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4/15/2011
Barry Bonds verdict is vindication for one dad
By Christine Brennan, USA TODAY
April 13, 2011
Don Hooton has spent the past seven years of his life telling young people about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. He does this with good reason. He blames the suicide of his 17-year-old son Taylor on depression caused by anabolic steroid use.
So when his phone rang a little after [...]
4/15/2011
Barry Bonds convicted of obstruction of justice in performance-enhancing-drugs case
Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2011
After a government prosecution that lasted nearly seven years, a federal jury Wednesday convicted home-run king Barry Bonds on one charge of obstruction of justice for impeding a grand jury investigation into illegal steroid distribution.
The judge in the case declared a mistrial on three remaining counts.
Bonds was charged with [...]
4/7/2011
Roger Goodell: NFL insists on HGH test
Making changes to our program is critical and we have done that over the years. We need to do more, including the inclusion of HGH testing. – Roger Goodell
WOODLAWN, Md. — One of the hundreds of high school students attending an assembly Monday about the dangers of performance-enhancing substances wanted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to [...]
4/7/2011
Closings offered in Barry Bonds trial
Updated: April 7, 2011, 4:19 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO — Making a final appeal to jurors before they decide whether Barry Bonds lied about taking steroids, defense attorney Allen Ruby offered a simple explanation Thursday for why the government has spent years pursuing the home run king: “He was Barry.”
Bonds is charged with lying to a [...]
4/7/2011
Charge dropped in Barry Bonds case
Updated: April 7, 2011, 1:10 AM ET
ESPN.com news services
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds’ confident defense team rested its case Wednesday without calling a single witness, just minutes after a federal judge accepted the government’s request to dismiss one of the five counts against the home run king.
Prosecutors called 25 witnesses to the stand over 2½ [...]
3/25/2011
Report: League insists on HGH testing
Updated: March 25, 2011, 7:27 AM ET
ESPN.com news services
Whenever a new collective bargaining agreement is reached with the NFLPA, the league is insistent that HGH testing for all NFL players be included in the deal, according to a report on FoxSports.com.
“We want it. We think it’s necessary. We’re going to ensure that it’s done,” NFL [...]
3/25/2011
Barry Bonds’ estranged friend testifies
Updated: March 24, 2011, 9:31 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds’ trial was a lot like high school chemistry and biology class Thursday.
After former Bonds business partner and childhood friend Steve Hoskins finished a cross-examination in which he admitted his previous statements included inconsistencies and inaccuracies, Larry Bowers of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency took the [...]
2/22/2011
Performance Enhancing? Not When You’re on the DL/
An interesting article on Baseball’s Steroid Era points out an often-overlooked effect of steroids—namely, steroids cause injuries. The author’s thesis is that the jump in injuries is primarily due to joints and tendons not being able to keep pace with steroid-fueled muscle gain: “On its own, gaining significant amounts of weight from steroid use in [...]
2/17/2011
Bad Week For WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency is having an embarrassing week. Two high-profile athletes have been cleared of doping charges, and it’s only Wednesday. Michelle Voepel of ESPN.com reports that Alberto Contador and Diana Taurasi were both cleared of doping charges earlier this week. The event of athletes being cleared of doping charges is rare, and when [...]
2/15/2011
A ‘fall guy’ in the Bonds trial?
Home run king* Barry Bonds may sit idly by while a DH steps in to take a fastball right to the kisser. That’s figurative of course, but surely it can’t feel too great to be spending more than a year behind bars, and that is exactly what Greg Anderson has done for refusing to testify [...]