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Buster Olney writes that when Ryan Braun won the appeal of his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, it highlighted a much different opinion among players than it would have 10 or 20 years ago. Today, players want cheaters caught.

Blog | Conversation | March 01, 2012

True fact: Twice as many Americans watched a hockey game Sunday as those who watched the last game of the 2009 ALCS, between two small-market teams known as the Yankees and Angels. Another true fact: Eight million more Americans watched that Olympic...

Blog | Conversation | March 02, 2010

For some in Major League Baseball circles, there was steroid fatigue the day after Mark McGwire's admission. "I'm so sick of this stuff," one executive said Tuesday. "It just never seems to end." There was relief on behalf of the slugger...

Blog | January 13, 2010

Buster Olney speaks with several people from around baseball to try to get a handle on how Mark McGwire's recent confession is being received throughout the sport. Plus, answers to readers' questions on McGwire, and news and notes from around the league.

Blog | Conversation | January 13, 2010

Jorge Arangure examines the sudden rise in Cuban defectors, pointing out seven key reasons behind the movement, ranging from the success of Alexei Ramirez and Kendry Morales to the transition of power from Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul Chavez.

Blog | Conversation | September 16, 2009

Outfielder Karim Garcia led a noteworthy 10-year career in the majors. After bouncing around Japanese and Mexican leagues he's landed in Korea where he's putting up the strongest numbers of his life.

Blog | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Baseball's newest drug-testing agreement is never going to satisfy idealists -- count me among those -- who wish everyone in the sport wished to make the fight against performance-enhancing substances his first priority. Baseball's revised program do...

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2008

Team USA's loss to Greece early Friday morning was given one quick sentence in radio reports on this network in the morning. Just as much news was delivered on meaningless baseball results dealing with teams that had no shot of getting in the playoff...

Blog | Conversation | September 01, 2006

Melvin Mora took so much battering from the Venezuelan media for pulling out of the World Baseball Classic that Magglio Ordonez was afraid to not play. Now even Pedro Martinez is taking heat in the Dominican Republic, and he can't even throw batting ...

Blog | Conversation | March 06, 2006

Welcome to The Show! On Friday, former MLB star and current ESPNdeportes analyst, Enrique Rojas, will stop by to talk about the World Baseball Classic, Sammy Sosa and much more. Rojas has covered baseball for 12 years with various Dominican news...

Chat | March 03, 2006

Cuba gets a chance to show off its baseball talent at the World Baseball Classic.

Story | Conversation | January 27, 2006

Welcome to The Show! On Friday, Seth Wickersham, writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com., will stop by to answer your questions in chat. Although he specializes in pro football, he also has covered Major League Baseball, college football, the ...

Chat | March 10, 2005

Welcome to The Show! On Tuesday, Seth Wickersham, writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com., will stop by to answer your questions in chat. Although he specializes in pro football, he also has covered Major League Baseball, college football, the...

Chat | February 28, 2005

Sources say pulling together a World Cup-style tournament by next March might not be possible.

Story | Conversation | June 29, 2004

Can you picture these guys playing baseball for Greece in the Olympics? Hey, all you need is a little talent and an ancestor who left Athens on a Westbound steamer.

Story | Conversation | January 05, 2004

Users respond to the idea of expanding the MLB playoffs.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2003