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NEWS ABOUT: BALCO

BALCO stories: 17 news summaries

Witness Says She Saw Bonds Being Injected

Family friend, ex-Giant catcher to testify at slugger's perjury trial

Feb 14, 09 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Prosecutors say they have a witness who saw Barry Bonds being injected by his trainer, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Kathy Hoskins, a personal assistant and friend of Bonds' since childhood, is expected to be a key witness at the slugger's perjury trial along with former Giants teammate Bobby Estalella,... More »

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steroids • MLB • San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • perjury • BALCO • Greg Anderson • steroid use

In Pursuit of Bonds, Feds Put Screws on Trainer's Family

Anderson long mum in baseball steroids case

Aug 29, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities are still trying to get Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ former personal trainer, to testify about the baseball star’s steroid use, the New York Times reports, and may prosecute his wife and mother-in-law on tax charges to coerce him. “I have never heard anything like this,”... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • tax evasion • BALCO • Greg Anderson • baseball • federal prosecution

BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying

Coach of Marion Jones found to deceive feds on ties to steroid dealer

May 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco jury convicted track coach Trevor Graham today of lying to federal investigators when he told them he had ended his contacts with a steroids dealer, the Chronicle reports. Jurors deadlocked on two other counts against the former coach of Olympians Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery; he faces... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • track and field • Marion Jones • BALCO • Trevor Graham • Tim Montgomery • drugs in sports

Steroid Dealer: I Taught Olympic Track Coach About Drugs

Graham 'called in orders' 4 times a week

May 22, 08 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - An admitted steroid dealer told a San Francisco jury that he showed track coach Trevor Graham—who trained Olympic medalists Tim Montgomery and Antonio Pettigrew, among others—the ins-and-outs of the performance-enhancing drug trade. Angel "Memo" Heredia said he crossed the Mexican border to buy steroids, human growth hormone,... More »

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steroids • track and field • BALCO • performance-enhancing drugs • criminal trial

Feds Have 104 Positive MLB Drug Tests

And may release names, despite vow
of anonymity

May 18, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Attorneys have a list of 104 baseball players who failed a 2003 drug test, even though the players' union vowed to keep those names secret. The union has contested the Feds' search, but the list could become public in a matter of weeks, reports the New York Times. More »

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steroids • MLB • drug test • BALCO • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • performance-enhancing drugs

Bonds Hit
With New Indictment

Revised charges are essentially the same: He lied about steroids

May 13, 08 9:25 PM CDT
(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... More »

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steroids • San Francisco • San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • perjury • obstruction of justice • BALCO • federal indictment

Track Doping Witness Will Give 2 Dozen Names

Olympians to be mentioned in trial include Greene

Apr 13, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angel Guillermo Heredia, the main witness for the federal case against elite track coach Trevor Graham, is prepared to give the names of about two dozen athletes to whom he supplied performance-enhancing drugs. Among the 12 Olympians on the list is Maurice Greene, a two-time gold medalist who has never... More »

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athlete • track and field • Marion Jones • BALCO • sports doping • Maurice Greene • Angel Guillermo Heredia • Trevor Graham

Mosley Knew
He Was Doping:
BALCO Chief 

Says boxing champ took steroids for
de la Hoya bout

Apr 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shane Mosley was perfectly aware he had taken steroids before defeating Oscar de la Hoya in 2003, claims convicted steroid dealer Victor Conte. "He knew what he was taking and I told him that before he took it," BALCO founder Conte said. The prizefighter says he never knowingly... More »

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boxing • steroids • Oscar De La Hoya • Victor Conte • doping • BALCO • Shane Mosley

Feds Claim To Have Second Positive Bonds Drug Test

As files reopened in wake of court order

Mar 1, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of Judge Susan Illston's order that Bonds' 2003 grand jury testimony be unsealed, following her critical deconstruction of the government's case, the Feds will be forced to rebuild their indictment against him. One thing they may reveal when they do is their claim of a second positive... More »

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MLB • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • BALCO • baseball

Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment

Feds told to revise charges after trying to jam multiple offenses into perjury counts

Feb 29, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The government’s case against Barry Bonds hit a snag today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, with a judge ruling that it included multiple offenses in four of the counts of perjury in the indictment of baseball's home-run king. The feds must rewrite or re-file the indictment, Judge Susan Illston... More »

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steroids • San Francisco • San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • Victor Conte • perjury • obstruction of justice • BALCO • federal indictment • Greg Anderson • Susan Illston • Dennis Riordan • Douglas Wilson

Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed

Slugger's lawyers
say that  grand jury questions were vague

Jan 23, 08 10:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Barry Bonds' attorneys have filed a motion in federal court to have the perjury charges against him dismissed. The charges stem from Bonds allegedly lying to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in December 2003. Bonds claims that the indictment was “scattershot” and that questions poised... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • Federal Court • BALCO • Greg Anderson • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

Ex-NFL Player Pleads Guilty to Lying About Steroids

Three-time Pro Bowler Stubblefield was first football player charged in BALCO case

Jan 18, 08 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The steroids probe that brought down Marion Jones has claimed it first NFL player: Three-time Pro Bowler Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty today in federal court to making false statements to a federal agent about performance-enhancing drugs. Prosecutors alleged the former defensive lineman lied in 2003 about taking a previously undetectable... More »

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NFL • steroids • Barry Bonds • IRS • athlete • Marion Jones • BALCO • Dana Stubblefield

Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

Disgraced runner draws maximum sentence recommended in plea deal

Jan 11, 08 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month... More »

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steroids • track and field • Olympic Games • Marion Jones • BALCO

OPINION

Charges Against Bonds 'Absurd'

New York Sun columnist calls the case a 'public relations ploy'

Nov 16, 07 9:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Barry Bonds undoubtedly lied through his teeth when he denied all things steroid in front of a grand jury, writes New York Sun columnist Tim Marchman, but the charges against him are nevertheless "absurd." The case hinges on proving that Bonds knowingly took the drugs and talked about... More »

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San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • BALCO • Greg Anderson

IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

100-meter gold may go to runner in another drug scandal

Oct 5, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Olympic Committee announced today that it is ready to make a speedy move to strip Marion Jones of the three gold and two bronze medals she took home from the 2000 Sydney Games. Now that Jones has pled guilty, IOC vice-president Thomas Bach intends to "accelerate and... More »

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anabolic steroids • doping • track and field • Olympic Games • Marion Jones • BALCO • gold medal

Marion Jones Used Roids in 2000

Track star admits unwittingly using 'the clear' under coach's deception

Oct 4, 07 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney games. The track star will plead guilty on Friday to lying to federal agents regarding her drug use, the Washington Post reports. It is not clear if Jones could be stripped of the three gold... More »

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steroids • anabolic steroids • Marion Jones • BALCO

Steroids Case Leaker Draws
2½ Years

Judge rejects loose-lipped attorney's Scooter Libby defense

Jul 13, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A lawyer who allowed reporters access to transcripts of confidential testimony about steroid use in baseball was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday. The penalty is the most serious yet to stem from the government's intensive performance-enhancing drug investigation. More »

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steroids • San Francisco • Barry Bonds • Jason Giambi • Gary Sheffield • Victor Conte • BALCO • baseball

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