Baseball tells Congress it's nearing steroids accord
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Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell told Congress on Tuesday that Major League Baseball's players and owners must come together "in a well-planned, well-executed and sustained effort" to remove steroids from the national pastime.
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Major league baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport's executive council.
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Attention. Attention. On the subject of drug testing, Major League Baseball wishes to announce it is now joining the 21st century. And only five years late. But do we quibble at this point or applaud? The sport made a genuine move on steroids. Too bad it required a scandal, threats from Congress and many ill-gotten numbers, to force the issue.
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Chuck Knoblauch has agreed to talk to congressional staff members about steroids in baseball while Roger Clemens continued his campaign Monday to fight steroid allegations.
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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 is expected to announce a tougher steroids testing agreement, one which will have suspensions for first- time offenders at a maximum length of 10 games.
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London, England (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball and the United States Congress aren&#39;t the only organizations wanting to get to the bottom of the steroids scandal that has rocked the sports world.
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Major League Baseball and the players' association have agreed to discuss recommendations from a report exposing widespread steroid use that could lead to a further crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs.
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The Diamondbacks and Yankees were close to a deal Thursday to send Randy Johnson to New York.
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NEW YORK - Major League Baseball will attempt to finalize negotiations within a week to move the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, a high-ranking baseball official said Thursday after a meeting of the sport&#39;s executive council.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks and Yankees were close to agreement Thursday on a deal that would send Randy Johnson to New York.
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Representative Henry Waxman, the chairman of a House oversight committee may call baseball players to testify at a hearing on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
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President Bush wants Major League  Baseball management and players to take strong steps to combat  steroids and believes progress is being made, his spokesman  said on Wednesday.
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Major-league baseball players encouraged their lawyers yesterday to reach an agreement with owners on tougher testing for steroids.
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Major League Baseball should enforce stronger rules against steroid abuse by players on its own, but Congress will require changes by law if necessary, leading lawmakers said Sunday.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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(ARC-CPOD) Dec. 11, 2004 - Recent allegations of steroid use have prompted baseball fans in the United States to consider direct action from their legislative branch, according to a poll by Gallup.