Baseball needs zero-tolerance steroid policy
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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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Steroids boost the body, but donât expect a âgotchaâ in a playerâs statistics.
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Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, but there is still plenty of work to be done.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - With the dark cloud of steroids continuing to hover over baseball, it appears a tougher drug-testing policy may be in effect by spring training.
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Dozens of players are linked to banned substances, as a report on Major League Baseball alleges a serious drug culture.
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Former Sen. George Mitchell told a  congressional committee on Tuesday that everyone in Major  League Baseball must crack down on the use of steroids in order  to remove the "cloud" that performance-enhancing drugs had  created over the sport.
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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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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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Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of major league baseball players have taken steroids in the last few years. Yet no player has ever been suspended for steroid use.
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Baseball World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey criticized Major League Baseball yesterday, saying the sport was resisting George Mitchell's recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization. Fahey also challenged baseball's policy on human growth hormone, saying a scientifically valid and effective test for HGH exists. Testing has been used at the Olympics, and storing blood is a "scientifically ...
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Even halfway around the world, baseball can't avoid questions about steroids.
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Sport: Report on steroid use in US baseball expected to name 80 players as performance-enhancing drug users
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The Arizona Republican said Major League Baseball has to act quickly to restore its &quot;integrity.&quot; This is after players Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds reportedly testified that they used steroids.
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The slugger&#39;s testimony on steroid use raises sharp questions about integrity of baseball and all pro sports. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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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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What if baseball had a steroid scandal and nobody cared? &quot;In all honesty, that's an issue,&quot; said Gary Roberts, an expert in sports law at Tulane. &quot;For all we know, the American public may not give a damn. They may be happy if all their gladiators were stoked up on steroids and hitting 500 home runs.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball players and owners are currently meeting to hammer out a deal that would toughen rules on steroid testing in baseball.