Steroids in Baseball
The Return of Congressional Baseball Hearings: Because They Worked So Well the First Time
The Congressional response to the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball has been to demand more hearings. Why is Congress wasting their time getting involved in a game, given all of the other issues facing the country.
The Major League Baseball All-Steroids Team
The Mitchell Report, released today, has named over 80 current and former players as having allegedly used steroids in their careers. Here, I present one of the greatest Major League lineups of all time: the All-Steroids team.
Say it Ain’t So: Baseball Star Bonds Indicted in Steroid Scandal
Documents unsealed Thursday reveal that former San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds is being indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice in the BALCO steroid scandal.
Baseball Steroid Report Names Star Players
Reputation of America's favorite pastime suffers major embarrassment with publication of an independent report into widespread drugs abuse
MLB: Big Leagues in Bigger Trouble
The excitement of a new baseball season has been overshadowed by the issue of steroids, says Duncan Mackay.
Congress at The Plate
GRANDSTANDING POLITICIANS & BASEBALL: As the House Government Reform Committee opens hearings on the burning issue of steroids in baseball, the underlying truth is as clear as a batting practice fastball down the middle.
Inquiry Casts Shadow Over Baseball's Heroes
Baseball: Chicago White Sox: Players to contest congressional subpoena in steroid scandal.
Baseball: Bonds 'unwittingly' Used Drugs
December 4: America's most popular baseball player has admitted to using steroids from Victor Conte's company.
Baseball's steroid fallout
Even if we never find out who did what in Major League Baseball's steroid scandal, there will be repercussions. Here's a look at possible effects on fans and players alike.
What do the players have to hide?
The Major League Baseball Player's Association has no good reason for fighting tougher steroid testing, unless they have something to hide.
American Sports: 'the Golden Goose of Baseball is Not About to Die of Steroid Abuse'
March 9: Rumours of drug abuse in Major League Baseball have not stopped record pre-season ticket sales with some declaring the issue an irrelevence.
Cheaters have always prospered
The THG controversy is shedding new light on who is taking steroids in Major League Baseball and other high profile sports. Why is there such a big deal being made out of what has been going on in baseball for a very long time. Cheating. This baseball fan says let's get on with what really matters -- playing baseball.
Even in its shining hour, MLB seems to screw things up
With the Red Sox and Cubs on the verge of making it to the World Series, baseball seems to have come out of last year's near strike, All-Star debacle and steroid controversy without a scratch. Yet, with all the good karma, MLB has structured it so that this magical scenario will be a flop.
Ways to improve the pastime
The wonders of steroids, America's thirst for blood, and a major sport run by slightly modified lab monkeys devoid of common sense -- here's a look at all of this and more on baseball and it's grandmaster, Bud Selig.
General: This n'That on... The state of baseball
This past week was probably one of the worst in the history of baseball. An All-Star Game fiasco, steroids, contraction, a potential strike and the "icing" of a legend. Here are some thoughts on the state of MLB.
Steroid controversy is overrated
Neither Major League Baseball or the Players' Union seem to care about the use of steroids, so why does SI's Rick Reilly care so much? In reality, we will never truly know how rampant steroid use is in baseball, even if testing begins.
Damage done by steroid claim
The numbers offered are suspect, but the damage to Major League Baseball is real after two former stars claim heavy steroid use by today's players. Just how exaggerated are these claims and should they be taken seriously?
Major League scandal
Ken Caminiti dealt Major League Baseball a heavy blow by claiming 50 percent of players use steroids. Will the League ever learn that the fans must come first, or it will it flounder to protect the players under Caminiti's confession?
Baseball's dirty little secret
Baseball has enough problems as things stand. Now steroids have been thrown in that problem pile.
Reputation of America's favorite pastime suffers major embarrassment with publication of an independent report into widespread drugs abuse
MLB: Big Leagues in Bigger Trouble
The excitement of a new baseball season has been overshadowed by the issue of steroids, says Duncan Mackay.
Congress at The Plate
GRANDSTANDING POLITICIANS & BASEBALL: As the House Government Reform Committee opens hearings on the burning issue of steroids in baseball, the underlying truth is as clear as a batting practice fastball down the middle.
Inquiry Casts Shadow Over Baseball's Heroes
Baseball: Chicago White Sox: Players to contest congressional subpoena in steroid scandal.
Baseball: Bonds 'unwittingly' Used Drugs
December 4: America's most popular baseball player has admitted to using steroids from Victor Conte's company.
Baseball's steroid fallout
Even if we never find out who did what in Major League Baseball's steroid scandal, there will be repercussions. Here's a look at possible effects on fans and players alike.
What do the players have to hide?
The Major League Baseball Player's Association has no good reason for fighting tougher steroid testing, unless they have something to hide.
American Sports: 'the Golden Goose of Baseball is Not About to Die of Steroid Abuse'
March 9: Rumours of drug abuse in Major League Baseball have not stopped record pre-season ticket sales with some declaring the issue an irrelevence.
Cheaters have always prospered
The THG controversy is shedding new light on who is taking steroids in Major League Baseball and other high profile sports. Why is there such a big deal being made out of what has been going on in baseball for a very long time. Cheating. This baseball fan says let's get on with what really matters -- playing baseball.
Even in its shining hour, MLB seems to screw things up
With the Red Sox and Cubs on the verge of making it to the World Series, baseball seems to have come out of last year's near strike, All-Star debacle and steroid controversy without a scratch. Yet, with all the good karma, MLB has structured it so that this magical scenario will be a flop.
Ways to improve the pastime
The wonders of steroids, America's thirst for blood, and a major sport run by slightly modified lab monkeys devoid of common sense -- here's a look at all of this and more on baseball and it's grandmaster, Bud Selig.
General: This n'That on... The state of baseball
This past week was probably one of the worst in the history of baseball. An All-Star Game fiasco, steroids, contraction, a potential strike and the "icing" of a legend. Here are some thoughts on the state of MLB.
Steroid controversy is overrated
Neither Major League Baseball or the Players' Union seem to care about the use of steroids, so why does SI's Rick Reilly care so much? In reality, we will never truly know how rampant steroid use is in baseball, even if testing begins.
Damage done by steroid claim
The numbers offered are suspect, but the damage to Major League Baseball is real after two former stars claim heavy steroid use by today's players. Just how exaggerated are these claims and should they be taken seriously?
Major League scandal
Ken Caminiti dealt Major League Baseball a heavy blow by claiming 50 percent of players use steroids. Will the League ever learn that the fans must come first, or it will it flounder to protect the players under Caminiti's confession?
Baseball's dirty little secret
Baseball has enough problems as things stand. Now steroids have been thrown in that problem pile.