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Feb 19, 2009 4:21 AM CST

Griffey Returning to Seattle

Home run hero taking his career back to city where it started

(Newser) - Slugger Ken Griffey Jr. will return to Seattle almost nine years to the day after he left the Mariners, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The prolific home-run hitter has signed an incentive-laden one-year contract for 2009. Griffey became a free agent after his short stint with the White Sox ended, and...

Canseco
to Baseball:
Where's My
Apology?

Feb 17, 2009 9:45 PM CST

Canseco to Baseball: Where's My Apology?

(Newser) - Now that some of baseball's biggest names are coming clean on steroids, Jose Canseco is wondering when the league will apologize for vilifying him, the AP reports. The former slugger wrote two books that dealt with juiced players, but he got only grief for his efforts. "It's time for...

A-Rod's V-Day Treat: 5 Ladies

Feb 17, 2009 9:05 AM CST

A-Rod's V-Day Treat: 5 Ladies

Ballplayer hangs with Madonna pal, model, 'hot chicks'

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez may be having image troubles, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt him with the ladies: He spent Valentine’s weekend with a total of five women, the New York Post reports. He spent Friday night with Madonna buddy Ingrid Casares at a Miami Beach restaurant, hung...

Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

Interview

Feb 14, 2009 12:45 PM CST

Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

(Newser) - Maybe you think Bud Selig ought to void Barry Bonds’ chemically-bolstered home run record, but Hank Aaron does not. “I just don’t see how you really can do a thing like that,” the former, and just maybe future, home-run king told Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution....

Madonna
Fumes as
A-Rod Turns
to Ex-Wife

Feb 12, 2009 10:26 AM CST

Madonna Fumes as A-Rod Turns to Ex-Wife

Singer wants him back, bad

(Newser) - Will the drama never end? Alex Rodriguez should have known Madonna would be "pissed" when he ran back to ex-wife Cynthia as he did damage control after Saturday's steroids bombshell, the New York Daily News reports. “To Madonna, this is the ultimate dis,” says an insider, adding...

Alomar: Ex's AIDS Suit
'Filled With Lies'

Feb 12, 2009 9:44 AM CST

Alomar: Ex's AIDS Suit 'Filled With Lies'

'I'm in good health,' says ex-ballplayer amid $15M lawsuit

(Newser) - Baseball great Roberto Alomar says an ex’s $15 million lawsuit claiming he knew he had AIDS yet insisted on having unprotected sex is “filled with lies,” the New York Post reports. “I am in very good health,” the ex-Met said. “I am deeply saddened...

Lawsuit Claims Alomar Exposed Girlfriend to HIV

Feb 11, 2009 12:20 PM CST

Lawsuit Claims Alomar Exposed Girlfriend to HIV

Former Met knew he had virus, insisted upon unprotected sex, lawsuit claims

(Newser) - An ex-girlfriend has filed a shocking lawsuit against Roberto Alomar, claiming the baseball great knew he had AIDS yet insisted on having unprotected sex, the New York Daily News reports. Illya Dall is suing Alomar for $15 million in damages for exposing her and her children to the virus. She...

Tejada Pleads Guilty
to Lying to Congress

Feb 11, 2009 11:09 AM CST

Tejada Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress

Shortstop caught it claim he knew no onein baseball who used steroids

(Newser) - All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty today to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs, a plea that stemmed from denying to House investigators that he knew anyone in baseball who used steroids. Tejada’s 2005 assertions were contradicted by evidence that he had talked to an Oakland...

Canseco Calls for
Major League Drug Summit

Feb 11, 2009 3:06 AM CST

Canseco Calls for Major League Drug Summit

Says he can help baseball quit steroids

(Newser) - Former slugger Jose Canseco, who blew the lid off steroid use in two controversial books, is seeking to meet with baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr to discuss his plans to run drugs out of the game, reports AP. "I think I have the ear of...

Expose the Users
to Clear the Clean

OPINION

Feb 10, 2009 10:20 AM CST

Expose the Users to Clear the Clean

'Real victims' of performance drugs are those left behind

(Newser) - The steroids-in-baseball "shame game" shouldn’t be limited to A-Rod and Barry Bonds, writes Mike Wise in the Washington Post. To keep mum on the others who cheated the game is to ignore the "real victims": The regular players who "chose correctly between right and wrong" ...

A-Rod Tested Positive
for Steroids: Report

Feb 7, 2009 10:08 AM CST

A-Rod Tested Positive for Steroids: Report

During MVP 2003 campaign

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids during his 2003 MVP season, sources tell Sports Illustrated. A-Rod was one of 104 players to test positive that year, in a survey test conducted to determine whether the league needed tougher drug policies. Asked about the results this week, Rodriguez replied: “...

Feds: Fertility Drug Helped Bonds Mask Steroids

Feb 4, 2009 8:38 PM CST

Feds: Fertility Drug Helped Bonds Mask Steroids

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say they've got the goods on Barry Bonds, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Laying out evidence before his perjury and obstruction trial next month, prosecutors say they can prove the slugger used a designer steroid known as "the clear" in 2003 along with a female fertility drug...

Bank of America May Pay Yanks $20M for Marketing

Feb 4, 2009 5:35 PM CST

Bank of America May Pay Yanks $20M for Marketing

(Newser) - No, the Yankees won't be playing at Bank of America Stadium next year. But the bank, which has accepted billions in federal aid, may yet pay the team about $20 million in a marketing deal, the Daily News reports. Talks continue despite the heat that Citibank took for paying the...

Citi's Mets Deal Makes Sense in the Long Run

OPINION

Feb 4, 2009 2:31 PM CST

Citi's Mets Deal Makes Sense in the Long Run

$400M, over decades, will generate lots of publicity, help pay back bailout funds

(Newser) - Citi’s $400 million naming-rights deal with the New York Mets may seem “tone-deaf and stupid” after the bank took $45 billion in bailout funds, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek—but it’s a good idea. “Companies—even companies getting bailed out by the feds—need to attract...

Citi May Bail on $400M Marketing Deal With Mets

Feb 3, 2009 7:28 AM CST

Citi May Bail on $400M Marketing Deal With Mets

The call to spend taxpayer money more wisely may overshadow agreement

(Newser) - Citigroup, trying to duck controversy over its use of taxpayer bailout dollars, is considering reneging on a $400 million marketing deal with the New York Mets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 20-year partnership—which includes naming the Mets new stadium Citi Field—may be scratched because Citi accepted $45...

Torre Tell-All Has Yanks Mulling Gag Rule

Jan 29, 2009 1:26 PM CST

Torre Tell-All Has Yanks Mulling Gag Rule

(Newser) - Joe Torre’s new book about his tenure as Yankees manager has the franchise in such a tizzy that the front office is considering a “non-disparagement clause” in future contracts, Newsday reports. Unlike other teams, the Yankees have never insisted on confidentiality agreements with players and management. “Up...

Sox Want to Make Obama Cap

Jan 28, 2009 1:38 PM CST

Sox Want to Make Obama Cap

President's South Side Chicago fave plans hat to celebrate 'first fan'

(Newser) - The Chicago White Sox are planning an Obama-themed hat to celebrate the historic victory of the team’s most famous fan, the Sun-Times reports. If the White House approves, the Sox will release a version of their classic cap with the “O” logo featured in campaign ads. Obama sporting...

Family Buying Cubs for $900M

Jan 22, 2009 7:55 PM CST

Family Buying Cubs for $900M

(Newser) - It looks like the Cubs are returning to family ownership, the Chicago Tribune reports. The billionaire Ricketts family is the winning bidder to buy the baseball team from Sam Zell's Tribune Co. The $900 million deal isn't sealed yet—other baseball owners must approve, for one thing—but it's expected...

Yankees Take Scorn for
(Gasp!) Spending Money

OPINION

Jan 15, 2009 7:56 PM CST

Yankees Take Scorn for (Gasp!) Spending Money

Yankees Are Doing There Job, Filling Stadiums, In It To WIn

(Newser) - Given the reaction to the Yankees' deep-pocketed acquisition of three big-name players, it's easy to assume the team is nothing less than evil personified, writes Sean Collins in Spiked. But set aside for the moment that the moves are actually a wise investment for a team that's building a new...

McGwire Hall Snub Bodes
Ill for Bonds, Clemens

OPINION

Jan 13, 2009 4:46 PM CST

McGwire Hall Snub Bodes Ill for Bonds, Clemens

Could Bonds, Clemens face exclusion?

(Newser) - Mark McGwire's awful showing in Hall of Fame voting—he got only 21.9% of votes this year, which is actually worse than last year and way below the required 75%—is a good sign that that fellow steroid pals Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds face long odds when they...