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Barry Bonds' team should have reported concerns about the home run king's personal trainer to Major League Baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig told Congress on Tuesday during a hearing on the sport's steroids era. ...more
January 16, 2008
Congress wants to be prepared when Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, head to Capitol Hill. ...more
January 10, 2008
Canadian Mike Weir, who only 10 weeks ago qualified for the winners-only Mercedes-Benz Championship, holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 6-under 67 on Friday, giving him a one-shot lead over Stephen Ames and Jonathan Byrd. ...more
January 5, 2008
NEW YORK George Mitchell insisted naming names was the right decision and said he was prepared for Roger Clemens and others to deny they used performance-enhancing drugs. ...more
December 15, 2007
The agent for pitcher Todd Williams of Land O' Lakes said Friday that his client will adopt a "wait and see posture" before deciding how to proceed after his name appeared in the Mitchell Report released on Thursday. ...more
December 15, 2007
In a shocking announcement, a 20-month investigation led by former Sen. George Mitchell has revealed that baseball ... was rampant with drug use. ...more
December 14, 2007
What does this report mean? Former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation concluded that baseball had experienced a "collective failure" to deal with the problem of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The report named 86 players, including All-Stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Miguel Tejada, as connected to the use or possession of steroids or other performance enhancers. The list also included eight players (Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield among them) whose names were linked to the BALCO investigation. Several other players were alluded to but not named within the report. Mitchell recommended that Major League Baseball employ an independent party to conduct future drug testing, that the program should be transparent and the scope should expand to year-round testing. ...more
December 14, 2007
What: George Mitchell, former Senate majority leader, will announce the results of a 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball. Commissioner Bud Selig hired Mitchell in March 2006 to lead the inquiry. ...more
December 13, 2007
Major League Baseball has begun to review a draft of George Mitchell's report on drug use in the sport, one of the final steps before the results of his 20-month investigation are released. ...more
December 12, 2007
Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons were suspended Thursday for the first 15 days of next season for violating baseball's drug policy. The penalties are an indication how the sport might treat players named in the Mitchell report, which could be released next week. ...more
December 7, 2007
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