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'Roids Cloud May Cancel Clemens Speech

Texas group no longer eager to hear 'How I Played So Long'

(Newser) - Steroid accusations may cost Roger Clemens the chance to speak at a Texas convention next month, the Houston Chronicle reports. "I don't want to rush to judgment," but the report "casts a dark cloud above him," said the head of a state coaches group that had...

Pettitte Admits Using HGH
Pettitte Admits Using HGH
Dec 15, 2007 5:26 PM CST

Pettitte Admits Using HGH

Yanks pitcher says he used it twice to heal from injury

(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, one of the bigger names cited in the Mitchell report on doping in baseball, admitted today that he used human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte says he used HGH twice in 2002 to speed his recovery from an elbow injury. "I accept responsibility for...

A's Deal Their Ace to Arizona
A's Deal Their Ace to Arizona
Dec 14, 2007 10:47 PM CST

A's Deal Their Ace to Arizona

Oakland gets six prospects in return

(Newser) - Athletics GM Billy Beane, never one to shy away from an aggressive deal, today traded his team's top pitcher, Dan Haren, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a slew of prospects, reports the Chronicle. Beane made the move with an eye on long-term building - apparently not convinced about his club's...

Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

Provided evidence he'd disposed of drugs

(Newser) - An unnamed player who was found to have purchased anabolic steroids managed to keep his name out of George Mitchell's scathing 400-page report on drug abuse in baseball, the New York Times reports after interviewing the former senator. Contacted by Mitchell's investigative team, the player and his lawyer provided evidence...

Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball
Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball
Dec 14, 2007 12:34 PM CST

Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball

President says he's confident league will put steroid era in the past

(Newser) - Major League Baseball must take the Mitchell report seriously and put the era of steroids behind it, President Bush said today. The president, a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers, cautioned against a rush to judgment of the 85 players accused of doping in the report. “We can jump...

Baseball Commish: &lsquo;I Will Act&rsquo;
Baseball Commish: ‘I Will Act’
Dec 13, 2007 5:00 PM CST

Baseball Commish: ‘I Will Act’

Selig says he'll implement all of Mitchell's recommendations

(Newser) - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig called the Mitchell Report a “call to action” today, and said he'd execute every recommendation the former senator made in his bombshell appraisal of steroid use. As to punishment for current players named in the report, Selig said Mitchell was right to defer to him—...

Mitchell Report Delivers Bonds, Clemens, Tejada

Ex-senators faults players, management; urges independent tests

(Newser) - George Mitchell’s long-awaited report on steroids in baseball dropped today, and it blamed both players and management for what it said could be the sport's biggest challenge since the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Every club had a player involved; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada were among inclusions....

Clemens, Pettitte Said to Be Named in Mitchell Report

Source says trainer got steroids for both Yanks

(Newser) - Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are among the 50 or so baseball players named in George Mitchell's much-anticipated report on steroids in Major League Baseball, ESPN reports. A Yankees strength trainer told investigators, whose report is due today, that the two pitchers were among players he supplied with steroids, a...

Mitchell Report Will Be Flawed, Insiders Say

Players, others complain of missteps in the investigation

(Newser) - George Mitchell is poised to release his long-awaited report on steroid use in baseball—but many of those interviewed by his investigators have serious doubts it will solve anything, reports ESPN's Howard Bryant. Players, trainers and managers say the 20-month investigation has been hamstrung by tension between owners and the...

Tejada Dealt From O's to Astros
Tejada Dealt From O's to Astros
Dec 12, 2007 1:52 PM CST

Tejada Dealt From O's to Astros

Baltimore gets five players for unhappy former MVP

(Newser) - The Baltimore Orioles traded disenchanted shortstop Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros today for five players, the Baltimore Sun reports. Unable to change the O’s losing ways and resistant to a third base switch, the former MVP became a prime offseason target by other teams. In return, the Orioles...

MLB Now in Possession of Mitchell Report

Steroid investigation findings to be made public Thursday

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is finally in possession of the much-anticipated steroid report produced by George Mitchell, 21 months after the former senator was commissioned to investigate the use of performing-enhancing drugs in the pro game. Baseball officials are expected to review the document for 48 hours before it is released...

Segui Admits to Steroid Use
Segui Admits to Steroid Use
Dec 11, 2007 7:40 AM CST

Segui Admits to Steroid Use

Former major leaguer sticks up for excoriatoed 'roids supplier Radomski

(Newser) - Ex-first baseman David Segui preempted the Mitchell Report yesterday by announcing that he had dabbled in steroids during his playing days, reports the Baltimore Sun. Segui, whose 15-year MLB career began and ended with the Baltimore Orioles, refused to rat out the other users he knew of through contacts with...

Bonds Sticks to 'Not Guilty'
Bonds Sticks to 'Not Guilty'
Dec 7, 2007 7:29 PM CST

Bonds Sticks to 'Not Guilty'

Baseball legend pleads "not guilty" to perjury, steroid abuse

(Newser) - Baseball legend Barry Bonds pleaded "not guilty" today to four counts of perjury and an obstruction of justice in US District Court, the AP reports. After a brief session, the judge released Bonds without bail money and vetoed the government's request to have his passport seized. The baseball celebrity...

Common Supplements Have 'Roids
Common Supplements Have 'Roids
Dec 7, 2007 4:01 AM CST

Common Supplements Have 'Roids

Study finds steroids in 25% of legal athletic supplements

(Newser) - An English lab, commissioned by an American consumer advocacy group, found small amounts of steroids in 13 of 52 athletic supplements. The study tested supplements that are legal, widely available, and commonly taken by high school athletes and workout junkies. Six of 52 also had the illegal steroid precursor androstenedione,...

Two Players Suspended for PED Buys
Two Players Suspended
for PED Buys
Dec 7, 2007 4:00 AM CST

Two Players Suspended for PED Buys

15-day penalties may indicate severity of Mitchell punishments

(Newser) - Baltimore's Jay Gibbons and Kansas City's recently signed José Guillén were publicly given 15-day suspensions for having acquired HGH and steroids; Commissioner Bud Selig passed the sentences despite any positive drug tests from either player. Instead, documentary evidence indicates they received shipments after baseball's drug rules went into effect,...

Dodgers Reel in Andruw Jones
Dodgers Reel in Andruw Jones
Dec 6, 2007 4:28 PM CST

Dodgers Reel in Andruw Jones

Coming off down year, Gold Glove outfielder gets 2 years, $36M to bring pop to LA lineup

(Newser) - Free-agent outfielder Andruw Jones agreed to a two-year, $36.2 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday, the AP reports. The 10-time Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star hit .222 last season but is being counted on to give Los Angeles a reliable slugger in the middle of the...

D-Train, Miggy Roll Into Detroit
D-Train, Miggy Roll Into Detroit
Dec 5, 2007 2:20 AM CST

D-Train, Miggy Roll Into Detroit

Marlins send Willis, Cabrera to Tigers in exchange for highly touted prospects

(Newser) - The Detroit Tigers made the biggest splash of the 2008 off-season so far by pulling off a blockbuster trade with Florida. Detroit will receive power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera and left-handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis in exchange for two previously untouchable prospects, outfielder Cameron Maybin and lefty Andrew Miller, along with...

Ex-Commish Kuhn Headlines HOF Class

Former adversary and players' union head Miller rejected, again

(Newser) - Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the overhauled Veteran’s Committee, along with former owners Walter O’Malley and Barney Dreyfus and ex-managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth. Noticeably rejected from the hall was former players’ union head Marvin Miller, who vigorously fought...

Wood Signs 1-year Deal to Close for Cubs

Oft-injured hurler inks incentive-laden contract worth $4.2 million

(Newser) - Nearly a decade since he burst onto the scene with a 20 strikeout game in just his fifth big league start, Kerry Wood has assumed a new role with the Chicago Cubs. The injury-plagued hurler signed a one-year, $4.2 million deal to be the club’s new closer. Wood...

A New Window Into BlackSox Scandal Opens

Historians intrigued by emergence of newly uncovered documents

(Newser) - A previously unseen series of documents related to the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players were accused of plotting to fix the World Series, goes up for auction this week, reports the Chicago Tribune. The papers, appearing to date from the criminal trial of eight Chicago White Sox players...

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