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Mitchell Report

Some Perspective on the Steroid Era

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.03.2013 | Sports
Read More: Hot Stove League, Steroids, Mariano Rivera, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Greg Maddux, Mitchell Report, Baseball Hall of Fame, Jeff Bagwell, Rafael Palmeiro, Hall of Fame, Sammy Sosa, Tommy Lasorda, Sports News
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.

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

AP | GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 11.30.2012 | College
Read More: George Mitchell Penn State, Penn State, Graham Spanier, Penn State Scandal, George MItchell, Mitchell Report, Athletic Director Tim Curley, Penn State Reforms, Ncaa, Sandusky Scandal, Gary Schultz, Mitchell Report Penn State, Penn State University, Goerge Mitchell Report, College News

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...

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Seventh Inning Stretch in the Trial of Roger Clemens

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 08.05.2012 | Crime
Read More: Perjury, Prosecutorial Discretion, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, Congressional Hearings, Roger Clemens Trial, Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens Perjury, Crime News
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.

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The Most Infamous Baseball Scandals Ever

Posted 05.02.2012 | Sports
Read More: Infamous Baseball Scandals, Pete Rose Lifetime Ban, Baseball Scandals, Leo Durocher, Pete Rose Banned, Marge Schott, Pete Rose, Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Steroids in Baseball, Black Sox Scandal, Slideexpand, Brooklyn Dodgers, Mlb Scandals, Sports News

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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Lessons From the Little League World Series

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 10.24.2011 | Sports
Read More: Baseball, Barry Bonds, Little League World Series, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Little League, Barry Bonds Steroids, Alex Rodriguez, Sports News
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."

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

Asher Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Andy Pettitte, Jeff Bagwell, Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, Kevin Brown, Baseball Hall of Fame, Jeff Pearlman, Joe Posnanski, Sports News
Asher Smith

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

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Former Yankee Chuck Knoblauch Charged With Assaulting Common-Law Wife

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: New York Yankees, Chuck Knoblauch Assault, Chuck Knoblauch Wife, Chuck Knoblauch, New York, Baseball, Mitchell Report, New York News

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...

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

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Los Angeles Dodgers, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Manny Ramirez, Bud Selig, Mlb, Mitchell Report, Steroids, Philadelphia Phillies, Mike Cameron, Sergio Mitre, J.C. Romero, Milwaukee Brewers, Performance Enhancing Substances, Baseball, Sports, Entertainment News
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.

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Do You Believe Him?

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Big Papi, Steroids, Baseball, Alex Rodriquez, David Ortiz, Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball Players Association, Mike Weiner, Entertainment News
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?

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

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Human Growth Hormone, Jim Parque, Sports, Steroids, Jim Parque Steroids, Mitchell Report, Chicago White Sox, Steroid Era, Steroids in Baseball, Jim Parque Hgh, Chicago News

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 ...

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

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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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Dumping on Manny

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Mitchell Report, Steroids, Baseball, Manny Ramirez, Drugs, Dodgers, Barry Bonds, Scandal, Entertainment News
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.

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Free Miguel Tejada

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Mitchell Report Baseball, Law Enforcement, Congress, Barry Bonds, Bridge to Nowhere, Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds Steroids, Sworn Testimony, Miguel Tejada Testimony, Baseball, Miguel Tejada Steroids, Law, Steroids, Major League Baseball, Criminal Law, Miguel Tejada, Baltimore, Entertainment News
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.

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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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Liveblog! Final Dem Debate, Final Shot For Hil (Plus — Baseball!)

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Iowa Caucus, Des Moines Register, Democratic Debates, Chris Dodd, HuffPo Liveblog Series, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Carolyn Washburn, Barack Obama, Debate, Obama Hillary, Obama Clinton, Dem Debate, Dennis Kucinich, Iowa, John Edwards, Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Baseball Report, Steroids, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, George MItchell, Mo Vaughn, Roger Clemens and Mitchell Report, Steroid List, MLB Steroids, Steroids in Baseball, Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball, Barry Bonds, Steroids Report, Yankees and Mitchell Report, Players Named in Mitchell Report, Mitchell List, Mitchell Report Steroids, Roger Clemens and Steroids, Breaking News, Players Union Steroids, PED's, Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds Steroids, Mitchell Report Baseball, Players Union, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Media News
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?

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FBI Opens Investigation of Roger Clemens

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Andrew Pettitte, Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report List, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Department of Justice, Roger Clemens and HGH, Roger Clemens and Steriods, Roger Clemens Investigation, FBI Roger Clemens, FBI Investigation Roger Clemens, Politics News

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

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Congress Asks DOJ to Investigate Clemens

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mitchell Report List, Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Department of Justice, Roger Clemens Investigation, Roger Clemens and Steriods, Roger Clemens and HGH, Andrew Pettitte, Politics News

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

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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
Read More: Human Growth Hormone, Hgh, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens Wife, Roger Clemens and HGH, Debbie Clemens Human Growth Hormone, Brian McNamee, Debbie Clemens HGH, Brian McNamee Testimony, Roger Clemens Testimony, Debbie Clemens, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Mitchell Report List, Politics News

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...

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Pettitte Apologizes, Regrets Taking HGH

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Andy Pettitte, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Breaking Politics News, Brian McNamee, Brian McNamee Testimony, Hgh, Human Growth Hormone, Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report List, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens and HGH, Roger Clemens Testimony, Breaking News, Steroids in Sports, Politics News

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...

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If They IM'd: Roger Clemens And Brian McNamee

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Human Growth Hormone, Hgh, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens Wife, Roger Clemens and HGH, Debbie Clemens Human Growth Hormone, Brian McNamee, Debbie Clemens HGH, Brian McNamee Testimony, 236.Com: News You Can Misuse, Roger Clemens Testimony, Debbie Clemens, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Mitchell Report List, 236.Com, Politics News

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

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

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Human Growth Hormone, Roger Clemens, Debbie Clemens, Steroids, Mitchell Report, 236.Com, Home News

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...

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Debbie Clemens, Roger Clemens' Wife, Confirms Trying HGH

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Andy Pettitte, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Brian McNamee, Brian McNamee Testimony, Hgh, Human Growth Hormone, Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report List, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens and HGH, Roger Clemens Testimony, Roger Clemens Wife, Debbie Clemens, Debbie Clemens HGH, Debbie Clemens Human Growth Hormone, Steroids in Sports, Politics News

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...

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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
Read More: Mitchell Report Baseball, Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball, Mitchell List, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens Congress, Mitchell Report Steroids, Brian McNamee, Breaking News, Players Named in Mitchell Report, MLB Steroids, Yankees and Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens Trainer Brian McNamee, George MItchell, Steroids in Baseball, Steroids, PED's, Steroid List, Major League Baseball, Steroids Report, Roger Clemens Testimony, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Roger Clemens and Mitchell Report, Politics News

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 ...

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Clemens Takes His Lumps on Capitol Hill

AP | RONALD BLUM and HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Andy Pettitte, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Brian McNamee, Brian McNamee Testimony, Hgh, Human Growth Hormone, Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report List, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens and HGH, Roger Clemens Testimony, Politics News

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...

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

AP | RONALD BLUM and HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee, Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report List, Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens Testimony, Brian McNamee Testimony, Hgh, Human Growth Hormone, Andy Pettitte and HGH, Roger Clemens and HGH, Steroids in Sports, Home News

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

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