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Hall Announcements Loom

McGwire, Rice, Gossage hoping to get more votes this year

(Newser) - Hours before baseball's Hall of Fame voting announcements, Mark McGwire can only hope that early polling is inaccurate. It seems the eighth leading home run hitter will receive nowhere near the 75% necessary to be enshrined in Cooperstown, the New York Times reports. The genial redhead's widely presumed steroid use is believed to have doomed his chances. More »

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Common Supplements Have 'Roids

Study finds steroids in 25% of legal athletic supplements

(Newser) - An English lab, commissioned by an American consumer advocacy group, found small amounts of steroids in 13 of 52 athletic supplements. The study tested supplements that are legal, widely available, and commonly taken by high school athletes and workout junkies. Six of 52 also had the illegal steroid precursor androstenedione, made infamous by Mark McGwire. More »

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756 Could Be Worth $1M

But experts say to sell it soon

(Newser) - The ball from Barry Bonds' record 756th home run could fetch a cool million at auction, some experts say—though they warn Queens native Matt Murphy to sell now or risk striking out. "In today's memorabilia world, proximity to the event is important," one auction-house president says. More »

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