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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.

Penn State Makes Good Start On Reforms After Sandusky Scandal: Report

AP | GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 11.30.2012 | College

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A former U.S. senator brought in to monitor Penn State said Friday the university has gotten "off to a very good start" in respo...

Seventh Inning Stretch in the Trial of Roger Clemens

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 08.05.2012 | Crime
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

The perjury case against Roger Clemens for lying to Congress in 2008 has entered its seventh week; the prosecution having rested after calling 24 witnesses. Most murder trials don't take this long.

The Most Infamous Baseball Scandals Ever

Posted 05.02.2012 | Sports

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...

Lessons From the Little League World Series

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 10.24.2011 | Sports
Howard Steven Friedman

"The kids are learning that life's not fair, which is a very valuable lesson. They are also learning that it is important to be the person making up the rules. Don't forget that in 1975 we didn't let any other towns play."

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

Asher Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Asher Smith

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

Former Yankee Chuck Knoblauch Charged With Assaulting Common-Law Wife

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

HOUSTON (AP)--Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch has been charged with assaulting his common-law wife. A judge set Knoblauch's bond at $10,000 afte...

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Should Resign After Making Mockery of MLB Anti-Doping

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Brian Ross

Selig is making a mockery of the rule book used for more than a century, in my opinion. The tug of war between the union and ownership is the primary concern for him. The game is getting lost.

Do You Believe Him?

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Roger I. Abrams

The most recent chapter in the baseball steroid scandal has produced a rare flat denial. David Ortiz has told us he did not take steroids. Do you believe him?

Jim Parque, Former White Sox Pitcher, Confesses Using Human Growth Hormone

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Jim Parque, a former pitcher for the White Sox and Tampa Bay, says he used human growth hormone "about six times" after he was cut by ...

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

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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.

Dumping on Manny

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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.

Free Miguel Tejada

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 11.17.2011 | Healthy 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.

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

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

FBI Opens Investigation of Roger Clemens

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. FBI agent...

Congress Asks DOJ to Investigate Clemens

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens failed to convince Congress he was telling the truth. So the leaders of a House committee want the Justice Department...

Congress Believed To Have New Evidence Undermining Clemens' Testimony

New York Daily News | TERI THOMPSON, CHRISTIAN RED, NATHANIEL VINTON and MICHAEL O'KEEFFE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Congress is believed to have received new evidence over the past 10 days that may further undermine Roger Clemens' sworn testimony that he did not att...

Pettitte Apologizes, Regrets Taking HGH

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

TAMPA, Fla. — Andy Pettitte had finished 55 1/2 minutes of apologies, explaining why he used human growth hormone and why he said what he did ab...

If They IM'd: Roger Clemens And Brian McNamee

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Roger Clemens refuted his former friend and sports trainer Brian McNamee yesterday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which i...

The World's Worst PR Guy Spins For: Debbie Clemens

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

The Roger Clemens show has gotten out of hand, with new allegations and admissions before a congressional panel that the All-Star pitcher's wife, heal...

Debbie Clemens, Roger Clemens' Wife, Confirms Trying HGH

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Debbie Clemens never pitched in a baseball game or performed at a rap concert, yet that didn't stop her from trying the performance...

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

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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 ...

Clemens Takes His Lumps on Capitol Hill

AP | RONALD BLUM and HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens stuck out his famous right arm, the one that earned 354 major league wins, seven Cy Young Awards, $160 million, and p...

Mitchell Report: Clemens To Be Focus Of Drug Hearing, Pettitte Spared

AP | RONALD BLUM and HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn a...