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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 ...

Sammy Sosa Says He Belongs In Hall (And Could Be President)

AP | Posted 01.24.2013 | Sports

CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs sh...

Are We Really Outraged By Steroid Use in Athletics?

Dan Treadway | Posted 03.13.2013 | Sports
Dan Treadway

If we as a nation are truly upset and outraged by steroid use, why is our concern so targeted? NFL players frequently turn in positive drug tests and the sports media doesn't so much as flinch.

'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...

PHOTOS: This Is Sammy Sosa's Pinterest, Apparently

Posted 01.11.2013 | Sports

Sammy Sosa? Yes, he is the real Sammy Sosa, and this is, apparently, his Pinterest. Along with Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, retired MLB slugger S...

Will Bonds, Clemens Or Sosa Get Hall Call?

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 03.10.2013 | Sports

NEW YORK -- There's a chance the podium under the chandeliers in the gold-and-ivory-colored Vanderbilt Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel will go unuse...

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.

Sammy Sosa's Fans Reject Him Now

Michael Tomaso | Posted 02.03.2013 | Sports
Michael Tomaso

It took professional wrestling some 80 years to finally admit it's fake. How long will it take Sammy Sosa?

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.

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...

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.

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

Danny Groner | Posted 09.18.2011 | Sports
Danny Groner

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.

Sammy Sosa: Chicago Cubs 'Don't Care About Me'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Retired slugger Sammy Sosa is upset with the Chicago Cubs for not retiring his No. 21 jersey, telling a magazine that the organization...

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Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Len Berman

Sammy Sosa can't believe that the Cubs haven't retired his #21. Baseball fans everywhere else can't believe that Sosa's numbers are legit.

Former Major League Baseball Player Doug Glanville on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Mark Bazer

Former Major League Baseball player Doug Glanville stopped by to discuss his book, The Game From Where I See It; his career with the Cubs, Phillies and Rangers; and more.

Sammy Sosa's Skin PHOTOS: Pictures Reveal Light Pigmentation

Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

(SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS) UPDATE, 5/12/2010: Sammy Sosa is reportedly black again. Click here for more. UPDATE, 11/13 4:12 AM: Hall of Fame forward C...

Sammy Sosa, Black Again! Skin Reportedly Back To Old Hue

Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

Sammy Sosa's skin is black once again, the New York Post reports. According to the paper, Sosa stopped by the club Liv at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau ...

The Nude Athlete

Adam Flomenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Adam Flomenbaum

The next time you confusedly see in a 6'1'', 180 lbs. wide receiver running nude through the park, Chad Ochocinco's question remains: Why wouldn't he?

Is Torii Hunter Right to Call Latin Americans "Imposters"?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Daniel Cubias

I may owe Sammy Sosa an apology. In a recent post, I wrote about Sosa's apparent use of a skin product designed to make him appear whiter. I wondered...

Skin-Lightening Creams May Also Bring Health Risks

nytimes.com | CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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For years, Allison Ross rubbed in skin-lightening creams with names like Hyprogel and Fair & White. She said she wanted to even out and brighten the t...

Top 10 Sports Excesses Of The Decade

FanHouse | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

As the decadent city of Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero fiddled. As the world of sports descended into decadence throughout the first decade of the 21st ...

Keeping Score in Chicago Episode 28: Dear Oprah, LA Is For Suckers

Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks

Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker gives the scoop on Oprah's diabolical plan to sell out Chicago and cuddle with celebrities and skinny people in California.

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Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Len Berman

I shared a panel with MSG President Scott O'Neil. The audience wanted to know if the Knicks will sign LeBron. O'Neill said Knick fans are going to be very very happy for the next decade. Take from that what you will.

Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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.

Tiger - and All the Other Untrustworthy Marketing Spokesboys

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Richard Laermer

The final stop in my tour of poorly-timed sports marketing missteps: the soon-to-be-boring soap opera of Tiger and his lillies. Woods was an untouchable until a mere two weeks ago; now sports marketers don't what to do with him.