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  • January 2008

    • Clemens Musters Stats to Counter Steroids Charges

      Associated Press  |  Jan 28, 08 8:12 AM CST

      Clemens Musters Stats to Counter Steroids Charges

      (Newser) - Roger Clemens was not in the “twilight” of his career or "washed up" in the late '90s, a statistical report released by his agents today aims to show, to refute allegations that the hurler used performance-enhancing drugs to rebound. The report compares his stats to other major league pitchers and shows Clemens was already an MVP the year his trainer claims to have begun dosing him. More »

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      steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • performance-enhancing drugs

    • Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed

      Associated Press  |  Jan 23, 08 10:23 PM CST

      Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed

      (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 to him by prosecutors were ambiguous and confusing, the AP reports. More »

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

    • Selig Wants to Avoid Repeat of 2005 Hearings

      ESPN  |  Jan 15, 08 8:33 AM CST

      Selig Wants to Avoid Repeat of 2005 Hearings

      (Newser) - It has been nearly three years since MLB commissioner Bud Selig was taken to task by members of Congress for allowing steroids to permeate the nation’s pastime. But while Selig has toughened the league’s stance on PEDs and commissioned George Mitchell to investigate baseball’s steroids era, the commissioner may still come under fire during today's congressional hearings, reports ESPN. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • steroids  • Mitchell Report  • performance-enhancing drugs  • Bud Selig  • MLBPA

    • Clemens Sues for Defamation

      Houston Chronicle  |  Jan 7, 08 7:10 AM CST

      Clemens Sues for Defamation

      (Newser) - Roger Clemens filed a defamation lawsuit against former trainer Brian McNamee last night, just before his "60 Minutes" interview aired, the Houston Chronicle reports. McNamee falsely claimed he had injected Clemens with steroids, the lawsuit alleges, when federal agents threatened him with jail time. McNamee’s lawyers say that’s nonsense, since the trainer could only have landed in jail by lying. More »

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      lawsuit  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • Mitchell Report  • performance-enhancing drugs  • Brian McNamee

  • December 2007

    • Bonds to Make First Court Appearance

      Associated Press  |  Dec 7, 07 8:31 AM CST

      Bonds to Make First Court Appearance

      (Newser) - Barry Bonds is set to appear in federal court today to face charges of perjury for allegedly lying under oath about knowingly taking steroids. Because the brief hearing at the Federal Building in San Francisco will be Bonds' first public appearance following his indictment, it's expected to draw hundreds of journalists. To minimize disruption, two judges will be brought to Bonds, rather than having the slugger appear in two different courtrooms. More »

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      baseball  • steroids  • Barry Bonds  • performance-enhancing drugs  • perjury

  • November 2007

    • The Name's Bonds, Barry Bonds

      Variety  |  Nov 29, 07 3:54 PM CST

      The Name's Bonds, Barry Bonds

      (Newser) - HBO is planning a movie about the recently indicted Barry Bonds, to be written and directed by Ron Shelton—the man responsible for Bull Durham, Tin Cup, and White Man Can't Jump. HBO has acquired the rights to the nonfiction book Game of Shadows , which detailed the unfolding scandal over Bonds and performance-enhancing drugs. More »

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      baseball  • movie  • steroids  • Barry Bonds  • performance-enhancing drugs  • HBO  • Hank Williams

    • Marion Jones Falls Further

      Associated Press  |  Nov 24, 07 2:44 AM CST

      Marion Jones Falls Further

      (Newser) - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones will have her results in races dating back to September 2000 wiped from the record books, reports the AP, under orders from track and field's world governing body. She's also been ordered to give back $700,000 in prize money. The IAAF council decided to retroactively disqualify Jones from all competitions in the last seven years. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • athlete  • performance-enhancing drugs  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • athletics

    • Need an Edge? Try Performance Enhancing Placebos

      Economist  |  Nov 2, 07 7:36 AM CDT

      Need an Edge? Try Performance Enhancing Placebos

      (Newser) - If there’s nothing actually illegal in your steroid injection, is it still cheating? Placebos, long one of medicine’s top tools, can act as performance enhancing drugs, a new study has proven. The study pitted athletic young men against each other in a pain-endurance contest. Those given a morphine placebo won handily. Of course, the athletes have to believe they’re actually cheating. More »

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      athlete  • performance-enhancing drugs  • World Anti Doping Agency  • placebos

  • October 2007

    • Cleveland Pitcher Bought HGH

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Oct 21, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Cleveland Pitcher Bought HGH

      (Newser) - Paul Byrd, the pitcher who's been critical in the Cleveland Indians' successful playoff run this season, bought almost $25,000 worth of human growth hormone between 2002 and 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle learned today. Byrd admitted taking HGH, but told Fox Sports he was using it legally with a prescription. The Chronicle report, however, says two of Byrd’s prescriptions came from a dentist whose license was suspended in 2003 for fraud. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Boston Red Sox  • Cleveland Indians  • human growth hormone  • performance-enhancing drugs  • Paul Byrd  • baseball playoffs

    • Legalize Steroids, Save Sports

      Washington Post  |  Oct 12, 07 12:20 PM CDT

      Legalize Steroids, Save Sports

      (Newser) - Nearly everyone has used drugs to improve performance in some aspect of life—caffeine to work late, sleeping pills to guarantee rest, medicine to clear up a cold—so it is nonsensical to prevent athletes from doing the same, argues Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post . Her answer to the burgeoning steroid scandals in sports is to legalize the substances and leave it up to athletes to police themselves. More »

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      athlete  • performance-enhancing drugs

  • September 2007
  • July 2007

    • Another Team Leaves Tour Under Cloud

      New York Times  |  Jul 25, 07 5:47 PM CDT

      Another Team Leaves Tour Under Cloud

      (Newser) - Today's stage of the Tour de France began with riders gathering for a short protest, and ended with another team dropping out after one of its cyclists failed a drug test. According to the New York Times , Cristian Moreni was led away by police after the stage, and his team, France's Cofidis, pulled out. More »

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      steroids  • performance-enhancing drugs  • cycling

    • Sheffield: Torre Discriminates

      ABC News  |  Jul 14, 07 12:32 PM CDT

      Sheffield: Torre Discriminates

      (Newser) - Yankee manager Joe Torre favors his white players over their black teammates, Gary Sheffield says, but the outspoken outfielder says he doesn't consider his ex-skipper a racist. "I think it's the way they do things around there," the current Detroit slugger tells HBO in an interview set to air next week. More »

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      New York Yankees  • steroids  • performance-enhancing drugs  • Joe Torre  • HBO  • Derek Jeter  • Gary Sheffield

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