Local manager weighs in on steroid use
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By the numbers. By Elia Powers. With recent reports stemming from grand jury testimony that link major league baseball sluggers Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds to past steroid use, discussion of the sportâs tainted image resurfaced this week.
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Our position is: Steroid scandal grows out of a culture that accepts winning at any cost. Shock, outrage and uproar have surrounded New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi&#39;s admission that he used steroids and
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It is a strange time in baseball. The announcement of Hall of Fame voting is due today, and the issue of performance-enhancing drugs was part of the thought process for voters in determining which of the boxes they checked off. Perhaps it wasn't quite as important as statistics and performance accolades, but, unfortunately, these are the times we live in ...
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Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said its executive board planned to discuss steroids when it convenes this week.
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Baseball&#39;s players union must step up to diffuse the growing drug-enhancement scandal that has gripped the nation&#39;s pastime.
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Major League Baseball officials have taken steps to contact federal investigators involved in a crackdown on the import of Chinese steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to determine whether baseball players are entangled in the probe, an MLB spokesman said yesterday.
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Phoenix -- Baseball&#39;s union leaders, facing calls from some of its members to crack down on steroids, will discuss changing its drug-testing policy today after reports of Barry Bonds&#39; and Jason Giambi&#39;s explosive grand jury testimony in the BALCO case.
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Baseball&#39;s long-simmering drugs scandal burst open yesterday, with the reported admission by the star New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi that he used a cocktail of steroids for the three seasons between 2001 and 2003.
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Baseball Jason Giambi got two messages yesterday. One was from commissioner Bud Selig telling him to talk steroids with George Mitchell . The other was from the players' union telling him to hold off. In the wake of Giambi's recent apology for "doing that stuff," Selig asked the New York Yankees star to cooperate with baseball's steroids investigator within two ...
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In Phoenix, the players&#39; union chief sees progress in talks for tougher drug standards, but no deal yet. PHOENIX - As players gathered here for their annual union executive board meeting, baseball commissioner
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One question that arises whenever a player is linked to steroids is, "What would he have done without them?" Baseball history whispers an answer.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Gary Player said Wednesday he knows of at least one golfer who has used steroids, and he urged golf organizations to move quickly toward a random drug-testing plan.
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CHICAGO -- On Wednesday, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen addressed his battle with Hunter Wendelstedt a week ago that resulted in the two-game suspension that began on Tuesday.
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Goose Gossage can understand why some players would try steroids. With major league salaries so high, finding a way to extend a career is an awfully tempting proposition.
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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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TAMPA, Fla. -- Steve Swindal returned to work at Legends Field on Monday and apologized for becoming a distraction. He wouldn't speculate whether his arrest last week for driving under the influence would alter his role as George Steinbrenner's designated successor to run the New York Yankees.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A Benton County judge has ordered a hearing next month to determine if baseball manager Wally Backman violated his probation three years ago.