Former Union Leader Pans Steroid Agreement
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Former players' union head Marvin Miller panned baseball's new steroids agreement, saying Thursday that there is not enough evidence of the drugs' dangers to support the new intrusion into the athletes' lives.
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Tough steroid testing is on the way, apparently. It&#39;s too bad that it took ugly BALCO testimony and Senate threats to force Don Fehr and Gene Orza, the leaders of the union, to pull their heads out of the sand.
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All that stands between Randy Johnson and the New York Yankees are a bunch of medical tests. The Big Unit and the Yankees reached a preliminary agreement Thursday on a &#36;32 million, two-year contract extension, leaving only a physical as the final step needed to finishing the drawn-out process of finalizing the trade Arizona and the Yankees agreed to Dec. 30.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer from the Yankees came 47 years to the day after the team dismissed Casey Stengel, who also spent 12 seasons as the teamâs manager.
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Baseball players gave their lawyers the go-ahead Tuesday to reach an agreement with owners on tougher testing for steroids.
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Players applaud baseball's new steroid agreement that calls for harsher penalties and mandates frequent and offseason testing.
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An official involved with negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players&#39; association said leaders of the two sides had outlined a new and significantly more stringent drug-testing program.
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A growing steroid scandal has entangled the sport's biggest star, and now Washington wants reform
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District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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Gary Sheffield was testifying before a federal grand jury in San Francisco in 2003 when a prosecutor held up the testoterone-based steroid known as &quot;the cream,&quot; supplied by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.
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Major League Baseball (MLB)  commissioner Bud Selig signed a three-year contract extension  on Thursday and will remain at the helm as the sport tries to  weather the controversy over steroids.
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Tuesday it would work toward a new agreement with owners for tougher steroid testing.
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Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA  and NHL will join forces with the United States Olympic  Committee (USOC) to combat the use of performance enhancing  drugs in sport.
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The baseball players' union has agreed to discuss with owners the recommendations George Mitchell made to toughen the sport's drug program.
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The catalyst for the resumption of talks this week between NHL management and the players' association has told his union brethren to be prepared for the lockout to last well into next season.
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Don Fehr is always quick to say what&#39;s said in baseball union meetings is confidential. That edict didn&#39;t change this week when the executive board held what turns out to be a historic session on steroids.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association will testify before Congress this month as part of its investigation into steroids in sports.