Category: steroids
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Monday and teams that didn't play will continue to honor Robinson when they take the field today. In this interview with Bud Selig, the MLB Commissioner takes us back to his earliest memories of Jackie Robinson. He also says the ongoing investigation ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
There are five new names linked to the Biogenesis clinic in Miami, which is more news Major League Baseball didn't want to hear.
Everth Cabrera is on the list. Other names included Jordan Norberto, Fernando Martinez, Fautino De Los Santos, and Cesar Puello. Cabrera, the Padres shortstop, reacts to the news of ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
In a Week 16 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Arian Foster was held out of the game because of an irregular heartbeat. It was rumored that the Texans running back was considering heart surgery on Friday, but Foster has denied that surgery was planned at all.
Foster rushed for 1,424 yards ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
Curt Schilling didn't make it into the Hall of Fame on this ballot of voting, but the three-time World Series champion isn’t too upset about the whole situation. After receiving just 38.8 percent of the votes, the former Red Sox pitcher admitted that he was honored to even be in ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
For the second time in four decades, no candidates were elected into baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday. For many talking heads, it seemed to magnify yearly arguments about the voting process. In Cooperstown, the Hall takes a hit in terms of not having an elected inductee at Hall of ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
Lance Armstrong won't be contesting the charges leveled against him by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, but that doesn't necessarily mean the evidence against him won't come out. USADA head Travis Tygart says his agency will be presenting a reasoned decision to the World Anti-Doping Agency in the coming weeks.
Tygart ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
Few people seemed to be real surprised when it came out last week that Melky Cabrera had tested positive for a banned substance. Victor Conte, the founder and president of BALCO and a name long associated with the steroid era, certainly wasn't shocked when he heard the news.
Conte believes that ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
It didn't take long for Melky Cabrera to release a statement after being suspended 50 games for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. “My positive test was the result of my use of a substance I should not have used,” Cabrera said in a statement. “I accept my suspension under ...
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Roger Clemens was acquitted on all charges during his highly publicized perjury trial on Monday. Whether or not that will clear him in the court of public opinion will remain to be seen, but it doesn't seem likely and Kirk Radomski's continued adamant insistence that Clemens is guilty won't help ...
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Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Instead of fighting inside the ropes, Jose Canseco is battling with a celebrity boxing promoter from Florida over accusations that he sent his twin brother, Ozzie, to pretend to be him and fight a match in his place. The promoter, Damon Feldman, claims that "Jose" showed up for his scheduled ...
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