Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: steroids

steroids stories: 183 news summaries

81 - 100 of 183 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

Baseball Owners, Players Toughen Drug Policy

They agree to more tests; players in Mitchell Report are spared

Apr 12, 08 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clubs and players agreed yesterday to toughen Major League Baseball's anti-doping policy, the AP reports. Players will be tested more frequently without notice, and the game's outside administrator—a position created in 2005 to oversee testing—will get more authority. As part of the deal, all of the players named... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Bud Selig • Jose Guillen • doping • World Anti Doping Agency • baseball • Jay Gibbons • Mitchell Report • performance-enhancing drugs

Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc

California physician faces federal drug charges

Apr 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities unsealed an indictment yesterday that charges Dr. Ramon Scruggs and two associates with illegally prescribing performance-enhancing drugs to MLB players. One assertion made in the indictment is that players’ agents referred them to Scruggs, though no agents are named. The doctor, along with associates Allan Danto and Heidi... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Mitchell Report • Ramon Scruggs • Allan Danto • Heidi Macpherson

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 »

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

 Who Will Sign Bonds, When? 

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

Apr 4, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(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... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Barry Bonds • perjury • baseball • Mitchell Report

 McNamee Selling Clemens
 Mementos on eBay

'Break-up' memorabilia profits go to juvenile diabetes group

Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
sports • steroids • Roger Clemens • online auction • anabolic steroids • auction • Andy Pettitte • Jose Canseco • memorabilia • human growth hormone • sports memorabilia • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

Marion Jones Reports to Jail

Former Olympic medalist starts 6-month sentence

Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Marion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • sentencing • probation • athletics • federal prison • Olympic Games • Marion Jones

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 »

MORE ABOUT:
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

FBI Begins Clemens Probe

Agency looking into allegations pitcher lied to Congress about steroids

Feb 28, 08 5:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI today began investigating whether Roger Clemens committed perjury when he told Congress that he never used performance-enhancing drugs, Bloomberg reports. The agency opened a preliminary review one day after a House panel told the Justice Department it suspected Clemens of lying. The pitcher insists he never took steroids... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Department of Justice • steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Miguel Tejada • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • Rusty Hardin

Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe

Bipartisan letter wants to look at star's steroids denials for perjury

Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A congressional committee today asked the Justice Department to examine Roger Clemens’ denials under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs and determine if they constitute perjury, the AP reports. In the letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis cite the pitcher's statements contradicting those of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Tom Davis • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Michael Mukasey • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Rocket Avoids 'Roid Q's at Camp

Clemens wants to focus on baseball

Feb 26, 08 11:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens arrived at the Houston Astros’ training camp determined to avoid questions about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. “Everything’s been said that needs to be said on that. We’re moving forward. It’s baseball time. We’re going to enjoy that,” the hurler said.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Houston Astros • Roger Clemens • training camps • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

House Panel May Go After Clemens on Perjury

Panel drafts letter asking Justice Dept.
to investigate

Feb 26, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The congressional panel that questioned Roger Clemens about steroids has drafted a letter asking the Justice Department to investigate whether he committed perjury, the New York Times reports. The letter doesn't name his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who testified the same day and insisted Clemens is lying, but that could... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • Department of Justice • steroids • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • perjury • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs

Photo Looks Like Trouble
for Clemens

Fan's party snapshot could figure in potential federal investigation

Feb 22, 08 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old fan's photo of Roger Clemens could mean trouble for the scandal-battered pitcher, especially if the congressional committee pursuing the steroids investigation refers the case to the Justice Department, the New York Daily News reports. The image is allegedly of Clemens at a 1988 party given by Jose Canseco,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • steroids • Barry Bonds • Congressional oversight • Roger Clemens • Jose Canseco • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

China Bristles
at US' Olympic Food Snub

Beijing insists meat
is safe, but Americans will brown-bag it

Feb 22, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - China says it's a "pity" that US athletes won't be joining their international counterparts at dinner tables during the Olympics this summer over worries about the safety of food and water. American athletes will ship in their own meat and eat at their own training center, and China is... More »

MORE ABOUT:
China • steroids • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • US Olympic Committee • chicken • imported food • contaminated water

'Miracle' HGH's Awful Truth: It May Not Work

Testimonials aside, study shows hormone benefits few patients

Feb 20, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Here’s the list of people human growth hormone is proven to help: the elderly, AIDS and tuberculosis patients, and people with hormone deficiencies. Baseball players aren’t on that list, Newsweek reports, and neither are thousands of ordinary people who believe HGH slows the aging process. “There’s... More »

MORE ABOUT:
elderly • steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • studies • health research • performance-enhancing drugs

Pettitte Sorry for Taking HGH

Says he hasn't spoken to Clemens in a month

Feb 18, 08 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Andy Pettitte apologized to fans and teammates today for using human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte said he had not spoken to Roger Clemens, whom he implicated in HGH use in a congressional deposition, in more than a month. “I can't even describe how uncomfortable” the Clemens situation... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

McNamee Counsel: Rocket Can Rely on Bush Pardon

Poppy pal has nothing to worry about, he says

Feb 14, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for trainer Brian McNamee said today if pitcher Roger Clemens is ever charged with lying to Congress about steroid use, he would be pardoned by President Bush, the AP reports. "Even if he's prosecuted, he will never have to serve jail time or face a trial,”... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • steroids • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • George HW Bush • human growth hormone • baseball • Brian McNamee • Richard Emery • George W. Bush

Cone Denies Conversation With McNamee

Ex-pitcher said he never talked about drug testing in baseball

Feb 14, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - David Cone said last night he never had a conversation with Roger Clemens' former strength coach Brian McNamee about drug testing in Major League Baseball, reports the New York Times. During testimony before Congress yesterday, McNamee was asked about a conversation he said he had with Cone in 2000 that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • MLB • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Mitchell steroids investigation

UPDATED

Clemens, Trainer Stories at Odds

McNamee says he injected pitcher more than he claimed earlier

Feb 13, 08 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Ex-trainer Brian McNamee today told Congress he injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs more often than he’d already admitted, saying he'd remembered incidents since his initial statement. Andy Pettitte, meanwhile, revealed in that Clemens had admitted taking HGH years before—a charge Clemens said Pettitte misheard—and Pettitte himself... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

Pettitte Will Skip Clemens Steroid Hearing

Described as 'not a good witness' in contradictory deposition

Feb 12, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will not be called to testify before the congressional committee investigating the Mitchell Report and alleged steroids use by Roger Clemens, ESPN reports. Former Mets trainer Kirk Radomski and ex-player Chuck Knoblauch will also not testify, which leaves Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee. McNamee... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • baseball • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

Clemens' Lawyer in Hot Water

Rusty Hardin criticized for remarks made about a federal agent

Feb 11, 08 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The battle rages on in the Roger Clemens steroid scandal, but this time it's his lawyer who is under fire. The chairman of the congressional committee overseeing one inquiry into steroid use in baseball criticized Rusty Hardin for comments he made about IRS agent Jeff Novitzky. “If he ever... More »

MORE ABOUT:
steroids • Roger Clemens • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • Rusty Hardin

81 - 100 of 183 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >>


from our news partners