Congress Asks Justice Department to Investigate Tejada

Congress began its public examination of the Mitchell Report into baseball's steroids era by calling today for the Justice Department to look into whether former AL MVP Miguel Tejada lied to committee staffers when questioned in connection to the Rafael Palmeiro perjury case in 2005.

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Fan Sues Yankees Over Steroid Use

A longtime fan is suing the New York Yankees over some players' reported use of performance-enhancing drugs, saying he wants repayment for $221 in tickets and a public response from his once beloved team.

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1980's big leaguers pushed aside for Steroid Era numbers

"The accomplishments of my generation of players are completely overshadowed by what guys were doing five, 10 years later. And not all of those guys were legitimate."

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Mark McGwire snubbed by Hall of Fame again

When I clicked on the link from my feedreader, my first thought was.. damn Mark is looking very old... :)

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Was Roger Clemens' Accuser Asking Him For Money?

In the recently played 17-minute phone conversation, McNamee sounded desperate enough to do or say just about anything, telling Clemens he has no money, no job and a very sick son. Was Brian McNamee asking Roger Clemens for money? That's certainly how it sounded. How do you like your star witness now, George Mitchell?

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Why Doubt is Clouding Roger Clemens' Denials

Dear Roger - You indignantly wondered why you haven't been given the benefit of the doubt. OK, let's go over it one more time. Your trainer of 10 years, Brian McNamee, a man with zero incentive to lie, says he injected you with Steroids & HGH. Your training partner (and closest friend) Andy Pettitte, has admitted that McNamee injected him with HGH.

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Do We Really Need Congress to Investigate the MLB?

By the time Congress finishes with Clemens & Pettitte, we might all have a better idea about what they did or didn't do. But with a war raging and the price of oil soaring, should Congress really be that concerned about whether a couple of millionaire ballplayers cheated? Do we really need hearings to tell us that baseball had a drug problem?

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Clemens: Injections Were Vitamin B-12 & Painkiller

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," Roger Clemens told interviewer Mike Wallace that he never used banned performance-enhancing substances but was injected by former trainer Brian McNamee with vitamin B-12 and with lidocaine, a painkiller. When pressed further - "Swear?" Wallace asked. "I swear," Clemens replied.

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