Just when you thought that baseball was on the downside of the Steroid Era, and that the scandals were thinning out, another bombshell hits the sport. Manny Ramirez has tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended 50 games for violating Major League Baseball’s testing program.
According to sources, Ramirez tested positive for [...]
The trial of Barry Bonds may not be coming to a start anytime soon after all. Prosecutors are appealing a ruling made by the judge earlier this month that barred crucial evidence from being admitted, forcing them to delay the start of the trial until after the appeal.
The trial was set to begin on [...]
Yuri Sucart, the infamous cousin who was injecting Alex Rodriguez with the steroids was barred by the Yankees brass from being anywhere near the team.
According to reports, Yuri-Rod is not welcome anywhere the team congregates, including stadiums and team hotels, for both spring training and the regular season.
No word on how A-Rod will get home [...]
Bud Selig says he’s proud of what baseball has accomplished with regards to steroids and testing, and says that he shouldn’t get any of the blame for this tarnished era.
Selig told Newsday that Major League Baseball accomplished more than anyone thought was possible. Really? That’s your official view on this?
“The reason I’m so [...]
While most of the baseball world was focused on the part where Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking banned substances during his Texas years, there were quite a few eyes and ears that were focused on the reporting of the story. Selena Roberts, Peter Gammons, Bob Costas, ESPN and the MLB Network (among others) were on display this weekend. Some did better than others.
In his first interview since Sports Illustrated reported him testing positive for steroids, Alex Rodriguez told ESPN that it is all true and that he was taking performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. What does this mean and can it be defended?
Back in 2007, Vince McMahon and his team of lawyers sat down for a Congressional hearing about steroids and wrestling. What followed may be the greatest transcript in the history of Congress (minus the definition of “is”). McMahon and his crew were the typical assholes that they appear to be, and while they [...]
Jose Canseco just can’t stop talking. Or writing, as it were.
Canseco’s book, Juiced, may have very well started the Steroid Revolution, leading baseball to accept that it had a problem, and his naming of names which turned out to be pretty accurate gained him a certain amount of credibility. Then, he followed that [...]
Roger Clemens was reportedly “heartbroken” when he was not featured in the video montage of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history prior to Sunday’s home finale. Clemens watched the event from home on a battery-powered television (no power from hurricane), with his wife and mother-in-law as he watched himself get ignored.
Also not [...]
With news of Lance Armstong’s un-retirement from the world of competitive bike riding, it’s just a matter of time before there is talk once again of doping in the professional biking world. Between Armstrong and Floyd Landis, and the seemingly hundreds of other guys who get kicked out ot the Tour de France each [...]