Barry Bonds

Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment


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.

It's Time to Realize that Every Baseball Player is a Steroids Suspect

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment


Robert E. Murphy

A modern fan can never trust that he or she is watching an honestly competitive game, nor that the statistical records that the baseball fan closely follows are even remotely legitimate.

Liz Watson, Barry Bonds' Wife, Files For Legal Separation (PHOTOS)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | Style


TEXT FROM AP... SLIDESHOW COMPILED BY HUFFINGTON POST Barry Bonds' wife has filed for legal separation. The former San Francisco Giants' slugge...

Steroid Use in Baseball? It's Often Obvious

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 07.07.2009 | Entertainment


Robert E. Murphy

Exhibit number one obviously is Barry Bonds, who in 1991, at age 27, hit 25 home runs, and in 2001, age 37, whacked 73.

Dumping on Manny

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Manny grabbed the headlines for a day. It drew solemn pledges from MLB officials to do whatever it takes to end the cheating. And just as quickly the Manny flap will blow over.

Heads in the Sand (And Why Baseball Survives)

Michael Shapiro | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Shapiro

So long as the home crowd pays to see Alex Rodriguez, baseball can delude itself into believing that all is good in the world.

Can I Get You Anything, Senator? Your Hat and Coat, Perhaps?

Leighann Lord | Posted 03.26.2009 | Comedy


Leighann Lord

Presidents Lincoln and Obama notwithstanding, aren't we supposed to grade Illinois politicians on a curve? They get an asterisk next to their names like steroid-filled baseball players.

Kathy Hoskins, New Witness, Claims She Saw Trainer Inject Bonds

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 03.16.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors plan to call Barry Bonds' former personal shopper to testify at his trial next month that she saw the slugge...

Free Miguel Tejada

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 03.15.2009 | Entertainment


Aaron Zelinsky

Instead of imaginative prosecutors stretching the law to go after stupid lies in hotel rooms, baseball should take strong, decisive, and immediate action to clean up the game.

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.15.2009 | Living


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.

New Formula Adjusts Historical Baseball Stats for Drug Inflation; Boosts Ruth's HR Total to 1,030

The Sportsman's Daily | Posted 03.14.2009 | Comedy


The Sportsman's Daily

Next Monday, two professors from the University of Chicago will hold a press conference to announce an explosive new paper.

Is It The 'Roids or the Records?

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment


Jamie Malanowski

We don't care if the bonecrushing behemoths of the gridiron build themselves up to the size of rhinos, but when we find out some baseball player has been using, we act like we've just lost our virginity.

A-Fraud? Nah, He's as Real as His Tan

Jon Greenberg | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

When I first made my way into Major League clubhouses in 2003, it was easy to see the effects of performance-enhancing drugs. Most reporters suspected guys were on something, but hey, there were games to cover.

Bond's Alleged Drug Mix -- BALCO Aside, Dude Looks Like a Lady?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment


Phil Bronstein

Court documents show that Barry Bonds took female fertility drug Clomid. So does that mean that Instead of potential "roid rage," any bad mood Barry moments could have simply been a serious case of PMS?

Barry Bonds Steroid Evidence To Be Unsealed By Feds

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 03.07.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Court documents show Barry Bonds tested positive for three types of steroids, and his personal trainer once told his business ma...

Why Mark McGwire Won't Get Into The Hall Of Fame: It's More Than Just Steroids

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

Yes, Mark McGwire's career total of 583 home runs is impressive. But by every other measure, he falls short. Way short. There's his anemic .263 lifetime batting average, and his measly 1,626 hits.

Why Are We Still Prosecuting Barry Bonds?

Paula Duffy | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment


Paula Duffy

The feds have given Barry Bonds every chance to recant what he said to Congress, cut a deal and see what he'd get. He has fought it every step of the way.

A Pirates' Fan's Lament: I Feel Your Pain (Kind Of)

Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

The economy's in the toilet, your 401(k) is worth as much as Neifi Perez's autograph, and the White Sox are still playing while the Cubs are scheduling tee times in Scottsdale.

John McCain Is A Maverick Like Barry Bonds Is Home Run Champ

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

Finally, McCain's logo makes sense to me. That's no star. It's an asterisk! And an appropriate one -- every day, he makes a claim about his record that needs an asterisk next to it.

Bring Back Barry Bonds?

Paul Finkelman | Posted 08.02.2008 | Entertainment


Paul Finkelman

Bonds remains the worst nightmare of MLB, not because he juiced up, but because when we watch him play we remember that the people who run MLB ignored the steroids issue while it was profitable to do so.

Yankees Eye Barry Bonds At High-Level Meetings

AP | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home


TAMPA, Fla. - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? If nothing else, the New York Yankees plan to talk about it. Yankees officials gathered for high-level meet...

Feds unveil new indictment against Barry Bonds

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds was charged in a new indictment Tuesday with 15 felony counts alleging he lied to a grand jury when he denied knowin...

Feds To Seek New Barry Bonds Indictment

Reuters | Adam Tanner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday they would seek a new indictment against home run king Barry Bonds after previous perjury charges were recently ...

Typo Spurs Erroneous Bonds Drug Reports

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mis...

US Atty: Bonds Failed Steroid Test Before Setting Record

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


U.S. baseball home run king Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, months before his record 73rd home run season, U.S. prosecutors...