The Feds, the fans, or whoever wants to know about the real story of steroids in baseball should look no further than Jose Canseco’s tell-all tomes, “Juiced” and “Vindicated”. Start there, take the newly released BALCO records as your proof and let the chips fall where ...

Interesting juxtaposition of events this week. As the Baseball Hall of Fame announced honorees, one sure-fire future Hall of fame candidate -- Roger Clemens (now pictured more frequently in court than on the mound) -- must feel a tightening noose around his legal neck...and must also feel the HOF sl...

Spitting Bill Romanowski says he is in training for the head coaching position of the Denver Broncos.  What does he offer: A fine understanding of steroids, HGH, and every other faddish nutso training gimmicks guaranteed to advance NFL careers;  great connections to BALCO A great mentoring...

The San Francisco Examiner's Bruce Jenkins writes on Jason Giambi's return to the Bay area.  No, not for the Raiders but for the As. It's official now: Jason Giambi has signed for a second stint with the A's. What a grim, borderline-terrible bit of news. Listen, there were few scenes greater th...

Dwain Chambers, fastest man in England, says he needs money, and he needs it now.  The UK's top sprinter who feasted on a BALCO regimen of steroids, HGH, and the other BALCO PEDs now cannot run in international track meets due to bans on ex-drug users.  Seems it isn't fair to ban a guy who...

Today, the UK's premier sprinter Dwain Chambers learns whether his appeal to the country's Olympic committee will allow the tainted sprinter to compete at Beijing in 2008. Chambers case is particularly disturbing.  Chambers worked with tainted coach Remi Korchemny who obtained drugs from B...

1.  More on Roger Clemens's legal problems. The good news is that Clemens would be a first time offender. (SI) 2.  MMA fighter Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira tests positive for steroids.  (MMA Fighting.com) 3.  Jason Giambi's new image: the mustache...next a Corvette.&nbs...

Interesting column from the normally logical Gwen Knapp today.  She wonders why a 40 year-old male like Barry Bonds received a free pass when he belted a home run every time he spit, meanwhile a successful 41 year-old female swimmer -- Dara Torres --  comes under the intense scrutiny of th...

1.  Will anyone enjoy track again?  (ESPN) 2. Drug-cheat Dwain Chambers runs as low as 10.06; prepares to fight lifetime Olympic ban  (The Sun) 3.  A little older story on Brian Roberts and his faith overcoming steroids taint.  (Lancaster Online) 4.  Ex-drug suspended T...

Two runners tied together by BALCO PED drug  cheating traveled separate paths.  One - Marion Jones -- serves time in jail for lying to investigators; the other -- Kelli White -- graduated from with a MBA.  The Denver Post looks at them: In meetings less than a week apart in 2004, offi...