Baseball, Palmeiro continue to bicker
Major League Baseball and Rafael Palmeiro continued to snipe at each other over privacy issues in his steroid case yesterday, making it hard to believe it has been only three...
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House panel probing whether Palmeiro lied at hearing
WASHINGTON - A House committee is investigating whether Orioles star Rafael Palmeiro committed perjury in testifying March 17 that he never used steroids. Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican who...
Palmeiro learned of failed test in May
While Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro chased historic hit No. 3,000 last month, he did so with the knowledge that he had failed a drug test. According to a source...
Why it took months to punish star
Who would have known when Rafael Palmeiro rapped his historic 3,000th hit in mid-July that he might well be remembered for a failed drug test and not a hugely successful...
Taking a swing at sports reform
WASHINGTON - John McCain - Arizona senator, willful reformer, once and perhaps future presidential candidate and former prisoner of war - has assumed yet another role: America's unofficial sports minister....
House to seek tougher rules on steroid use in pro sports
WASHINGTON - Athletes in five major professional sports leagues would be subjected to an unforgiving steroid-testing regimen under terms of legislation to be introduced next week in the House of...
Ex-Terp Dixon set to testify at NBA steroid testing hearing
WASHINGTON - Washington Wizards guard Juan Dixon has agreed to testify at a hearing on NBA steroid testing policies being convened by a House committee that expressed disappointment that other...
NFL commissioner opposes uniform approach on steroids
WASHINGTON - A congressional effort to create a single steroids testing standard for all professional sports gained momentum yesterday but was opposed by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who said the...
Steroid use in NFL may be wider than thought
WASHINGTON - Steroid use by players in the National Football League may be more widespread than tests have indicated, according to congressional staff members investigating the league's drug-testing program. The...
Baseball stars, officials testify
WASHINGTON - Some of baseball's brightest stars uneasily testified yesterday about steroid use, but a House committee saved its fire for baseball executives, going so far as to question whether...