Sammy Sosa

Jim Thome: Is 600 Home Runs Not What It Used to Be?

Danny Groner | Posted 09.18.2011

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Danny Groner

While Thome has earned the distinction over the course of a 21-year career, some commentators are wondering if his pending accomplishment forces us to reassess what 600 homers means anymore.

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Sammy Sosa: Chicago Cubs 'Don't Care About Me'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Retired slugger Sammy Sosa is upset with the Chicago Cubs for not retiring his No. 21 jersey, telling a magazine that the organization...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sammy Sosa Steroids, Tiger Woods Divorce, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods Elin Nordegren, Cubs, Sammy Sosa, New York News
Len Berman

Sammy Sosa can't believe that the Cubs haven't retired his #21. Baseball fans everywhere else can't believe that Sosa's numbers are legit.

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Former Major League Baseball Player Doug Glanville on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ESPN Book Author, Steroids, Perfect Game, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Armando Galarraga, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Doug Glanville, Sammy Sosa, Chicago News
Mark Bazer

Former Major League Baseball player Doug Glanville stopped by to discuss his book, The Game From Where I See It; his career with the Cubs, Phillies and Rangers; and more.

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Sammy Sosa's Skin PHOTOS: Pictures Reveal Light Pigmentation

Posted 05.25.2011

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(SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS) UPDATE, 5/12/2010: Sammy Sosa is reportedly black again. Click here for more. UPDATE, 11/13 4:12 AM: Hall of Fame forward C...

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Sammy Sosa, Black Again! Skin Reportedly Back To Old Hue

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sammy Sosa's skin is black once again, the New York Post reports. According to the paper, Sosa stopped by the club Liv at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau ...

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The Nude Athlete

Adam Flomenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris Hilton, CBS Sports, Heidi Northcott Naked, Lindsay Lohan, Barry Bonds, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Janet Jackson, Vancouver Olympics, Chuck Liddell Nude, Chad Ochocinco, Sammy Sosa, Floyd Landis, Mark McGwire, Lance Armstrong, George Hill, Greg Oden, Marion Jones, Sports News
Adam Flomenbaum

The next time you confusedly see in a 6'1'', 180 lbs. wide receiver running nude through the park, Chad Ochocinco's question remains: Why wouldn't he?

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Is Torii Hunter Right to Call Latin Americans "Imposters"?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dominican Republic, Latinos, Torii Hunter, Baseball, Racial Prejudice, Colonizer Mentality, Latin America, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Hispanics, Chicano, Race, Prejudice, Barack Obama, Sammy Sosa, Racial Politics, Jackie Robinson, Craig Calcaterra, Discrimination, Vladimir Guerrero, African Americans, Bigotry, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

I may owe Sammy Sosa an apology. In a recent post, I wrote about Sosa's apparent use of a skin product designed to make him appear whiter. I wondered...

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Skin-Lightening Creams May Also Bring Health Risks

nytimes.com | CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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For years, Allison Ross rubbed in skin-lightening creams with names like Hyprogel and Fair & White. She said she wanted to even out and brighten the t...

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Top 10 Sports Excesses Of The Decade

FanHouse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark McGwire, Steve Mcnair, Steroids, Jerry Jones, Tiger Woods, Ron Artest, Baseball Steroids, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Sammy Sosa, Sports News

As the decadent city of Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero fiddled. As the world of sports descended into decadence throughout the first decade of the 21st ...

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Keeping Score in Chicago Episode 28: Dear Oprah, LA Is For Suckers

Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Brown, Oprah Winfrey, Keeping Score in Chicago, Bill Zwecker, Sammy Sosa, Oprah Chicago, Chicago Podcasts, Chicago News
Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks

Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker gives the scoop on Oprah's diabolical plan to sell out Chicago and cuddle with celebrities and skinny people in California.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiger Woods, San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets, The Who, New York Knicks, New Orleans Hornets, Super Bowl, Sammy Sosa, LeBron James, New York News
Len Berman

I shared a panel with MSG President Scott O'Neil. The audience wanted to know if the Knicks will sign LeBron. O'Neill said Knick fans are going to be very very happy for the next decade. Take from that what you will.

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Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jose Canseco, Congress, Lying, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids, Capitol Hill, Baseball, Barry Bonds, St. Louis, Roger Clemens, Drugs, Graham Bensinger, Alex Rodriguez, Lie, Mark McGwire, Illegal, Cardinals, Coach, Tony Larussa, Major League Baseball, Sammy Sosa, Tony La Russa, Hitting Coach, Albert Pujols, Truth, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

He retired from the game just before the Steroid Era came to light. While he previously denied illegal performance enhancing drug use, those denials stopped when under penalty of perjury.

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Tiger - and All the Other Untrustworthy Marketing Spokesboys

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Tyson, Barry Bonds, Pepsi, San Francisco Chronicle, Nike, Michael Vick, David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Marketing Research, Kobe, Sports Marketing, Sammy Sosa, Sports News, Giambi, Posh Spice, Steroid Allegations, Tmz, Sports News
Richard Laermer

The final stop in my tour of poorly-timed sports marketing missteps: the soon-to-be-boring soap opera of Tiger and his lillies. Woods was an untouchable until a mere two weeks ago; now sports marketers don't what to do with him.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isiah Thomas, New York Yankees, Syracuse University, World Series, Sammy Sosa Steroids, Hideki Matsui, Andre Agassi, Sammy Sosa, New York News
Len Berman

Sammy Sosa's skin looks lighter in recent photographs, and some are wondering if he's "going Michael Jackson on us?" A friend says he's merely going through a skin rejuvenation process.

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Charles Barkley, In White Makeup, Mocks Sammy Sosa (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Additional video of Barkley teasing Sosa is embedded below. He raised the subject by excitedly saying, "I know you want to get in the Hall of ...

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Skin Whitening in the Age of Barack Obama, Part One

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skin-Whitening, The Color Initiative, Skin Bleaching, Mikiko Ashikari, Skin Color, Racism, Bolivia, Asia, Sammy Sosa, Tarun Khanna, South Africa, Shahrukh Khan, Fair and Lovely, India, PRI's the World, Barack Obama Race, World News
Phillip Martin

Skin whitening is a world-wide phenomenon that is becoming ever more popular as people in developing nations become more flush with cash.

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Ryne Sandberg: Sosa Shouldn't Make Hall Of Fame

ESPN Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg said his former teammate Sammy Sosa does not belong in the Hall because of integrity issues associated with t...

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Drip, Drip... Sosa... Drip, Drip

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark McGwire, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Home Run Derby, Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball, Drug Testing, Home Runs, John Yoo. Waterboarding, Sammy Sosa, Torture, MLB Players Association, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

The Sosa disclosure has spawned a debate whether the time has come to lay out all the remaining 102 names on the list and get on with the post-steroid era.

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Congress Reviewing Sammy Sosa's Sworn Testimony Following Steroid Use Report

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A congressional committee will look into former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa's denial that he used illegal performance-enhancing dru...

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Sammy Sosa Tested Positive For Steroids In 2003: New York Times

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Sammy Sosa tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, The New York Times reported Tuesday on its Web site, the latest ...

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George Bush in Retirement: "I Never Listened To Anyone But Me"

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Bob Woodward, The Decider, Colin Powell, Commander Guy, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Pooty Poot, Jim Hightower, The Dallas Morning News, Poppy Bush, Smu, State Department, Supreme Court, Treasury Department, Bush Authoritarian Voice, Sammy Sosa, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Poor George. He can't help it. Even out of office, he reinforces the narcissistic traits that were a hallmark of his failed presidency.

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Alex Rodriguez's Admission

Chris Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark McGwire, New York Yankees, Steroids, Cheaters, Baseball, Roger Clemens, Bud Selig, Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Media, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Texas Rangers, Entertainment News
Chris Campbell

Unlike the media, I didn't pounce at the opportunity to finally put an end to supporting A-Rod. I've never considered individual players to be the primary deviants throughout the steroid era.

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Clubhouse Chorale: "Steroids, The Breakfast of (Cheating) Champions"

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids, Barry Bonds, Madonna, Mlb, Mitchell Report, Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Baseball and Performance Enhancing Drugs, Bud Selig, Major League Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Miguel Tejada, Healthy Living News
Rick Horowitz

Steroids...will make you so strong,/ Steroids...will help you last long,/ Steroids...they'll do you no wrong,/ And as easy to swallow as to sing this song.

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White Sox Chairman: We'll Sign Sammy Sosa If Obama Tells Us To

Chicago Tribune | John Kass | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Sox are trying to come up with an official "Obama" hat. If the White House approves, the sales will go to charity. "Hey, he's the president," [te...

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