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Buster Olney explains why baseball writers should view the Hall of Fame as a museum meant to document history, with all that entails, and elect players suspected of PED use if they are worthy.

Blog | Conversation | November 25, 2012

Former AL batting champions Bernie Williams and Bill Mueller are among 13 newcomers on baseball's 2012 Hall of Fame ballot, joining top holdovers Barry Larkin, Jack Morris, Lee Smith and Jeff Bagwell.

A federal judge has angrily criticized Congress for withholding an audio recording that lawyers want for the trial of pitching great Roger Clemens.

While the '68 Dodgers have the greatest draft haul ever, they aren't the only team to stock up in a single draft. Not including drafts that resulted in one superstar (Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, etc.), here are six other great drafts. Detroit Tige...

It's not about whether players from the steroid era deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. The real question is: Do any of these players even care about making the Hall of Fame?

The Hall of Fame must figure out how it should acknowledge a history that includes so many of the game's greatest yet tarnished players.

A guilty verdict on one of the charges against Barry Bonds means baseball's worst nightmare is one step closer to becoming a reality: The game's greatest players are discrediting it.

Roger Clemens said Wednesday that he's eager to defend himself in federal court this summer and that his future Hall of Fame chances aren't a "big deal" for him.

It's always a harbinger of hope, sure. But in this year's mixed-up, locked-out sports world, baseball's Opening Day is something else, too. It's shelter from the storm.

It's always a harbinger of hope, sure. But in this year's mixed-up, locked-out sports world, baseball's Opening Day is something else, too. It's shelter from the storm.

Given what baseball fans have endured and debated in recent years regarding the nature of performance-enhancing drugs in the game, what stance should they take with Lance Armstrong as he fights charges against him?

Blog | Conversation | January 19, 2011

Roger Clemens' perjury trial next year will take a lot of twists and turns. One of them might depend on how well the Rocket can keep his temper.

The long grand jury process is over, and Roger Clemens has been indicted. Now the serious trouble begins for the "Rocket." Here's what happens next.

Pedro Martinez might not make it with the Phillies, but one thing is certain: His comeback in Philadelphia won't be boring.

Somebody has always had an excuse, a way to dismiss the latest steroid revelation in baseball. But no longer. Not after Manny Ramirez's suspension.

The Mitchell report once threatened to explode baseball into a million fragments. One calendar year later, the game has managed to reduce the decade's most vexing issue into an unpleasant afterthought.