May 25, 2013

MLB: Palmeiro supports Bonds, Clemens for Hall of Fame

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Barry Bonds says Roger Clemens should be voted into the Hall of Fame, and now Rafael Palmeiro says Bonds and Clemens should both go in. I guess these type of guys look out for each other. And by type of guys, I, of course, mean players with staggering career statistics. [...]

Penn State Scandal: Paterno’s renegotiated contract amid Sandusky inquiry

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Head coach Joe Paterno of the Penn State Nittany Lions during warmups before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 11, 2010 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (September 10, 2010 – Source: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Veteran Penn State football coach Joe Paterno began talks that resulted [...]

MLB: Prosecution concludes in Clemens trial, now in seventh week

Former major league pitcher Roger Clemens arrives at U.S. Federal Court in Washington

(Reuters) – Government prosecutors accusing former pitching ace Roger Clemens of perjury wrapped up their case on Tuesday in a slow-moving criminal trial that has now entered its seventh week. Clemens’ lawyers said they will need seven to eight days to make their case in defending the retired major league star against charges that he [...]

MLB: Barry Bonds moving on in wake of 2011 conviction

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Exclusive… Baseball legend Barry Bonds and a friend out for a bike ride in Santa Monica, CA on February 18, 2012. (February 19, 2012 – Source: FameFlynet Pictures) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds is publicly referring to himself as a convicted felon these days, and he’s quick to point out that conviction was never [...]

Woman indicted for stalking Yankees executive Cashman

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman watches a bullpen session at the team's spring training camp in Tampa

(Reuters) – A British woman accused of stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has been indicted by a grand jury, prosecutors said in a Manhattan criminal court Wednesday. Louise Neathway, 36, was arrested last month after prosecutors said she harassed Cashman and convinced him to pay her $6,000 following what her lawyers called an inappropriate [...]

Family: Joe Paterno back in hospital for cancer observation

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno was admitted to the hospital Friday for observation due to minor complications from cancer treatments, his family said. In a statement released to The Associated Press, his family said that the 85-year-old Paterno continues to undergo a “regimen of treatments” after being diagnosed two [...]

Another teen alleges Sandusky raped him at football camp

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Pennsylvania attorney general is investigating a teenager’s allegation that Jerry Sandusky raped him in the Penn State football building in 2004, two years after the former assistant coach was a banned from bringing children into the facility, Fox News reports. The young man, now 19, has sued Penn State, [...]

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 [...]

Bears’ Hurd denies allegations of drug distribution to NFL players

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Sam Hurd #81 of the Chicago Bears works out during a summer training camp practice at Olivet Nazarene University on August 6, 2011 in Bourbonnais, Illinois. (August 5, 2011 – Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America) CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for Sam Hurd said Friday that his client had never sold drugs to [...]

Barry Bonds’ attorneys seek probation, not prison

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -APRIL 8: Former major league baseball player Barry Bonds arrives at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse 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 [...]