Ripken Jr. Dodges Steroid Talk
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cal Ripken Jr. sidestepped questions about Mark McGwire and steroids on Tuesday, with Hall of Fame ballots bearing their names about to be mailed to voters.
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A post-race slip of the tongue has cost driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. the lead in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship. Earnhardt used an obscenity during his post-race, televised interview
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Alex Rodriguezâs 85-game performance has jolted the Yankees into a change of thinking after previously saying they would not negotiate a contract extension during the season.
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Despite winning Sunday's race and taking the overall Nextel Cup lead, Dale Earnhardt Jr. could lose points after cursing in an interview.
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Cal Ripken Jr., Major League Baseball's Ironman, shared the ballot with steroid-tainted sluggers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco on the list of Baseball Hall of Fame candidates announced on Monday.
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Usually, the start of spring training is a time of clean slates, sun-splashed fields and endless hope. Not this year. Steroids were the No. 1 topic Tuesday, when the new Washington Nationals, the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds opened camp.
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Joe Torre won't pick sides between Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, the former New York Yankees strength coach who accused the Rocket of using performance-enhancing drugs. "You're not going to get me in that jackpot," the former Yankees manager said Wednesday. "I'd rather just stay away from making any in-depth comment about the whole steroid-HGH thing."
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Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum. Maybe that's because the people under the most scrutiny this time Â Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens Â were nowhere to be seen.
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Before Sunday&#39;s game, Barry Bonds said he was dragging. He had his legs rubbed down with sports cream and asked reporters to give him some space.
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The Mitchell steroids report  finally hangs culpability on baseballâs commissioner and the players union chief all the way down to the most drug-free players who refused to challenge their leadership.
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The baseball community expressed concern for the sport after The Chronicle reported that Barry Bonds&#39; weight trainer claimed in a secretly recorded conversation that the superstar used an &quot;undetectable&quot; performance- enhancing drug during the 2003 season.
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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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Prosecutors said on Thursday they  would not seek indictments immediately, including a possible  one involving San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, in  their probe into steroids use by professional athletes.
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A longtime friend and former teammate of Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte may be asked questions regarding Clemensâs possible use of steroids before a Congressional committee.
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Roger Clemens talked about pitching and conditioning. What he didn't talk about was steroids.
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Cal Ripken has plenty on his mind these days, most notably raising two teenagers and overseeing a vast enterprise that includes several minor league teams and a flourishing youth baseball program.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.