
Latest A-Rod troubles have team frustrated
Alex Rodriguez was speaking on a conference call. "A huge debacle," he said. "Distasteful." That was on Dec. 13, 2007, when he re-signed with the New ...
Thomas: No sympathy for steroids-tainted stars
Retired Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas feels even better about his career after watching steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and ...

Sosa says he and McGwire belong in Hall of Fame
Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire ...

Column: Armstrong and Te'o, and lies and liars
The verdict is finally in on Lance Armstrong, and it's worse than anyone thought. His appearance with Oprah was a disaster in so many ways that you ...

Confession may lead to legal woes for Armstrong
By admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his professional cycling career, Lance Armstrong potentially opened himself up to a stream of ...
MLB to expand blood testing for HGH
Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and increase efforts to detect abnormal levels of testosterone, ...

Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied
Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no ...

Steroids fallout: No BB Hall for Bonds, Clemens
No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out ...

Judgment day for Bonds, Clemens, Sosa at Hall
Judgment day has arrived for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa to find out their Hall of Fame fates. With the cloud of steroids shrouding many ...

Steroids loom in major-college football
With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more ...

Appeals court to hear Bonds' appeal on Feb. 13
A federal appeals court will hear Barry Bonds' appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction early next year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Larkin: Drug cheats do not belong in Hall of Fame
Barry Larkin wants to keep baseball's most exclusive club clean. Inducted into the Hall of Fame last summer after a 19-year career with the Cincinnati ...

AP survey: Bonds, Clemens likely miss in Hall vote
Baseball's all-time home run king and its most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated ...

Column: The Big 3 deserve a big no in Hall vote
It could have been the greatest Hall of Fame class since Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb were installed in the very first vote back in 1936. It would have been ...

Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey win MVP awards
Miguel Cabrera has a Most Valuable Player award to go with his Triple Crown. And Buster Posey has an MVP prize to put alongside his second World ...

Giants beat Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings for sweep
Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.

Sandoval's 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener
The Babe. Mr. October. El Hombre. And now Kung Fu Panda. Pablo Sandoval joined Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols as the only sluggers to hit ...

Buster Posey leads Giants back to World Series
On a team known for stellar pitching, bushy beards and quirky personalities, the unquestioned leader of the San Francisco Giants is their understated ...

Giants on to World Series with 9-0 win over Cards
San Francisco's players, soaked to the core in a driving rain, began running around the field slapping high-fives with fans. Sergio Romo danced ...

Schmidt: A-Rod was cursed once he got big contract
There was a time when Alex Rodriguez was touted as the guy who could relieve us of Barry Bonds as the home run king. He was young, healthy and an MVP ...

Armstrong's foe says finding truth the No. 1 goal
Even those who don't recognize his name will almost certainly know what Travis Tygart has been up to lately. To put it simply, he's the man who's been ...

Column: Day of reckoning had to come for A-Rod
Joe Girardi should be manager of the year just for the guts it took to sit down his $275 million third baseman and help the New York Yankees advance ...