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  • FILE - This Aug. 24, 2007, file photo shows New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens throwing against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit. The New York Times reported on its website Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010,  that federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.  Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified under oath at a hearing before a House committee and contradicted each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson, File)

    Roger Clemens charged with perjury in steroid case

    A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids and growth hormone.


  • 5 arrested in All-Star protest at baseball meeting

    Police arrested five protesters outside the quarterly meeting of Major League baseball team owners in Minneapolis.


  • Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, left, and manager Ozzie Guillen share a laugh after they both spoke to reporters about acquiring right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson from the Arizona Diamondbacks before a baseball game between the White Sox and Oakland Athletics Friday, July 30, 2010 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

    Guillen says he was taken out of context

    Ozzie Guillen says his comments about Latin American baseball players have been taken out of context.


  • 'Major League' actor James Gammon dies at 70

    James Gammon, the gravel-voiced actor who played the manager of the Cleveland Indians in the 1980s comedy "Major League" and had a host of other movie and TV roles, has died. He was 70.


  • Baseball, clean your house

    "A call to action" is how Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig described former Sen. George Mitchell's devastating steroids report, vowing, "I will act." This must be the most disingenuous statement in the history of baseball. Mr. Selig should resign before the first pitch is thrown on the 2008 season.


  • Cal cops a new gig

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sports, not politics, will be Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.'s emphasis in his new role as a special envoy for the State Department.


  • First Down

    TAKE YOUR PICK " SHOULD DAVID BECKHAM PLAY AGAINST D.C. UNITED?


  • Victim of 756 shouldn't fear

    We are living 1998 all over again, only this time even worse.


  • In truth, consequences continue to elude Bonds

    Now that the dust has settled from the Barry Bonds pity party at the All-Star Game in San Francisco, it is important, though probably futile, to try to clean up the mess of lies, deceit and disinformation that has surfaced in regards to steroids and the home run record.


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