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Let's Stop the Pretense of Drug Testing of Professional Athletes

Lorie Eber | Posted 04.24.2013 | Fifty
Lorie Eber

We have a tradition of treating players like children, even while we pay them millions of dollars for their skills, perhaps because they make their living competing in games we played as kids.

Bonds Back In Court

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 04.15.2013 | Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer for Barry Bonds urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to toss out the slugger's obstruction of justice conviction,...

A New Voting System for the Hall of Fame

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.02.2013 | Sports
Lincoln Mitchell

This year the Baseball Writer's Association of America failed to elect anybody to the Baseball Hall of Fame. This was partially because some all time greats were linked to steroid use. The steroid issue, however, only partially explains why nobody was elected to the Hall of Fame.

Retired MLB Slugger On Steroid Users: 'They Chose This'

AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 01.26.2013 | Sports

CHICAGO -- Retired Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas feels even better about his career after watching steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Sammy ...

The Quiet Heroism of 'Right Living'

Michael Sigman | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Michael Sigman

Quietly going about one's business -- putting in time as an IRS agent, serving in the army, working toward winning the Heisman or performing small acts of kindness for their own sake -- is a noble and satisfying pursuit. Far easier said than done, but surely not impossible.

Steroids Aren't the Only Problem Facing the Hall of Fame

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.17.2013 | Sports
Lincoln Mitchell

Keeping people out of the Hall of Fame because of suspected or real connections to steroids may or may not be wise, but keeping people out because the voting rules have not changed to fully recognize expansion is not.

'The Daily Show' Talks Hall Of Fame

Posted 01.11.2013 | Sports

For the first time in seventeen years, the Baseball Writers' Association of America failed to elect a single Hall of Fame candidate from the 2013 ball...

Baseball Hall of Fame 2013: Why the Baseball Writers Struck Out on This Year's Ballot

Ben Shapiro | Posted 03.12.2013 | Sports
Ben Shapiro

Baseball fans now know the answer to the question about whether or not the very brightest stars of an era forever linked with performance enhancing drugs will pay the price in the form of Hall of Fame entry, or lack thereof.

LIVE DEBATE: How Should HOF Voters Handle Steroids Era?

HuffPost Live | Posted 01.10.2013 | Sports

"Thanks, but no thanks." This was the message sent from the Baseball Writers' Association of America to players eligible for induction into the Hal...

In Defense Of Barry Bonds

The Hardball Times | Posted 01.10.2013 | Sports

A lot can be said about Clemens, Schilling, Palmeiro and McGwire, but I want to focus on Barry Bonds. Bonds, along with Clemens, is one of the two sca...

Hall Of Famers' Roid Rage

AP | MIKE FITZPATRICK | Posted 03.11.2013 | Sports

NEW YORK — Keep all the cheaters out of our club. That was the prevailing sentiment from several baseball Hall of Famers who were happy to see ...

Denied

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 03.11.2013 | Sports

NEW YORK -- Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect...

'Steroid Era' Gets Shut Out

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2013 | Sports

No one got the Hall call in 2013. The Baseball Writers' Association of America shut out Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and the rest of the can...

RESULTS: Baseball Hall Of Fame Voting

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Sports

569 votes cast, 427 needed Craig Biggio 388 (68.2, Jack Morris 385 (67.7%), Jeff Bagwell 339 (59.6%), Mike Piazza 329 (...

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 03.10.2013 | New York
Len Berman

Can you say dynasty boys and girls? Alabama has now won three BCS National Championships in the last four years.

Baseball Hall of Fame 2013: For Mercy's Sake, Put Barry Bonds In

Eric Marmon | Posted 03.06.2013 | Sports
Eric Marmon

Baseball made this bed a long time ago. The sooner they get in between the itchy sheets, the sooner the morning sun will rise again.

Why Barry Bonds Is Baseball's All-time Best Player

Sports On Earth | Posted 12.14.2012 | Sports

Best. Not greatest: best. I want no part of the word ā€œgreatest.ā€ This time of year it barely even means anything outside of whatever post-hoc d...

Some Perspective on the Steroid Era

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.03.2013 | Sports
Lincoln Mitchell

We have a Hall of Fame filled with many players who played in a segregated era and said nothing, who either took amphetamines or looked the way while others did and probably even players who said nothing about the gambling and betting on baseball they saw around them.

SURVEY: Bonds, Clemens Likely Miss In Hall Vote

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 12.03.2012 | Sports

NEW YORK -- Baseball's all-time home run king and its most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The A...

Sluggers on Steroids and the Hall Of Fame

Richard Greener | Posted 01.29.2013 | Sports
Richard Greener

When it comes to the Hall of Fame, let everyone in or keep them out based on what they did between the lines. Forget about what they did in the bathroom.

Juicy Debate: Bonds, Clemens, Sosa Up On Hall Of Fame Ballot

AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 01.28.2013 | Sports

NEW YORK — The most polarizing Hall of Fame debate since Pete Rose will now be decided by the baseball shrine's voters: Do Barry Bonds, Roger Cl...

Broadcaster Joe Buck Discusses Charges of Nepotism, His Cancelled HBO Show, Why He Quit Twitter and Losing His Father

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.24.2012 | Sports
Graham Bensinger

Joe Buck reflects on his canceled HBO show, losing his voice in 2011, his reasons for quitting Twitter and gives his opinion on who holds the title of baseball's home run king.

Doubt and Doping: The Lance Armstrong Saga

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 11.05.2012 | Sports
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

A struggle with doubt is, by necessity, a struggle with faith. In this chapter, that faith is in Lance Armstrong.

Lance Armstrong And The Way Of Fallen Idols

Christian Piatt | Posted 10.29.2012 | Religion
Christian Piatt

I wanted to believe what he had achieved was possible without doping. I wanted to believe that, if he could confront and conquer cancer, he could do nearly anything. I wanted to believe he was different.

A Look Inside Jay-Z's 40/40 Club

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 09.22.2012 | Entertainment
Jeryl Brunner

On any night, there's enough private VIP lounges and hidden pockets to make anyone feel like somewhere, behind those doors or in a corner, something cool is going on at Jay Z's 40/40 club.