Steroids in Baseball

Ex-Trainer: First Gave Clemens Steroids In 1998

AP | JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 05.15.2012

By JOSEPH WHITE, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment wh...

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The Most Infamous Baseball Scandals Ever

Posted 05.02.2012

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The trial of former star pitcher Roger Clemens on charges that he lied to Congress when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormone is just the...

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The Reputation Assassination of Ryan Braun

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.06.2012

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There is not one legitimate shred of valid forensic evidence to prove Braun is guilty -- yet he stands accused by both baseball and public opinion with an axe over his head.

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Rockies Catcher Tests Positive For Steroids... Again

AP | By RONALD BLUM | Posted 11.14.2011

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By RONALD BLUM, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Colorado catcher Eliezer Alfonzo become the first player suspended twice for performance-enhancing dru...

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Will Roger Clemens Go To Trial Again?

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Baseball star Roger Clemens' battle against perjury charges likely is far from over and probably will be the subject of a second trial, ...

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Hey K-Rod, You're On TV!

Posted 09.20.2011

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What's on your mind, K-Rod? In this viral video quick-hit from last night's Diamondbacks-Brewers game, relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez -- better...

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

Danny Groner | Posted 09.18.2011

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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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Twitter Universe Reacts To Roger Clemens Mistrial

Posted 09.13.2011

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U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declared a mistrial in Roger Clemens' perjury case on Thursday over inadmissible evidence shown to jurors. The j...

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Clemens Trial Begins

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens, one of the most imposing and accomplished pitchers in baseball history, is going on trial Wednesday to fight allegations ...

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Key Figures In The Roger Clemens Trial

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Some of the key figures expected at Roger Clemens' trial, scheduled to begin Wednesday, on charges he lied about using steroids and huma...

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Report: MLB Still Investigating A-Rod

nytimes.com | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and SERGE F. KOVALESKI | Posted 08.06.2011

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In the interview, which lasted several hours, Rodriguez was emphatic: the doctor had treated him but had never given him performance-enhancing drugs. ...

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Barry Bonds Convicted: Two Books Tell The Backstory

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.14.2011

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Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice Wednesday in Federal Court in San Francisco. A mistrial was declared on two other counts. The cas...

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Count on It: Barry Bonds Will Be Voted Into Baseball Hall of Fame

Steve Kettmann | Posted 06.11.2011

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I am like a lot of fans of baseball in being sick, sick, sick of hearing about steroids and unlike most fans in having played a role myself in helping put the topic of steroids and baseball front and center in the national psyche.

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Why Barry Bonds?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 06.08.2011

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Bonds has already been convicted in the court of public opinion. The question is whether a jury trial was necessary to rubber-stamp that "conviction."

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One Charge Dropped In Bonds Trial

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 06.06.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' confident defense team rested its case Wednesday without calling a single witness, just minutes after a federal jud...

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Did Drugs Kill Sports?

thepointmag.com | Barry Bonds, Celebrating His Record | Posted 05.28.2011

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Coverage of the steroid era by sports journalists has resembled a police procedural or, in its more hysterical phases, a murder mystery. The great que...

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Barry Bond's Trainer to Government: I Refuse to Testify

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government is willing to take down Bonds and in doing so blemish baseball so they can push their personal zero-tolerance agenda for drug use.

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Bonds' Friend: I Saw Slugger With Syringe

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds looked at the witness stand with a blank expression as a childhood friend and former business partner described how ...

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Barry Bonds Trial Begins

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds finally sat across the court room Monday from the 12 people who will judge whether or not the greatest home-run hitt...

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Barry Bonds Pleads Not Guilty Again

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' former personal trainer is facing prison and a judge admitted a trove of evidence while the admissibility of still ...

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Perception Becomes Reality With Hall of Fame Voters

Colin Barnicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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It doesn't bother me that Jeff Bagwell didn't make the Hall of Fame. What bothers me is why he didn't make it into the Hall of Fame.

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Hall of Fame Voters Don't Care When Pitchers Take Steroids

Asher Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does Jeff Bagwell, rejected his first year on the ballot, merit enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

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Ex-MLB Player Still Denies Taking Steroids

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rafael Palmeiro is sticking to his story that a tainted vitamin shot caused his failed drug test five years ago, and hopes Hall of Fame voters will ov...

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Roger Clemens Trial Delayed 3 Months

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A judge on Wednesday postponed the trial of baseball star Roger Clemens for three months until July so his attorneys can review the...

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