Giants’ Bochy Pulled Guillen Over Health Concerns, Not Performance Drugs...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he decided to leave Jose Guillen off the postseason roster before learning of the outfielder’s alleged link to a federal investigation...
View ArticleJudge Allows Disputed Audio Evidence In Bonds Perjury Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge in the perjury case against Barry Bonds has decided to allow an audio recording in which, prosecutors say, the baseball star’s personal trainer discussed his...
View ArticleBonds Perjury Trial Lawyers Asked To Consider Plea Bargain
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) – With less than five weeks to go before the federal perjury trial of home run champion Barry Bonds in San Francisco, the judge presiding over the case asked both sides Friday...
View ArticleJury Chosen For Barry Bonds Perjury Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) — A jury was chosen in federal court in San Francisco Monday afternoon for the perjury trial of home-run champion and former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds....
View ArticleGiants’ Mota Suspended 100 Games For Drug Violation, Blames Cough Syrup
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests. The...
View ArticleManny Ramirez May Not Be Ready To Play When Suspension Ends
OAKLAND (CBS/AP)- Manny Ramirez might not be ready to play for the Oakland Athletics by May 30 when his suspension ends. Manager Bob Melvin says the A’s want to make sure Ramirez is fully prepared and...
View ArticleClemens Speaks Out As He Joins Bonds On Failed Prosecution List
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS / AP) — Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds. Guilty on a technicality. At least that’s how much of the public sees it. It’s all that came out of a seven-year...
View ArticleGiants Star Melky Cabrera Suspended For Season After Positive Drug Test
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Major League Baseball Commissioner’s Office said Wednesday that San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera has received a 50-game suspension without pay after testing...
View ArticleDaily Madden: Cabrera Shouldn’t Return For Playoffs
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Melky Cabrera’s fifty game suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs means he could return for some post-season play if the Giants reach the playoffs. John Madden told...
View ArticleGiants Cancel Order For Melky Cabrera T-Shirts, Consultant Banned
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The San Francisco Giants canceled an order for 20,000 Melky Cabrera T-shirts just in time. Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter said Tuesday that the order was stopped just...
View ArticleA’s Starter Colon Suspended After Positive Drug Test
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) - Former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics was suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for testosterone. Major League Baseball made the...
View ArticleDaily Madden: The Excuse The Giants Didn’t Need
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – “When you get an excuse to lose, you don’t take it.” That was John Madden’s reaction to the Giants three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers following the suspension of their...
View ArticleRavens LB Lewis Denies Using Performance-Enhancing Substance
NEW ORLEANS (CBS / AP) — Of all the topics Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis wanted to talk about at Super Bowl media day, deer-antler spray probably was not on the list. He declined to directly...
View ArticleA’s Reliever Norberto Linked To Clinic Providing Performance-Enhancing Drugs
MIAMI, Florida (CBS Sports) — Newly surfaced documents documents reportedly add five names to the list of ballplayers linked to Anthony Bosch’s controversial Biogenesis clinic. Those names are Oakland...
View ArticleA’s Colon Among Players Interviewed As Part Of MLB Drug Probe
A-Rod, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Former Giant Melky Cabrera and current Athletic Bartolo Colon are among the 20 or so players who may be disciplined for their links to the now-closed Miami clinic,...
View ArticleMLB Seeks Phone Records Of Melky Cabrera Associate In Drug Probe
MLB asked the phone companies for call records, texts and subscriber info for the phones of Juan Carlos Nunez, an associate of outfielder Melky Cabrera - formerly of the San Francisco Giants.
View ArticleA’s Bartolo Colon Among All-Stars Playing Under Drug Cloud
Four All-Stars this year - San Diego shortstop Everth Cabrera, Oakland pitcher Bartolo Colon, Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz and Detroit shortstop Jhonny Peralta - have been linked in media reports to...
View ArticleA’s Colon Not Among 13 Players Punished In Biogenesis Scandal
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — On a day filled with recrimination, regret and refrain, 13 players were penalized Monday as a result of Major League Baseball’s six-month-plus investigation of Biogenesis of America,...
View ArticleA-Rod Met With BALCO Founder Conte Seeking Supplements
The New York Daily News is reporting that Alex Rodriguez sought advice on supplements from Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative founder Victor Conte, who was at the center of the largest federal criminal...
View ArticleFormer Athletic, Giant Tejada Linked To Biogenesis Scandal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS Sports) — Six-time All-Star Miguel Tejada, who has played for the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants, was suspended over the weekend by Major League Baseball for 105 games...
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