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…but no one does anything about it. But Yankfan vs. Soxfan has a good idea on how to denote the statistics of questionable players. * # & ? (etc.)  

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From Time.com, following the release of the Mitchell Report: Even though the Mitchell report didn’t have a section on sports writers, ask yourself this: the Senator’s staff spends months to produce a 400-plus page report documenting his investigation of steroid abuse in Major League Baseball, and within 24 hours a relatively small group of journalists […]

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Back to Bonds

December 14, 2007

This discussion, held at the Commonwealth Club of California in Oakland on May 30, features Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, discussing, what else? Marty Lurie moderates. Program description: “With the weight of a prison sentence off their shoulders, Fainaru-Wada and Williams open up about their role in the BALCO steroid case that rocked pro sports. […]

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Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell

December 14, 2007

An excerpt from the press conference: Commissioner Selig’s response: Who says only Americans really care about the steroids scandal? One more response: A commentary by Sports Illustrated‘s redoubtable Tom Verducci.  Another from the Business of Baseball Web site. And an in-depth piece from Editor and Publisher, of all places. This one is interesting, because it […]

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According to a report in Variety, Ron Shelton, who brought the baseball classic Bull Durham to the big screen, has been signed to turn Game of Shadows, the expose on Barry Bonds and steroids,  into a HBO project. Shelton will write the script with his “Tin Cup” writing partner John Norville as soon as the […]

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Bonds

November 16, 2007

Sorry, you won’t find much here. There are writers far more up on the subject of Barry Bonds, indictments, steroids, ethics, etc. Suffice it to say that there will be at least one book out in the very near future. Fainaru-Wada and Williams will make the talk show circuit again, which will have the consequent […]

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