Congress targets Tejada
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Baseball's drug problem grew thornier yesterday as Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate former American League MVP Miguel Tejada for possibly lying about steroid use and cited a sudden spike in the number of major leaguers who have received medical exemptions to use banned amphetamines.
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Congress announced plans yesterday to review the use of performance-enhancing drugs, with star-studded hearings scheduled next month and legislation to limit access to steroids and human growth hormone.
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After spending last season trying to absorb lessons from All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada, Luis Hernandez will try and fill his sizable shoes at shortstop.
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Congress announced plans Tuesday to review the use of performance-enhancing drugs, with star-studded hearings scheduled next month and legislation to limit access to steroids and human growth hormone.
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Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada is placed on the 15-day DL, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 1,152, fifth longest in history.
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Miguel Tejada is under FBI scrutiny, officials said Thursday after opening a preliminary investigation into whether the former AL MVP lied when he told federal authorities he never took steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
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Members of Congress insist that retired players should play a bigger role in making it better.
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Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada arrived at camp early Monday morning and vowed to be "a different Miguel" this season.
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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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Some lawmakers are warning of a voter backlash against members of Congress &quot;trying to protect their own&quot; if party leaders keep escalating a constitutional dispute over the FBI&#039;s raid of a representative&#039;s office.
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NEW YORK - Center fielder Carlos Beltran, who met Tuesday with the Yankees, now plans to meet with the Mets. The race to sign the free agent who aided the Astros&#39; recent playoff run is heating up.
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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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The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has targeted President Bush's handling of climate change.
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Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane was surprised when Miguel Tejada was mentioned in the Mitchell Report but has no regrets about acquiring the star shortstop.
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Chuck Knoblauch will come to Washington on Friday to talk to congressional staff members about Roger Clemensâs challenge to the Mitchell report, the House panel said.
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Colombia's Congress will look into allegations that President Alvaro Uribe has links to the country's far-right paramilitaries, a member of the committee responsible for the investigation said Thursday.
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Andy Pettitte may provide key testimony to the House oversight committee investigating his former teammateâs challenge to the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.