzberg

It's time for the champion of college football to be determined on the football field by a legitimate playoff system.

Brian Williams: Mark McGwire Story Hits Home (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The lead story on Monday's NBC Nightly News was a fairly typical news package. The lead-in was deeply personal. "Because this is a family broadcast,...

We're supposed to believe that Manny Pacquiao is afraid of a little needle?

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Johnny Benjamin

ESPN's senior boxing writer, Dan Rafael, reported that on the eve of signing the contract for boxing's biggest mega-fight in decades, Manny Pacquiao (...

Steroids' Shadow: 2009 AP Sports Story Of The Year

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Rodriguez joined the list of cheaters this year, and Manny Ramirez and David "Big Papi" Ortiz are forever tainted now, too. Five years after Maj...

9 Ways for Red Sox Parents to Explain David Ortiz and His PEDs

Patrick Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrick Sauer

There's been a lot of "teachable moments" in Beantown this week and the revelation that Ortiz's name is on a list of players that was meant to be confidential with anonymous testing shouldn't be wasted.

This Week in Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Kreisler

Build a $1.5-ish billion taxpayer-funded stadium, charge those same taxpayers $2600 to see a game, don't create the promised park for local kids (because they're poor). Now look around. Guess what? You're rich!

New Blood Treatment for Athletes Could Pose Future Problems for Sports Leagues

Sarah Schorno | Posted 11.17.2011

Sarah Schorno

If there is anything to be learned from baseball's steroids fiasco, it's that the major sports leagues need to start regulating the use of this procedure, and be quick about it.

Liveblog! Final Dem Debate, Final Shot For Hil (Plus — Baseball!)

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar

Welcome to Iowa, and the last Dem debate before the Iowa caucus. Today: Hillary's Last Stand. Can she recover from the Obama onslaught? Can she recover from Bill on the campaign trail? CAN SHE RECOVER FROM OPRAH?

Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' Trainer, Brings 7-Years-Old Bloody Syringes And Vials To Congressional Hearing

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 05.25.2011

Congress's sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal ...

New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte Meets With Congress To Discuss Steroid Use

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Not one of Roger Clemens' flat-out denials about using steroids or human growth hormone was delivered while he spoke under oath. No...

Roger Clemens Arrives At Congress For Steroid Testimony

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Roger Clemens arrived to give private, sworn testimony Tuesday to congressional lawyers about whether he used performance-enhancing drugs, pausing br...

Massive Failure Of Journalists Allowed Steroid Culture To Fester

NY Daily News | STEVE KETTMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

Maybe I was just paying more attention than others as an age-group swimmer in California at the time, but I can recall being wowed by the guts U.S. sw...

Roger Clemens: Trainer Only Injected Me With Legal Drugs

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts rele...

Roger Clemens Posts Video Denying Steroid Use, Agrees To "60 Minutes" Interview

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Roger Clemens posted a video repeating his denials of steroids use and will interview with "60 Minutes" to answer questions about allegations against ...

Schilling: Clemens Should Prove Innocence Or Give Up Awards

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has called on Roger Clemens to give up four of his Cy Young Awards if he cannot clear his name after allegations...

Mitchell Report List

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Here's a list of Major League Baseball players listed in the Mitchell Report. The following players were connected to steroids. Read the entire li...

Mitchell Names Clemens, Pettitte As Drug Users...Says "Everyone" In Baseball Involved

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada and Andy Pettitte were named in the long-awaited Mitchell Report on Thursday, an All-Star roster linked to steroids and o...

The World's Worst PR Guy Spins For Roger Clemens

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Former Sen. George Mitchell's report on steroid use in Major League Baseball pegged 89 players for using a variety of performance-enhancing substances...

Clemens Denies Steroid Use

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

A lawyer for Roger Clemens strongly denies the seven-time Cy Young Award winner used steroids to pump up his body and his pitching statistics. Clemen...

Waxman Plans To Call Mitchell And Selig To Testify

Posted 05.25.2011

Following the release Thursday of former Sen. George Mitchell's report on steroid use in Major League Baseball, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the chairman ...

Bush On Mitchell Report: Players "Violate Their Bodies"

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1343592355http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204 President Bush said Friday that b...