...baseball, football and track. Novitzky testified that Thomas' lies hindered the federal investigation of drug maker Patrick Arnold, who prosecutors wanted to indict in 2003 but had to wait another three years to amass...

Suspended game

Three players who violated Major League Baseball's drug policy reflect on life without baseball.

Suspended Phillie Romero files suit

Suspended Phillies reliever J.C. Romero has filed suit against a nutritional supplement manufacturer alleging an unlisted ingredient in one of its products caused him to test positive for a substance banned by Major League Baseball.

...baseball, football and track. Novitzky testified that Thomas' lies hindered the federal investigation of drug maker Patrick Arnold, who prosecutors wanted to indict in 2003 but had to wait another three years to amass...

Phillies' Romero out until June 1

Suspended Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero said Saturday that he wasn't aware of baseball's toll-free drug hotline until after he'd already tested positive for a banned substance contained in an over-the-counter supplement.

Romero suspended; no appeals planned

Phillies reliever J.C. Romero was officially suspendedTuesday for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance.

4 Ways To Beat The System

If you're a big leaguer looking for an edge, MLB's drug policy still has holes large enough to drive a team bus through

Hall of Famers take innocent-until-proved-guilty approach

Barry Bonds and steroids have become the hot-button topic in Cooperstown, where most Hall of Famers are taking an innocent-until-proved-guilty approach on the Giants' slugger.

Baseball Chemistry

...About Chemistry. No, not in the locker room. We listen to some of the thoughts of Patrick Arnold, a chemist who helped supply Victor Conte at BALCO

Audio PodCast | July 26, 2007

Broadcaster Costas not upset over Bonds' comments

A day after Barry Bonds called him a "midget man,'' broadcaster Bob Costas said he wasn't upset and responded with a jab of his own.

Patrick Arnold, Chemist

Former BALCO consultant Patrick Arnold talked about his close work with Victor Conte, addressed THG, the Clear drug which he created...

Audio PodCast | July 25, 2007

Sheffield wants to reach out to Bonds, lashes out at BALCO's Arnold

Gary Sheffield is rooting for Barry Bonds to break Hank Aaron's home run record.

Chemist thinks Bonds, Sheffield took steroids

The chemist who invented "the clear" believes Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield took steroids.

BALCO leaker Ellerman gets 2½ years in prison

An attorney who admitted leaking the confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes to a reporter was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, by far the harshest penalty to result from the government's sprawling probe of steroids

BALCO leak source pleads guilty to obstructing justice

A Colorado lawyer pleaded guilty to obstructing justice by leaking grand jury documents to reporters covering the government's probe of steroids in sports.