MLB drug testing can't be secondary anymore
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The Sporting News - Before former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell had uttered a syllable last week about his long-awaited report on performance-enhancing substances in baseball, you knew, we knew, all God's children knew there were juicers in the game.
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Major League Baseball and its players union will begin meetings today in Manhattan that could lead to a more stringent drug-testing policy.
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Mike Matheny's decision to retire was made for him. His doctor refused to clear the longtime catcher to play in 2007 after a concussion sidelined him for the final four months of last season.
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Baseball players agreed to a stricter policy for steroids and other drugs that will include more tests and tougher penalties.
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Olympic athletes soon will have their blood tested for human growth hormone, but the NFL and baseball officials instead are embracing the unproven concept of urine testing in their bid to stop use of the performance-enhancing drug.
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Lawyers for baseball's players' association and owners resumed talks Tuesday aimed at a new agreement to toughen rules on steroid testing.
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Even if baseball institutes more stringent drug testing, there will still be a number of ways for players to defy detection, many doping experts say.
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PHOENIX (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 has created a department of investigations to look into allegations of illegal drug use by players, among other things.
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It&#39;s time to fess up. We were among the hordes of skeptics (sheep?) who boldly proclaimed drug-testing would blow a hole in the number of runs and home runs we&#39;d see in 2004.
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IT&#39;S TIME for Major League Baseball -- and its players union -- to agree to get tough on steroids by adopting a zero-tolerance policy that requires more frequent testing and ever-harsher penalties for those who use -- and continue to abuse -- such
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Baseball has barely started breathing again since Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi admitted to using steroids - a scandal that froze the industry for an entire week.
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In the wake of leaked grand jury testimony that implicated superstars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi in the BALCO steroid scandal, Major League Baseball and the Players Association may be close to forging a tougher new policy on drug testing.
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Major League Baseball players began facing sanctions last year if they tested positive for illegal steroids. The NFL bans steroids and randomly tests its players. NBA rookies are tested up to four times a year, while veterans are subject to one random test during training camp.
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(CBS/AP) Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) says he will introduce legislation imposing drug testing standards on professional athletes if baseball players and owners do not adopt a stringent crackdown on steroids by January, The
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As moderate as George Mitchellâs report was, it had no power to force baseball to upgrade its testing and penalties. Labor and management still have to work out the next steps.
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PHOENIX -- Baseball players gave their lawyers the go-ahead yesterday to reach an agreement with owners on tougher testing for steroids.