<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - mcgwire</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mcgwire</link><description>Newsvine - mcgwire</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 01:57:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Big Mac returns to SoCal as Dodgers hitting coach</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire is coming home as hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, lured by the chance to spend more time with his wife and five young children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15000632-big-mac-returns-to-socal-as-dodgers-hitting-coach</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15000632-big-mac-returns-to-socal-as-dodgers-hitting-coach</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>dodgers</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>andre-ethier</category><category>matt-kemp</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:56:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5978fddd-d89d-4199-8cfe-ae9da1634a21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5978fddd-d89d-4199-8cfe-ae9da1634a21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire watches batting practice before Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the Washington Nationals in Washington. McGwire was hired Wednesday, Nov. 7, as hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he will work with All-Star sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire to return as Cardinals coach</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire is coming back to the St. Louis Cardinals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5349226-mcgwire-to-return-as-cardinals-coach</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5349226-mcgwire-to-return-as-cardinals-coach</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>louis-cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:01:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DeMarco: As furor fades, McGwire settles into coaching</title>
<description><![CDATA[The scene repeated itself three times this week around the visitors dugout at Chase Field in Phoenix:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony DeMarco]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tony DeMarco]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/27/4211514-demarco-as-furor-fades-mcgwire-settles-into-coaching</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/27/4211514-demarco-as-furor-fades-mcgwire-settles-into-coaching</guid><category>people</category><category>home</category><category>baseball</category><category>television</category><category>la-russa</category><category>chase-field</category><category>jason-varitek</category><category>russa</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0060212198.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0060212198.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;PHOENIX - APRIL 19:  Batting coach Mark McGwire #25 of the St. Louis Cardinals signs autographs for fans before the Major League Baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on April 19, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona.  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Henderson glad McGwire acknowledged steroids use</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson said on Friday that former teammate Mark McGwire is better for admitting earlier this year that he used steroids during his major league career.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4168377-henderson-glad-mcgwire-acknowledged-steroids-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4168377-henderson-glad-mcgwire-acknowledged-steroids-use</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>famer-rickey-henderson</category><category>henderson-mcgwire</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:44:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Big Mac gets big ovation before Cards' home opener</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire drew a standing ovation before the Cardinals' home opener Monday, a clear sign many St. Louis fans have forgiven the former home run king for using steroids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/12/4149198-big-mac-gets-big-ovation-before-cards-home-opener</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/12/4149198-big-mac-gets-big-ovation-before-cards-home-opener</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>louis-cardinals'</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:12:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/39926771-05a4-4374-831a-845e3dceecb6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/39926771-05a4-4374-831a-845e3dceecb6.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire waits to take the field with the rest of the team for a ceremony before the Cardinals' baseball home opener against the Houston Astros on Monday, April 12, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/993a8a1c-1dfb-403e-abb5-6cf3decd1ac0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/993a8a1c-1dfb-403e-abb5-6cf3decd1ac0.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire watches the action in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Monday, April 12, 2010 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire gets little reaction in Cincinnati</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire got little reaction when he got back on the field.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4117991-mcgwire-gets-little-reaction-in-cincinnati</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/05/4117991-mcgwire-gets-little-reaction-in-cincinnati</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:11:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/824e5ac1-5292-4fcc-b3ac-82dcc8481656.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/824e5ac1-5292-4fcc-b3ac-82dcc8481656.jpg" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, left, waks onto the field with batting coach Mark McGwire prior to their opening day baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, April 5, 2010, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire saddened by brother's book on steroids</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire said he's saddened his estranged brother wrote a book that chronicles their use of performance-enhancing drugs and reiterated his claim that he only took them to heal from injuries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/25/3949798-mcgwire-saddened-by-brothers-book-on-steroids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/25/3949798-mcgwire-saddened-by-brothers-book-on-steroids</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>brother</category><category>louis-cardinals</category><category>tony-la-russa</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:45:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/63d6904f-995f-45d2-9a0a-62f613420cc2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63d6904f-995f-45d2-9a0a-62f613420cc2.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire watches players take batting practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d9641bf3-6814-4bd8-992e-50f88335800f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d9641bf3-6814-4bd8-992e-50f88335800f.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire watches players take batting practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22507ee4-256f-46e8-bcf9-f7b4cbb46fd5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22507ee4-256f-46e8-bcf9-f7b4cbb46fd5.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, left, hits off a tee in the batting cages as Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire, right, looks on during spring training baseball Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. Pujols hit the field for the first time on Sunday, two days ahead of the first full-squad workout. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4db09011-c661-4146-8bbc-0c6d33bbc12c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4db09011-c661-4146-8bbc-0c6d33bbc12c.jpg" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, left, talks with hitting coach Mark McGwire as they walk off the field during spring training baseball Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Interview: Jay McGwire says drugs aided big bro</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jay McGwire heard big brother Mark say last month he only took steroids to heal, and not to get stronger. That doesn't match Jay McGwire's recollection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3946700-ap-interview-jay-mcgwire-says-drugs-aided-big-bro</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3946700-ap-interview-jay-mcgwire-says-drugs-aided-big-bro</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>brother</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>big-mac</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>jay-mcgwire</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:51:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd2abd9d-3818-41e1-bdf8-6a270c9cba88.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd2abd9d-3818-41e1-bdf8-6a270c9cba88.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire stands behind a batting cage as he works with Cardinals players during spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/34f6ccf3-6d13-41ae-bf93-2d483c2af0b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="419" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/34f6ccf3-6d13-41ae-bf93-2d483c2af0b7.jpg" width="120" height="126" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire swings in a batting cage during spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d9641bf3-6814-4bd8-992e-50f88335800f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d9641bf3-6814-4bd8-992e-50f88335800f.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire watches players take batting practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire returns to baseball, offers fresh apology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire's first day on the job began with a wrong turn into the media room instead of the spring training clubhouse. It ended with another apology for steroid use.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/17/3909038-mcgwire-returns-to-baseball-offers-fresh-apology</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/17/3909038-mcgwire-returns-to-baseball-offers-fresh-apology</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:15:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5b3934de-bae3-4f41-ac94-796ba7360afe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5b3934de-bae3-4f41-ac94-796ba7360afe.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 17, 2010, photo, St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire works with Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus in the batting cage at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. McGwire was due to arrive in Jupiter, Fla., late Tuesday, Feb. 16, for baseball spring training. He could be on the field as early as Wednesday, the date for pitchers and catchers to report for St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cbbddf97-c6b1-4bff-9de8-ff2e973a1fb3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cbbddf97-c6b1-4bff-9de8-ff2e973a1fb3.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire arrives for spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8c005f3f-97bc-4236-a4cd-9403bae8f0f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8c005f3f-97bc-4236-a4cd-9403bae8f0f1.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The reflection of St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire is seen on a door as he enters the Cardinals' offices to report for spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d2d5785-5c84-4741-ab39-39a57e263fa7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d2d5785-5c84-4741-ab39-39a57e263fa7.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire closes the back of a car as he arrives for spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9584e1a7-5048-46d3-bfad-d3797b88cdf5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="386" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9584e1a7-5048-46d3-bfad-d3797b88cdf5.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire arrives for spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ed76da8c-d2d0-4c75-908d-3f2f9b41c20c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="323" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ed76da8c-d2d0-4c75-908d-3f2f9b41c20c.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire arrives for spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd2abd9d-3818-41e1-bdf8-6a270c9cba88.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd2abd9d-3818-41e1-bdf8-6a270c9cba88.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire stands behind a batting cage as he works with Cardinals players during spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/88067aed-0c1d-4a52-84a0-cfa2c48faf65.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/88067aed-0c1d-4a52-84a0-cfa2c48faf65.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire stands inside a batting cage as he works with Cardinals players during spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b1358736-b85a-4d36-98f3-9badaa5ac037.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b1358736-b85a-4d36-98f3-9badaa5ac037.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire smiles as he stands behind a batting cage while working with Cardinals players during spring training baseball Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cardinals ready for McGwire's coaching debut</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire's No. 25 jersey is ready for duty again, hanging outside his locker stall in the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training clubhouse.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/16/3905514-cardinals-ready-for-mcgwires-coaching-debut</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/16/3905514-cardinals-ready-for-mcgwires-coaching-debut</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>louis-cardinals'</category><category>pupils</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:20:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5b3934de-bae3-4f41-ac94-796ba7360afe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5b3934de-bae3-4f41-ac94-796ba7360afe.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 17, 2010, photo, St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire works with Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus in the batting cage at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. McGwire was due to arrive in Jupiter, Fla., late Tuesday, Feb. 16, for baseball spring training. He could be on the field as early as Wednesday, the date for pitchers and catchers to report for St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Interview: Jenkins wants more McGwire apologies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ferguson Jenkins says Mark McGwire owes an apology to all those pitchers who gave up his home runs. The Hall of Fame ace sent an open letter to The Associated Press this week, telling the former home-run king: "You have not even begun to apologize to those you have harmed."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/21/3790290-ap-interview-jenkins-wants-more-mcgwire-apologies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/21/3790290-ap-interview-jenkins-wants-more-mcgwire-apologies</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>jenkins</category><category>associated-press</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>ferguson-jenkins</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:53:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/04766f36-9342-46ac-8b18-ce39563e83c2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04766f36-9342-46ac-8b18-ce39563e83c2.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire speaks to fans at the team's annual Winter Warm-Up during his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting to using steroids, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in St. Louis. McGwire admitted that he used steroids for a decade, including when he hit 70 homers in 1998. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0095b00a-3ba8-4a7d-ad20-88b730f4bf43.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0095b00a-3ba8-4a7d-ad20-88b730f4bf43.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Imn this May 26, 1982 file photo, Chicago Cub pitcher Ferguson Jenkins delivers a pitch during a baseball game in San Diego.(Jenkins says Mark McGwire owes an apology to all the pitchers he hit home runs against. In an open letter to McGwire sent to the AP, Jenkins says he knows how he would have pitched to a bulked-up McGwire: He would have decked him.  AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire cheered by fans, evades steroid questions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mark McGwire received a standing ovation from Cardinals fans Sunday in his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting he used steroids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/16/3766632-mcgwire-cheered-by-fans-evades-steroid-questions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/16/3766632-mcgwire-cheered-by-fans-evades-steroid-questions</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>louis-cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>john-mozeliak</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e2e33f54-00bb-45c5-b39b-407e678055b5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e2e33f54-00bb-45c5-b39b-407e678055b5.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting instructor Mark McGwire smiles during a training session at a baseball practice facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The session with Cardinals infielders Brendan Ryan and Skip Schumaker was the first McGwire has had since his announcement Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5ad71fc7-7fad-4537-83aa-90957befa8b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5ad71fc7-7fad-4537-83aa-90957befa8b3.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire, left, works with infielder Brendan Ryan during a training session at a baseball practice facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The session with Cardinals infielders Skip Schumaker and Ryan was the first McGwire has had since his announcement Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c151f5d4-4c7b-4fb3-b602-07dcf5632f86.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c151f5d4-4c7b-4fb3-b602-07dcf5632f86.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting instructor Mark McGwire holds a bat during a training session at a baseball practice facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The session with Cardinals infielders Brendan Ryan and Skip Schumaker was the first McGwire has had since his announcement Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8fafcee7-4eb7-41c2-b9e1-d33294b5baad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8fafcee7-4eb7-41c2-b9e1-d33294b5baad.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting instructor Mark McGwire, right, tosses balls to infielder Brendan Ryan during a training session at a baseball practice facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The session with Cardinals infielders Skip Schumaker and Ryan was the first McGwire had had since his announcement Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fe69ada4-33e4-41a2-b5a3-27738e835aa9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fe69ada4-33e4-41a2-b5a3-27738e835aa9.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting instructor Mark McGwire, left, feeds a batting tee for second baseman Skip Schumaker during a training session at a baseball practice facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The session with Cardinals infielders Brendan Ryan and Schumaker was the first McGwire had had since his announcement Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0bebcf1d-1014-4709-a606-3a38e6c86828.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0bebcf1d-1014-4709-a606-3a38e6c86828.jpg" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire speaks to fans at the team's annual Winter Warm-Up during his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting to using steroids, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in St. Louis. McGwire admitted that he used steroids for a decade, including when he hit 70 homers in 1998. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/132e797b-27db-44ff-a660-c53a04c8efb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/132e797b-27db-44ff-a660-c53a04c8efb1.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fans reach to get an autograph from St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire, bottom right, after he spoke at the team's annual Winter Warm-Up during his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting to using steroids, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in St. Louis. McGwire said that he used steroids for a decade, including when he hit 70 homers in 1998. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/098d3c82-82c9-490e-85a3-0df93e83b73e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/098d3c82-82c9-490e-85a3-0df93e83b73e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire speaks to reporters after speaking to fans at the Cardinals' annual Winter Warm-Up for his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting to using steroids, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in St. Louis. McGwire admitted that he used steroids for a decade, including when he hit 70 homers in 1998. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/04766f36-9342-46ac-8b18-ce39563e83c2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04766f36-9342-46ac-8b18-ce39563e83c2.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire speaks to fans at the team's annual Winter Warm-Up during his first public appearance in St. Louis since admitting to using steroids, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in St. Louis. McGwire admitted that he used steroids for a decade, including when he hit 70 homers in 1998. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Canseco says McGwire still lying</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jose Canseco says Mark McGwire is still lying about his use of steroids and his former manager Tony La Russa isn't telling the truth either.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/13/3749826-canseco-says-mcgwire-still-lying</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/13/3749826-canseco-says-mcgwire-still-lying</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tony-la-russa</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>jose-canseco</category><category>canseco</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:55:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a5c43a0a-9735-460d-bf95-908a51ced2cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a5c43a0a-9735-460d-bf95-908a51ced2cb.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video, Mark McGwire pauses during an interview with Bob Costas on MLB Network on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. McGwire admitted earlier Monday he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/MLB Network) NO SALES  NOT FOR USE AFTER JAN. 17 &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>La Russa stands behind McGwire</title>
<description><![CDATA[St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa believes Mark McGwire would have been a premier home run hitter in the 1990s with or without the steroids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748822-la-russa-stands-behind-mcgwire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748822-la-russa-stands-behind-mcgwire</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>la-russa</category><category>reax</category><category>louis-cardinals</category><category>tony-la-russa</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gossage wants steroids users barred from Hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[Goose Gossage watched Mark McGwire's televised confession to steroids use and was happy his former teammate came clean. That's where the praise ended, with the Hall of Fame reliever saying there should be no place in Cooperstown for McGwire or any other player who used performance-enhancing drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748275-gossage-wants-steroids-users-barred-from-hall</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3748275-gossage-wants-steroids-users-barred-from-hall</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>steroids</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>goose-gossage</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:04:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998 file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire watching his record-setting 70th home run of the season against the Montreal Expos, in the seventh innning at Busch Stadium, in St. Louis. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Celizic: McGwire’s confession doesn’t signal end of era</title>
<description><![CDATA[The janitors hadn’t even had time to swab up the saline slick Mark McGwire spilled while confessing his steroid use before Bud Selig was delivering one of those statements that only the terminally clueless are capable of. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3747584-celizic-mcgwires-confession-doesnt-signal-end-of-era</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3747584-celizic-mcgwires-confession-doesnt-signal-end-of-era</guid><category>sports</category><category>baseball</category><category>steroids</category><category>selig</category><category>cheating</category><category>bud-selig</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>amphetamines</category><category>steroid</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:13:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>WADA: McGwire admission should spur baseball</title>
<description><![CDATA[The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency says Mark McGwire's admission of steroid use should spur baseball to get tougher on drug cheats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Lehourites]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Lehourites]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3746070-wada-mcgwire-admission-should-spur-baseball</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3746070-wada-mcgwire-admission-should-spur-baseball</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>world-anti-doping-agency</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>wada</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:31:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b6ff3c64-d883-45a2-bf06-8e896b531ee1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b6ff3c64-d883-45a2-bf06-8e896b531ee1.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video, Mark McGwire wipes his eye during an interview with Bob Costas on MLB Network on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. McGwire admitted earlier Monday he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/MLB Network)  NO SALES,  NOT FOR USE AFTER JAN. 17, 2010&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a5c43a0a-9735-460d-bf95-908a51ced2cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a5c43a0a-9735-460d-bf95-908a51ced2cb.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video, Mark McGwire pauses during an interview with Bob Costas on MLB Network on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. McGwire admitted earlier Monday he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/MLB Network) NO SALES  NOT FOR USE AFTER JAN. 17 &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reaction to McGwire's admission of steroid use</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reaction to St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire's admission Monday that he used steroids and human growth hormone as a player:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744683-reaction-to-mcgwires-admission-of-steroid-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744683-reaction-to-mcgwires-admission-of-steroid-use</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>box</category><category>steroids</category><category>quote</category><category>louis-cardinals</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:38:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mark McGwire AP Interview Excerpts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Excerpts of Mark McGwire's telephone interview Monday with The Associated Press:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744678-mark-mcgwire-ap-interview-excerpts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744678-mark-mcgwire-ap-interview-excerpts</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>steroids</category><category>associated-press</category><category>excerpts</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:37:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Howard: Ego doesn’t let McGwire truly come clean</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be the day that Mark McGwire re-surfaced and finally made things right. But by time McGwire finished talking Monday about his tainted home-run hitting career, McGwire’s expected but long overdue admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs deserved an asterisk, too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnette Howard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Johnette Howard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744347-howard-ego-doesnt-let-mcgwire-truly-come-clean</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3744347-howard-ego-doesnt-let-mcgwire-truly-come-clean</guid><category>mlb</category><category>people</category><category>baseball</category><category>steroids</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>steroid</category><category>mcgwire</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>mcgwires</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:04:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apmegasports/201001111927700360155-pf.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/apmegasports/201001111927700360155-pf.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cardinals stand behind McGwire</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Cardinals can only hope their new batting coach will now cease to be a sideshow.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[R.B. Fallstrom]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3743161-cardinals-stand-behind-mcgwire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3743161-cardinals-stand-behind-mcgwire</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cardinals</category><category>steroids</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:29:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998 file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire watching his record-setting 70th home run of the season against the Montreal Expos, in the seventh innning at Busch Stadium, in St. Louis. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/751083f1-d8be-4b7a-9847-75dbe7879337.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="492" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/751083f1-d8be-4b7a-9847-75dbe7879337.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire acknowledging the crowd at Busch Stadium, during a post-game ceremony where he received The St. Louis Award from the City of St. Louis, after hitting two home runs during the Cardinals' final game,  to set a new major league single-season home run record with 70 home runs. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb0613a5-6c92-4786-aecb-36a52ea5c8d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb0613a5-6c92-4786-aecb-36a52ea5c8d6.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire smiling as he rounds the bases after hitting his 70th home run of the season in the seventh inning against the Montreal Expos, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Many wondered when, not if, McGwire would admit</title>
<description><![CDATA[To the man who brought Mark McGwire before Congress, and to so many people around baseball, it always was a matter of when &#8212; not whether &#8212; Big Mac would admit publicly that he had help from steroids when he was hitting all those homers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3743073-many-wondered-when-not-if-mcgwire-would-admit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3743073-many-wondered-when-not-if-mcgwire-would-admit</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>steroids</category><category>reaction</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>big-mac</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:58:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75dec045-0c35-4ea5-8434-2ad1dc9993c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75dec045-0c35-4ea5-8434-2ad1dc9993c7.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the use of steroids in professional baseball. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.  McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb087720-3aa8-40c1-b497-273687602e2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="367" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb087720-3aa8-40c1-b497-273687602e2f.jpg" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball in Washington.  McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09e0dfc6-f409-477a-a499-e0666b951969.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="330" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09e0dfc6-f409-477a-a499-e0666b951969.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball, in Washington.  From left are Baltimore Orioles' Sammy Sosa, his interpreter Patricia Rosell, McGwire, Orioles' Rafael Palmiero and Boston Red Sox Curt Schilling. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McGwire issues statement, admits steroid use</title>
<description><![CDATA[Text of the statement Mark McGwire issued Monday, admitting he used steroids during his career:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3741785-mcgwire-issues-statement-admits-steroid-use</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3741785-mcgwire-issues-statement-admits-steroid-use</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>steroids</category><category>statement</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:07:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mark McGwire finally admits using steroids</title>
<description><![CDATA[Finally willing to talk about the past, Mark McGwire sobbed and sniffled, giving the missing &#8212; and unsurprising &#8212; answer to the steroids question.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3741747-mark-mcgwire-finally-admits-using-steroids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3741747-mark-mcgwire-finally-admits-using-steroids</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>steroids</category><category>associated-press</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>us-news</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:03:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f33c2211-7058-4af1-ab51-8bfdc02d5a12.jpg" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998 file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire watching his record-setting 70th home run of the season against the Montreal Expos, in the seventh innning at Busch Stadium, in St. Louis. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/751083f1-d8be-4b7a-9847-75dbe7879337.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="492" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/751083f1-d8be-4b7a-9847-75dbe7879337.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire acknowledging the crowd at Busch Stadium, during a post-game ceremony where he received The St. Louis Award from the City of St. Louis, after hitting two home runs during the Cardinals' final game,  to set a new major league single-season home run record with 70 home runs. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb0613a5-6c92-4786-aecb-36a52ea5c8d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb0613a5-6c92-4786-aecb-36a52ea5c8d6.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Sept. 27, 1998, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire smiling as he rounds the bases after hitting his 70th home run of the season in the seventh inning against the Montreal Expos, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/649d6b04-e670-4641-85dc-1ec49f5ee81e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/649d6b04-e670-4641-85dc-1ec49f5ee81e.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 17, 2004, file photo shows former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Mark McGwire getting emotional during pre-game ceremonies honoring him,  before the Cardinals game against the  Colorado Rockies in St. Louis.  McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.(AP Photo/Kyle Ericson, File)                             &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9773a988-1102-4af4-a18e-3b05dc484311.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="334" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9773a988-1102-4af4-a18e-3b05dc484311.jpg" width="120" height="184" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a March 17, 2005, file photo,  showing former baseball player Mark McGwire testifying on Capitol Hill during a hearing on the use of steroids in professional baseball.  McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75dec045-0c35-4ea5-8434-2ad1dc9993c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75dec045-0c35-4ea5-8434-2ad1dc9993c7.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the use of steroids in professional baseball. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.  McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb087720-3aa8-40c1-b497-273687602e2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="367" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb087720-3aa8-40c1-b497-273687602e2f.jpg" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball in Washington.  McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09e0dfc6-f409-477a-a499-e0666b951969.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="330" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09e0dfc6-f409-477a-a499-e0666b951969.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball, in Washington.  From left are Baltimore Orioles' Sammy Sosa, his interpreter Patricia Rosell, McGwire, Orioles' Rafael Palmiero and Boston Red Sox Curt Schilling. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010,  that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f4add5f-0a81-4724-91d7-818b795d6fe1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="349" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f4add5f-0a81-4724-91d7-818b795d6fe1.jpg" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1998, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire hugs Richard Maris, son of the late baseball great Roger Maris, after hitting his record-breaking 62nd home run of the season, off Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel during a baseball game in St. Louis. McGwire broke Maris's long-time single-season home run record. At left is Roger Maris Jr. McGwire admitted Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids in 1998. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/01432704-7fc7-4a39-b647-8896e935516a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="363" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/01432704-7fc7-4a39-b647-8896e935516a.jpg" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a June 22, 2001, file photo showing San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, left, leading off first base in front of St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire in the first inning of a baseball game in St. Louis. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. Others have been tainted but have denied knowingly using illegal drugs, including Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and David Ortiz. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/79c551cb-1130-4233-93be-351552dda003.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/79c551cb-1130-4233-93be-351552dda003.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video, Mark McGwire wipes his eye during an interview with Bob Costas on MLB Network on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. McGwire admitted earlier Monday he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/MLB Network) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>La Russa on McGwire: 'I think it's going to work'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tony La Russa is confident Mark McGwire will do fine as the Cardinals' hitting coach. Among the reasons the St. Louis manager is certain: Big Mac has already started his new job.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Walker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Walker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/08/3607084-la-russa-on-mcgwire-i-think-its-going-to-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/08/3607084-la-russa-on-mcgwire-i-think-its-going-to-work</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>la-russa</category><category>tony-la-russa</category><category>mark-mcgwire</category><category>big-mac</category><category>mcgwire</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:44:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/552b1d81-8b41-416f-87b6-019db630d0c3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/552b1d81-8b41-416f-87b6-019db630d0c3.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa responds to a question during a news conference at the baseball winter meetings in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>