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June 2009
- Wife to Bonds: You're Out
  
  New York Post | Jun 9, 09 8:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Disgraced slugger Barry Bonds is facing the possible end of his marriage, the New York Post reports. Elizabeth, his wife of 11½ years, filed for separation Friday, citing irreconcilable differences. Bonds, who hasn’t played baseball since 2007, recently wrote on his website that he is enjoying “having a lot of free time” with his 10-year-old daughter. His wife is seeking joint custody. More »
February 2009
- Feds Delay Start of Bonds Trial
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 27, 09 5:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The perjury trial of baseball’s home-run king won’t begin Monday as scheduled, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, with federal prosecutors today delaying—perhaps by months—the start so they can appeal a ruling that excluded what they view as key evidence against Barry Bonds. Reports of positive steroids tests were among the ammunition tossed as hearsay; the feds say that proved Bonds, 44, lied about using steroids. More »
- Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb 14, 09 12:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Maybe you think Bud Selig ought to void Barry Bonds’ chemically-bolstered home run record, but Hank Aaron does not. “I just don’t see how you really can do a thing like that,” the former, and just maybe future, home-run king told Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It belongs to Barry. No matter how we look at it, it’s his record.” More »
- Witness Says She Saw Bonds Being Injected
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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, who says Bonds confessed to him that he was using steroids. More »
- Expose the Users to Clear the Clean
  
  Washington Post | Feb 10, 09 10:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The steroids-in-baseball "shame game" shouldn’t be limited to A-Rod and Barry Bonds, writes Mike Wise in the Washington Post . To keep mum on the others who cheated the game is to ignore the "real victims": The regular players who "chose correctly between right and wrong" and never made it beyond the minors. Officials should release the names of all known users so that we can celebrate those who aren’t on that list. More »
- Feds: Fertility Drug Helped Bonds Mask Steroids
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 4, 09 8:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Federal prosecutors say they've got the goods on Barry Bonds, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Laying out evidence before his perjury and obstruction trial next month, prosecutors say they can prove the slugger used a designer steroid known as "the clear" in 2003 along with a female fertility drug to mask it. They've also got a tape-recording of his personal trainer explaining how they were evading drug tests at the time. More »
January 2009
- McGwire Hall Snub Bodes Ill for Bonds, Clemens
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 13, 09 4:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mark McGwire's awful showing in Hall of Fame voting—he got only 21.9% of votes this year, which is actually worse than last year and way below the required 75%—is a good sign that that fellow steroid pals Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds face long odds when they appear on the ballot four years from now, writes Bill Shaikin in the Los Angeles Times . More »
September 2008
- Feds Say They Can Prove Bonds Took 'Roids
  
  Associated Press | Sep 24, 08 8:01 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they will prove personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied Barry Bonds with the steroids that led to a positive test in November 2000, the offseason before the slugger hit a record 73 home runs. In a court filing today, prosecutors say they have two documents showing that Bonds tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2000 and that Anderson supplied the drugs. Bonds has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of making false declarations to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice. More »
July 2008
- Yankees Float Possibility of Bonds in Pinstripes
  
  Associated Press | Jul 24, 08 9:28 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? Hank Steinbrenner confirmed today that team officials are at least talking about acquiring baseball's home-run king, though he wouldn't say just how serious those talks are. Given how late it is in the season, the prospects are unlikely, the AP reports. The slugger, who turned 44 today, became a free agent when the San Francisco Giants did not bring him back this season. More »
- Baseball's All-Miscreant Team
  
  Radar | Jul 15, 08 4:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With baseball's All-Stars set to take the field at Yankee Stadium, Radar uses the occasion (and the fact that one is the tabloids' current fixation) to name its All-Morally Inept Team: C: Paul Lo Duca, then with the Mets, got the full New York treatment in 2006, when his affair with a 19-year-old became public. Divorce ensued. 1B: Yankees star Jason Giambi copped to steroid use before a grand jury in 2003, and apologized vaguely in '07. More »
May 2008
- How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos
  
  Slate | May 23, 08 6:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The days when journalists could get to know professional athletes well enough to write the kinds of profiles that would give fans true insight are long gone, Pat Jordan laments on Slate, with television and the accompanying big money the main culprits. Where Jordan once spent days with Catfish Hunter, he can't get to today's stars without dealing with an army of flaks. More »
- Bonds Hit With New Indictment
  
  ESPN | 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 against baseball's home-run king in November, before a judge ordered prosecutors to rewrite the original five-count indictment. More »
April 2008
- Bonds Ball Fetches $376K
  
  Associated Press | Apr 12, 08 10:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The last baseball Barry Bonds hit out of the park sold for $376,612 today, the winning bid coming from an anonymous buyer. There were a total of 13 bids on the baseball, caught by Jameson Sutton Sept. 5 at Coors Field in Colorado. Home run ball No. 762 is a bargain considering that SCP Auctions handled the sale of Bonds' record-breaking No. 756, which fetched $752,467. More »
- Giants Fall in Post-Bonds Home Opener
  
  Associated Press | Apr 7, 08 11:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Greg Maddux earned his 348th career win, Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-5 with a homer and four runs, and the San Diego Padres spoiled the San Francisco Giants' first home opener since cutting ties with Barry Bonds by winning 8-4 Monday. The Giants celebrated the 50th anniversary of their move from New York without the player responsible for the bulk of the team's highlights the past 15 seasons. More »
- Who Will Sign Bonds, When?
  
  ESPN | 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 means you take on the baggage that comes with him, including the constant media interruptions and a high dose of drama. More »
March 2008
- Feds Claim To Have Second Positive Bonds Drug Test
  
  ESPN | 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 drug test, in addition the the previous one which from 2000 which they say they have, sources have told ESPN. More »
February 2008
- Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 said in calling them "duplicitous." More »
- Bonds Hitless in Search for New Club
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 10, 08 2:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barry Bonds might have a bulked-up home run record on his resume, but his steroids-related indictment has thus far made his MLB job search a strikeout, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The all-time home run leader, now 43, remains a free agent after San Francisco cut him loose last year—despite his repeated claims that he would return to the field in 2008. More »
January 2008
- Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed
  
  Associated Press | 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 to him by prosecutors were ambiguous and confusing, the AP reports. More »
December 2007
- Bonds Sticks to 'Not Guilty'
  
  Associated Press | Dec 7, 07 7:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Baseball legend Barry Bonds pleaded "not guilty" today to four counts of perjury and an obstruction of justice in US District Court, the AP reports. After a brief session, the judge released Bonds without bail money and vetoed the government's request to have his passport seized. The baseball celebrity left the courthouse to chants of "Barry, Barry" from a small group of fans. More »