Baseball Expected to Announce Tougher Steroids Policy
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PHOENIX (Sports Network) - 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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Major League Baseball officials have taken steps to contact federal investigators involved in a crackdown on the import of Chinese steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to determine whether baseball players are entangled in the probe, an MLB spokesman said yesterday.
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Commissioner Bud Selig remained mum yesterday on the steroid investigation, but there's growing sentiment that suspensions for players found to have used performance-enhancing drugs could be forthcoming.
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Major League Baseball has introduced a Department of Investigations to lead the fight against drugs in the sport, it said on Friday. The new department will have "primary responsibility for conducting all investigations into violations of Major League Baseball's rules and policies," said an MLB statement.
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Major League Baseball and the players association said Monday that the leaders of the two sides have outlined a new drug-testing program that would be significantly more stringent than the existing policy.
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We want players to fess up if they've taken steroids. We want the truth, for a change.
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PHOENIX, United States  - Major League Baseball Players Association chief Don Fehr said that discussions have started with owners upon the framework for a tougher anti-doping policy that could be ready next season.
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Sen. George Allen, R-Va., says Major League Baseball needs to move fast to toughen its steroids-testing policy in order to avoid congressional action.
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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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SALVO, North Carolina  - U.S. athletics coaches whose athletes are sanctioned for doping will be penalised themselves under a revised USA Track and Field policy, the national governing body announced on Thursday.
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The U.S. PGA Tour, the Royal & Ancient and other leading golf organizations are expected to outline a comprehensive anti-doping policy for the sport on Thursday.
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The next round of bargaining sessions intended to strengthen Major League Baseball&#39;s steroids-testing program have yet to begin, but the position taken by the players
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball  commissioner Bud Selig responded to Arizona Senator John  McCain's comment regarding the steroids controversy that has  rocked the sport by saying he would accept help from the  government if the union doesn't accept a change in the current  rules.
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Alex Rodriguez expects to be questioned repeatedly about drug use as he approaches Barry Bonds' career home-run record.
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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 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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Baseball commissioner Bud Selig would accept government intervention on steroid testing if the players' association refuses to change the current rules, which run for two more years.