Barry Bonds Convicted of Obstructing Justice

Free agent slugger, 43, has yet to find a home for 2008

(NEWSER) - Barry Bonds might have a bulked-up home run record on his resume, but his steroids-related indictment has thus far made his MLB job search a strikeout, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The all-time home run leader, now 43, remains a free agent after San Francisco cut him loose last year—despite his repeated claims that he would return to the field in 2008. More»

Nikolai explains the real reason his dad's baseball cap size grew

(NEWSER) - Nikolai Bonds scrutinizes every nuance of dad Barry Bonds' perjury trial from afar: He winces over the ex-mistress's allegations and watches old friends turn on his dad, but for him, the trial's outcome was settled in 2003. "Did you?" he asked the Giants slugger about rumors of steroid use. The elder Bonds told him "no," says Nikolai, and that was the end of it. Highlights of the 21-year-old college kid's interview with the Wall Street Journal: More»

(NEWSER) - The perjury trial of baseball’s home-run king won’t begin Monday as scheduled, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, with federal prosecutors today delaying—perhaps by months—the start so they can appeal a ruling that excluded what they view as key evidence against Barry Bonds. Reports of positive steroids tests were among the ammunition tossed as hearsay; the feds say that proved Bonds, 44, lied about using steroids. More»

Revised charges are essentially the same: He lied about steroids

(NEWSER) - The feds filed a new indictment against Barry Bonds today, charging him with 14 counts of perjury for allegedly lying when he told a grand jury that he never used performance-enhancing drugs and one count of obstructing the government's investigation, ESPN reports. The charges are essentially the same ones lodged against baseball's home-run king in November, before a judge ordered prosecutors to rewrite the original five-count indictment. More»

ESPN writer Jayson Stark explores the slugger's '08 prospects

(NEWSER) - Opening Day has come and gone and Barry Bonds remains without a baseball home. But the home-run king isn't likely to stay on the sidelines for an entire season. Three MLB executives speculate—albeit anonymously—to Jayson Stark of ESPN about why he hasn't been signed. First, to get Bonds means you take on the baggage that comes with him, including the constant media interruptions and a high dose of drama. More»