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Sports Central March 14, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Gambling With Steroids Olympic athletes who try to bend the rules are ousted and excommunicated. Baseball players who have steadily used steroids in the past should go the same way. |
Sports Central February 10, 2005 Piet Van Leer |
Should Jose Canseco Be Believed? Yes, we've been here before with Canseco, and odds are if we buy enough books, he'll make other shocking claims in later editions. But should he be ignored? |
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Baseball's worst-kept secret Now the worst-kept secret is out: Steroids have a firm footing in the game and they do enhance performance... |
Sports Central April 16, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Survey Says: Steroids Don't Matter The Associated Press and AOL Sports polled 1,001 adults about their thoughts on professional baseball today. The results are interesting, if not startling. |
Sports Central June 20, 2007 Joe Boesch |
Giambi Shouldn't Be the MLB Scapegoat But he may have opened his mouth too much this time on the issue of steroids. |
Sports Central September 26, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Baseball's Big Embarrassment If those in charge of the sport don't change what is happening to their game in an appropriate manner, they will lose their fan base permanently. |
Salon.com May 31, 2002 Allen Barra |
Steroids: The cancer that's growing inside baseball Until the national pastime solves its drug problem, the game's integrity will be threatened... |
Sports Central June 26, 2009 Paul Foeller |
Do We Really Hate Steroid Use? We are guilty of enabling their steroid use by remaining willingly and blissfully ignorant of it. |
Reason June 2005 Aaron Steinberg |
In Defense of Steroids Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice: A book review of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big, by Jose Canseco. |
Sports Central February 25, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
Questions, Answers, and More Confusion Everyone has been talking about it -- the steroid issue. Yet, believe it or not, baseball will survive with or without the steroids, and any allegations Jose Canseco has made. |
Sports Central March 22, 2005 Andre Watson |
McGwire Loses in Court of Public Opinion For a person who seemed larger-than-life while he was on the baseball diamond, Mark McGwire's poor performance at the congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball will have a lasting effect on his legacy. |
Sports Central March 13, 2005 Vince Grzegorek |
Baseball's Coming to Washington And we're not talking about the new Nationals. The steroid story has opened like a ninth-inning rally, and the U.S. House of Representatives has been called in for relief. |
AskMen.com |
Steroids It is important to understand the dangers associated with steroid use -- dangers that not all men are aware of. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Victor Conte Interview We caught up with Victor Conte, possibly the most infamous non-athlete associated with steroids, to find out if the next generation of athletes are destined to raise the bar by juicing, just as snowboarders and tennis players do by continuously getting improved equipment? |
Sports Central March 26, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Sports Media's Steroid Hypocrisy Today's sports pundits have more in common with Major League Baseball's braintrust than they'd like to admit -- they all placed their heads in the sand just deep enough to play blind to the sport's steroid subculture while still being able to hear the cash register ring. |
Sports Illustrated September 10, 2002 Tom Verducci |
A Dopey Policy Baseball's new drug testing program is the laughingstock of experts who see it for what it is -- a toothless public relations ploy. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Jeff Hwang |
EA's NCAA MVP EA makes something out of nothing with the first-ever college baseball game. The shame is that this will probably be the best baseball game on the market this year, but it's likely that only the most die-hard video-game baseball fans will play it. |
Sports Central May 15, 2009 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Manny Ramirez' Ball Tales Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez, recently suspended for testing positive for a banned drug, said the drugs were prescribed by a physician for a "personal health issue." Should we buy Ramirez' explanation? |
Sports Central December 15, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Lenny Dykstra, From 'Nails' to Nailed If the Mitchell Report teaches us anything, it's that "The Steroid Era" was all encompassing. Pitchers, catchers, fielders. Black, white, Latino. Stars, scrubs, and Ricky Bones. |
Sports Central June 5, 2013 Adam Russell |
Lifetime Bans Will Cure the Steroid Problems Well, here we are again with another drug scandal in Major League Baseball. We are, once again, faced with our diamond heroes having their reputations tainted with the use of illegal substances. |
Sports Central May 22, 2007 Paul Tenorio |
Should Barry Bonds Be a Hall of Famer? Barry Bonds surely had Hall of Fame numbers before the steroid controversy erupted. So does his alleged steroid use change the picture -- and should it? |
Sports Central August 3, 2007 Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
Sports Central March 21, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Hearings Expose Inept Congress and MLB The House of Representatives and its House Government Reform Committee held hearings on March 17, 2005 supposedly to bring light to the subject on the prevention of steroid use in Major League Baseball. |
Salon.com June 20, 2002 Allen Barra |
Marvin Miller: Don't trust baseball's drug-testing proposal The former head of the Baseball Players Association says that the owners have no reason to crack down on steroid use -- so the commissioner's random-test proposal may just be moral grandstanding. |
Sports Central August 11, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Barry Bonds, the Symptom and the Cause Baseball lost its way years before Barry Bonds began his formal assault on Hank Aaron's record. He's a symptom of that degradation of character, but far from its cause. |
Reason January 2003 Dayn Perry |
Pumped-Up Hysteria Forget the hype. Steroids aren't wrecking professional baseball. |
Sports Central July 13, 2005 William Geoghegan |
Long Live the Long Ball Who needs steroids? Certainly not the players in this year's record-breaking Home Run Derby, the opening sideshow to Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game. |
AskMen.com June 7, 2013 Dave Golokhov |
Biogenesis Steroid Scandal We want to believe that everyone is clean and that athletes are playing fair. As today shows us -- once again -- the hard truth is quite different. It will always be that way. |
Sports Central August 31, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Unaccountability Leaves Cloud Over MLB As long as positive drug test results can be dismissed by players, doubted in the headlines, and penalties to players so meager, Major League Baseball will continue to have a public relations cloud over its head. |
AskMen.com Jonno Hill |
Cal Ripken Jr. Interview We recently got the opportunity to sit down and talk with legendary shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.about how baseball has evolved since he first got in the game. |
Sports Central August 13, 2009 Jeff Kallman |
Big Papi's Big Burden David Ortiz isn't the first baseball player to say he got nailed by a test for actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances. |
Sports Central February 18, 2005 Vince Grzegorek |
A Literary Romp Through Steroids Welcome just the two latest chapters in the ongoing steroid saga that has dominated the offseason of baseball. |
Sports Central April 3, 2005 Mike Round |
Baseball Returns After a Tumultuous Winter It hasn't been a great winter for sports in general, but only baseball has drawn the wrath of Congress. So who's to blame for this steroid mess, and how does the sport repair the damage? By playing the games and letting the actual drama of the season take precedent. |
Sports Central June 10, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
The Steroid Gossip Game It's a difficult gig for anyone paid to promote Major League Baseball's product as a sports journalist, to reconcile one's dedication to morals and standards while celebrating alleged, supposed, and would-be "cheaters." |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Mark Hyman |
Steroid Scandal? Pass the Peanuts Do fans care half as much as a few politicos and media scolds? They seem a lot more interested in the free-agent mating dance between Red Sox hurler Pedro Martinez and Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner. |
Sports Central December 3, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown There's not a single reason to keep Mark McGwire out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central November 18, 2003 John Roberts |
Baseball's Truest Test Baseball has been brought back to reality after the dreamlike run the Florida Marlins gave us this past postseason. Major League Baseball announced more than five percent of its players randomly tested this year were positive for steroids of some sort. |
Sports Illustrated November 29, 2001 Frank Deford |
Owners, aiders and abetters There are plenty to blame for baseball's current woes... |
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The Injury Toll Steroid use may explain a sharp rise in the time baseball players spend on the disabled list... |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
How To: Get Into Baseball Even though there's a lull in sports right now, there's no need to pout. If you haven't paid much attention to baseball before, here are some tips on how to get into the game. |
Sports Central June 1, 2009 Brad Oremland |
No, ESPN, Steroids Still Aren't Okay ESPN The Magazine has published a piece that goes further. Zev Chafets argues that steroids are as wholesome as apple pie. |
Salon.com May 25, 2001 King Kaufman |
Major league aggravation I was happy to pay $9.95 to listen to baseball on the Web. But what I got for my money was a lesson in how little regard the game has for its fans. Problems getting customer support from MBL.com. |
Sports Central October 15, 2008 Chad Wilson |
America, Baseball Need Philly/Tampa Series I like is seeing new, hungry teams in the World Series. That is why I am praying for a Phillies/Rays series. |
Sports Central February 2, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
Sports Integrity, Where is It? I first thought maybe this was like a parody of professional wrestling, and the MLB was actually encouraging more players to start using steroids. |
Sports Central February 27, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: What Does 756 Mean? Nobody cares about the prospects of the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series. It's all Bonds and it's all 756. Can he do it? And will it be relevant? |
AskMen.com |
Ramirez Suspended For Drug Violation Ramirez is the most prominent suspended under the drug policy players and owners put in place seven years ago. |
Sports Central April 7, 2005 Vincent Musco |
Bonds Leaves Us Feeling Confused Barry Bonds is positioned to break Babe Ruth's home run record but other issues such as steroid use cloud his image. |
Sports Central April 15, 2005 Derek Daggett |
Fight Club: Fenway-Style Major League Baseball needs to enact a no tolerance policy to address the problem of fan misbehavior. |
Sports Central February 17, 2005 Daniel Collins |
Why Baseball Should Let the Players Cheat Former Arizona Cardinals head coach and current Redskins coordinator Joe Bugle once coined the phrase, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying." If that's the case, you have to give the bulk of Major League Baseball players an "A" for effort. |
Sports Central March 30, 2006 Jeff Kallman |
The Trouble With Barry He may pass Hank Aaron as a home run hitter and a ballplayer, but Hank Aaron is light years past Barry Bonds as a man. |