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NEWS ABOUT: Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco stories: 15 news summaries
OPINION

 To Cash In, 
 Jose Canseco 
 'Saved Baseball' 

His steroid stories prompted investigations of ignored problem

Jul 5, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Sometimes it takes a jerk to change the world,” and for baseball, Jose Canseco is that jerk, writes Jonathan Eig in the Washington Post. Canseco’s confessions and finger-pointing have helped expose widespread steroid use in the big leagues, and thus have “saved baseball.” His 2005... More »

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steroids • MLB • Jose Canseco • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • steroid use

 Shaq Challenges MMA Fighters 

'I'm coming for you' after retirement, he says

Jun 18, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shaquille O’Neal may be headed into the fighting ring after retirement. The 7-foot-1 NBA star posted a video challenging Mixed Martial Arts star Chuck Liddell and Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi to matches. Choi—who’s an inch taller than Shaq—recently crushed retired baseball player Jose Conseco within... More »

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basketball • Jose Canseco • Shaquille O'Neal • mixed martial arts • Hong Man Choi • Chuck Liddell

 Celebs Headed 
 for Foreclosure 

Jacko, Canseco, Ed McMahon fight for roofs over their heads

Jun 8, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even the famous aren't immune to foreclosure, as these celebrities, listed in Forbes, prove:
  • Xzibit: A pimped ride hasn’t been enough to pay the bills on his $536,000 Woodland Hills, Calif., home.
  • Jose Canseco: The ex-ballplayer, who penned a book on big-league steroids, stands to lose
... More »

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entertainment • housing market • foreclosure • housing • Jose Canseco • Evander Holyfield • house • Michael Jackson • home • mansion • Ed McMahon • Victoria Gotti • Xzibit

(Newser) - Jose Canseco, that other famous slugger linked to Madonna, slammed the age difference between the singer and beau Jesus Luz, Us Magazine writes. “Oh, my God! Doesn’t she realize she is 60 years old? Come on!” he said. The Material Girl (actually 50) can’t catch a... More »

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celebrity • Jose Canseco • Stephen King • Madonna • Guy Ritchie • Jesus Luz

(Newser) - Now that some of baseball's biggest names are coming clean on steroids, Jose Canseco is wondering when the league will apologize for vilifying him, the AP reports. The former slugger wrote two books that dealt with juiced players, but he got only grief for his efforts. "It's time for... More »

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steroids • Jose Canseco • apology • sports doping • baseball • Juiced

Canseco Calls for
Major League Drug Summit 

Says he can help baseball quit steroids

Feb 11, 09 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Former slugger Jose Canseco, who blew the lid off steroid use in two controversial books, is seeking to meet with baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr to discuss his plans to run drugs out of the game, reports AP. "I think I have the ear of... More »

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steroids • Bud Selig • Alex Rodriguez • Jose Canseco • Mark McGwire • baseball • Donald Fehr

Canseco Busted With
'Roids-Reversing Drug

Juiced author charged with smuggling testosterone booster

Oct 15, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former baseball player Jose Canseco was charged yesterday with bringing a mislabeled drug from Mexico into the US, TMZ reports. The drug, human chorionic gonadotropin, helps boost testosterone in men who have used steroids and can reverse some of their, ahem, shrinking effects; it’s illegal in the US without... More »

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steroids • MLB • Mexico • Jose Canseco • drugs in sports • human chorionic gonadotropin

Celebrity Foreclosure:
Canseco's Out at Home

Former baseball star forced to move into smaller home

May 1, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - It can happen to the rich and famous, too: Jose Canseco's mansion is in foreclosure, and he's had to move into more modest digs, Inside Edition reports. Canseco owed more than $2.5 million on the California property his neighbors called the "hotel." He made $30 million in... More »

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foreclosure • mortgage • debt • Jose Canseco • Washington Mutual • mortgage loans • mortgage debt • mortgage lender • subprime crisis • mortgage defaults

Trainer Refutes Canseco, Says A-Rod's No Juicer

'Max' says he's '100%' against enhancers, as was star shortstop

Apr 18, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A personal trainer says he's the man portrayed in Jose Canseco’s latest tell-all as pushing steroids on Alex Rodriguez; but Joseph Dion—called "Max" in Vindicated—denies any juicing ever happened and says he’s “hurt in every way” by the insinuation. The trainer maintains that throughout... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Jose Canseco • 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 »

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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

Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean

Slugger retreats from allegations that Rocket juiced his fuel

Mar 27, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bash Brother Jose Canseco has backed down from charges that Roger Clemens used more than workouts to pump his pitching arm. Contradicting what's written in his own books, "Juiced" and the upcoming "Vindicated," Canseco said in a TV interview that he now doesn't believe the Rocket... More »

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Roger Clemens • Alex Rodriguez • Jose Canseco • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • Juiced • Vindicated

 Canseco Links
 A-Rod to 'Roids
 in New Book 

Claims he introduced Rodriguez to known steroid dealer

Mar 26, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jose Canseco, baseball’s most outspoken steroid user, suggests that reigning AL MVP Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs in his new book Vindicated, reports the New York Post. This according to a Massachusetts-based writer, who found a copy yesterday in a local store, although it's not due for release... More »

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MLB • Roger Clemens • Alex Rodriguez • Magglio Ordonez • Jose Canseco • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Juiced • Vindicated • 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 »

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

Jose Canseco: Tell-All Author, Extortionist?

Sources inside MLB claim foul play over offer to keep Tigers' Ordonez name out of new book, for a fee

Jan 24, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Jose Canseco offered Tigers' outfielder Magglio Ordonez an offer he could refuse, say sources within baseball: invest millions in a film project, and be kept clear of allegations of steroid use in Canseco's follow up to tell-all biography, Juiced. MLB referred the case to the FBI, but Ordonez declined to... More »

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steroids • MLB • anabolic steroids • Magglio Ordonez • Jose Canseco • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Juiced • Vindicated

Texas Owner: Juan-Gone "Probably" Doped

Gonzalez is Rangers' boss biggest regret

Jun 21, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas owner Tom Hicks says he suspected slugger Juan Gonzalez had used steroids, judging from his body's early and expeditious breakdown. Hicks bemoaned his $24 million, two-year investment, which resulted in 152 games and 32 home runs during 2002-03. "We just gave that money away," he said. More »

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steroids • MLB • Texas Rangers • Bud Selig • Juan Gonzalez • Tom Hicks • drug use • Jose Canseco

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