Lawmakers Want MLB to Fix Steroid Woes
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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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The U.S. congressional chairman who  pressured Major League Baseball in 2005 to crack down on  steroid use chided pro athletes for failing to do more to steer  children away from the performance-enhancing drugs.
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A long-awaited report on steroid and performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball, which is to be released today, will lay blame at all levels of the sport for a widespread drug problem and call for drastic changes in the league's drug-testing program, according to sources briefed on t...
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A panel commissioned by Congress and professional sports leagues urges steroids education to begin in grade school.
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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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Former New York Yankees slugger Chuck Knoblauch spoke for 90 minutes with attorneys for the House of Representatives Oversight Committee looking into Major League Baseball doping here on Friday.
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Sen. John McCain on Saturday demanded immediate action by representatives of major league baseball's players and owners to tighten the sport's drug-testing policy "to restore the integrity of baseball" or face possible congressional action.
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WASHINGTON  - US Senator John McCain warned that Congress may consider imposing drug tests on major league baseball players, as Washington tries to stem the damage from a raging doping scandal that has discredited professional sport.
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House Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to punish oil companies that won't renegotiate faulty drilling leases issued by the government almost a decade ago that have allowed companies to avoid paying billions in oil and gas royalties.
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A report chronicling widespread steroid  use in U.S. Major League Baseball has saddened longtime fans  but left them hopeful firm action will be taken now that the  scale of the problem is out in the open.
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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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Bee Staff Writer. Which might be why Major League Baseball and the players&#39; union are moving to address the issue of reported steroid use by stars such Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, sports marketing experts say.
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The former Texas Rangers owner says steroids have 'sullied' baseball.
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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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Members of Congress insist that retired players should play a bigger role in making it better.
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The Major League Baseball Players Association asked a federal appeals court late Monday to revisit its December decision to allow investigators probing steroids in sports to use the names and urine samples of more than 100 players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
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Sammy Sosa is hoping to slam his way back into baseball. Two years after being among several players who testified before a congressional committee looking into steroid use in professional baseball, the 38-year-old Sosa is trying to make a comeback and has a minor league contract with his original team &#151; the Texas Rangers.