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Steroids in Baseball

Professionals Need the Same Standards as Amateurs: A Division-1 College Baseball Player Speaks Out

Nicholas Friar | Posted 05.15.2013 | Sports
Nicholas Friar

The NCAA preaches ethics to its athletes because they are sending the message that the sport you play is greater than any individual, and that we are expected to maintain integrity for the game.

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.

Pete Rose: 'If I Had Taken Steroids, I Would Have Had 5,000 Hits'

HuffPost Live | Posted 01.11.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hit king with 4,256 career hits, came by HuffPost Live Thursday to talk about baseball's Hall of Fame vote, his new rea...

MLB Steps Up Drug Testing

AP | BOB BAUM | Posted 03.12.2013 | Sports

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and increase efforts to detect a...

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.

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.

What Are the Fantasy Baseball Implications of Melky Cabrera's and Bartolo Colon's Steroid Suspensions?

Lisa Swan | Posted 11.07.2012 | Sports
Lisa Swan

If you see that an MLB player in fantasy baseball is showing numbers that are significantly better than they have done in their career, or seem too good for their age, you should brace yourself for the possibility that the numbers could be chemically enhanced.

Why Is The Bay Area Ground Zero For Steroids In Baseball?

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 08.25.2012 | San Francisco

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy becomes uneasy each time he is called to the bathroom for a random drug test, even though he's c...

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.

Ex-Trainer: First Gave Clemens Steroids In 1998

AP | JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 07.14.2012 | Sports

By JOSEPH WHITE, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment wh...

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...

The Reputation Assassination of Ryan Braun

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.06.2012 | Sports
Linda Kenney Baden

There is not one legitimate shred of valid forensic evidence to prove Braun is guilty -- yet he stands accused by both baseball and public opinion with an axe over his head.

Rockies Catcher Tests Positive For Steroids... Again

AP | By RONALD BLUM | Posted 11.14.2011 | Denver

By RONALD BLUM, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Colorado catcher Eliezer Alfonzo become the first player suspended twice for performance-enhancing dru...

Will Roger Clemens Go To Trial Again?

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.24.2011 | Sports

WASHINGTON -- Baseball star Roger Clemens' battle against perjury charges likely is far from over and probably will be the subject of a second trial, ...

Hey K-Rod, You're On TV!

Posted 09.20.2011 | Sports

What's on your mind, K-Rod? In this viral video quick-hit from last night's Diamondbacks-Brewers game, relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez -- better...

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.

Twitter Universe Reacts To Roger Clemens Mistrial

Posted 09.13.2011 | Sports

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declared a mistrial in Roger Clemens' perjury case on Thursday over inadmissible evidence shown to jurors. The j...

Clemens Trial Begins

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.05.2011 | Sports

WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens, one of the most imposing and accomplished pitchers in baseball history, is going on trial Wednesday to fight allegations ...

Key Figures In The Roger Clemens Trial

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.04.2011 | Sports

WASHINGTON -- Some of the key figures expected at Roger Clemens' trial, scheduled to begin Wednesday, on charges he lied about using steroids and huma...

Report: MLB Still Investigating A-Rod

nytimes.com | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and SERGE F. KOVALESKI | Posted 08.06.2011 | Sports

In the interview, which lasted several hours, Rodriguez was emphatic: the doctor had treated him but had never given him performance-enhancing drugs. ...

Barry Bonds Convicted: Two Books Tell The Backstory

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.14.2011 | Books

Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice Wednesday in Federal Court in San Francisco. A mistrial was declared on two other counts. The cas...

Count on It: Barry Bonds Will Be Voted Into Baseball Hall of Fame

Steve Kettmann | Posted 06.11.2011 | Sports
Steve Kettmann

I am like a lot of fans of baseball in being sick, sick, sick of hearing about steroids and unlike most fans in having played a role myself in helping put the topic of steroids and baseball front and center in the national psyche.

Why Barry Bonds?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 06.08.2011 | Sports
Bennett L. Gershman

Bonds has already been convicted in the court of public opinion. The question is whether a jury trial was necessary to rubber-stamp that "conviction."

One Charge Dropped In Bonds Trial

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 06.06.2011 | Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' confident defense team rested its case Wednesday without calling a single witness, just minutes after a federal jud...

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 05.30.2011 | New York
Len Berman

Major League Baseball has joined the effort to deal with head injuries. They've created a seven-day disabled list just for concussions.