May 25, 2013

MLB: Clemens trial goes to jury

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Former all-star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens arrives at the U.S. District Court during his perjury and obstruction trial June 11, 2012 in Washington, DC. Clemens’ defense team plans to rest its case today and U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he hopes to get the trial to the jury by Tuesday. A seven-time Cy Young [...]

MLB: Giants baseball player Sandoval questioned over possible sex assault

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Pablo Sandoval #48 of the San Francisco Giants stands in the dugout with a cast on his left wrist during their game against the Milwaukee Brewers at AT&T Park on May 6, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (May 5, 2012 – Source: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images North America) (Reuters) – San Francisco Giants all-star infielder Pablo [...]

Hard work, not steroids, key to Clemens’ baseball stardom: lawyer

Former baseball star Roger Clemens leaves Federal District Court in Washington D.C.

(Reuters) – Roger Clemens’ lawyer on Tuesday told jurors that the former pitching star did not commit perjury when he denied using steroids, saying Clemens is opposed to the performance-enhancing drugs and succeeded through hard work. “You are sitting in judgment to decide whether it is a crime to deny a crime,” attorney Rusty Hardin [...]

Ex-baseball ace Clemens “trapped” in web of deceit – prosecutor

Former baseball star Roger Clemens leaves Federal District Court in Washington D.C.

(Reuters) – Former baseball star Roger Clemens wove a web of deceit to cover up his steroid use, going so far as to lie about it in testimony before Congress, a prosecutor said at the start of ex-pitcher’s second perjury trial on Monday. Proof of Clemens’ steroid use includes needles and bloody swabs that independent [...]

MLB: Reds’ Votto joins $200-million club with new deal

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto tosses his helmet after striking out against the San Diego Padres in San Diego

(Reuters) – Canadian Joey Votto became just the fourth Major League Baseball player to reach a contract worth more than $200 million after agreeing to a 10-year extension with the Cincinnati Reds, the team said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but the first baseman, who had two years remaining on [...]

MLB: Off hook, Braun goes into bully mode

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Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers poses for a portrait during a photo day at Maryvale Baseball Park on February 26, 2012 in Maryvale, Arizona. (February 25, 2012 – Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — When Ryan Braun, the baseball player now best known for testing positive for synthetic [...]

MLB: Barry Bonds has until March 21 to file written arguments

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Former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds arrives at federal court for a sentencing hearing on December 16, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Bonds is appearing at a sentencing hearing after a jury found him guilty on one count of obstruction of justice and was a hung jury on three counts of perjury for lying [...]

Bonds appeals conviction on obstruction charge

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Former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds (C) is flanked by security guards as he leaves federal court following a sentencing hearing on December 16, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement and two years probation after a jury found him guilty on one count of obstruction of [...]

Canadian doctor to star athletes gets fine, no prison

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(Reuters) – A Canadian sports doctor who treated top athletes and admitted bringing illegal performance-enhancing drugs into the United States was sentenced on Friday to probation for his role in transporting drugs across the border. Dr. Anthony Galea of Toronto pleaded guilty in July to introducing misbranded drugs into the United States in a plea [...]

Bonds sentencing expected Friday in perjury trial

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -APRIL 8: Former major league baseball player Barry Bonds leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House April 8, 2011 in San Francisco, California. The jury is deliberating the case in which Barry Bonds is accused of perjury and obstruction of justice in his 2003 testimony about his steroids [...]