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Barry Bonds handed out T-shirts, posed for pictures and romped with young patients Friday as the UCSF Medical Center opened a playroom bearing his name.
Barry Bonds was inside the ropes following Tiger Woods, which was alternately causing both great amusement and great consternation to the fans at the Presidents Cup.
Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids.
The lawyer who leaked confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes to the San Francisco Chronicle five years ago was released from prison after serving 16 months of his 30-month sentence.
The massive marble and concrete Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park was slightly accessible by the public before Michael Jackson was entombed somewhere in its maze of floors and hallways.
Federal prosecutors urged an appeals court to let them present evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids, arguing Monday it was mistakenly thrown out by a trial court judge on the eve of his perjury trial earlier this year.
Barry Bonds received a warm welcome from San Francisco Giants fans in his first appearance at AT&T Park this season.
You have to wonder what Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmiero think when they read the headlines in the sports section every day.
Barry Bonds is open to making a comeback. Whether any team wants him, that's the tricky part.
The perjury trial of Barry Bonds has been delayed at least through July and likely beyond, as an appeal filed by prosecutors over key evidence for the trial winds through the legal system.
The government's case against Barry Bonds has suffered a setback. A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot show jurors three positive steroid tests and other key evidence in the slugger's trial next month.
New England Patriots special teams captain Larry Izzo has been listed as a potential witness in the perjury trial of home run king Barry Bonds.
Barry Bonds trudged back to court to again plead his innocence. Hank Aaron dined alongside a former president on his 75th birthday.
Federal prosecutors are again asking a judge to let them show a jury three drug test results they say show Barry Bonds used steroids.
The court documents unsealed by a federal judge Wednesday in the government's criminal case against Barry Bonds included the results of 26 blood and urine tests. Prosecutors contend five are positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Three of the results were seized from BALCO and did not include Bonds' name; the government said it determined they belonged to Bonds through a Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative log. The other two were taken by Major League Baseball. One later was retested by the government, which is when it came up positive.
Prosecutors in Barry Bonds' trial intend to introduce notes seized from Greg Anderson's house and a clubhouse tape recording of the personal trainer discussing injections in an effort to get around his likely refusal to testify against the home-run king.
Lawyers for Barry Bonds on Thursday attacked as inadmissible much of the government's known evidence in its perjury prosecution, including planned testimony from former mistress Kimberly Bell that she witnessed rages and physical changes allegedly caused by steroid use.
Finally in the Hall of Fame, Jim Rice wants nothing to do with the debate over whether Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds belong, too. "I'm not in the situation to vote for the guys and I'm not going to put myself in the situation where I have to answer that question because I think you as the media, you've got to judge that," Rice said.
Thousands of pages of grand jury testimony related to the long-running steroids investigation of Barry Bonds and other athletes were unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge.
Three charges against Barry Bonds were dismissed Monday by a federal judge who left intact most of the indictment alleging he lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.
The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance.
Barry Bonds made a rare public appearance Tuesday and said he is enjoying life away from baseball. "I'm happy now that I have more time," Bonds told the crowd at the kickoff event of the Macy's Christmas tree lighting. "I've actually enjoyed myself immensely."
Federal prosecutors say they will prove personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied Barry Bonds with the steroids that led to a positive test in November 2000, the offseason before the slugger hit a major league record 73 home runs.
Federal prosecutors are considering charging the wife and mother-in-law of Barry Bonds' personal trainer in an effort to pressure Greg Anderson to testify against the slugger during his perjury trial, The New York Times reported.
Barry Bonds told Giants fans Saturday night during a pregame ceremony honoring the team's former outfielders that he's not retired.
Here we are are about 30 hours away from the start of the World Series and so far these Major League Baseball playoffs have been all about Alex Rodriguez.
Manny Ramirez's return from a 50-game suspension this past week was met with a mixed reaction, helped no doubt by the games being played in "Mannywood South", also known as San Diego's PETCO Park.
Obviously a brutal couple of days for Kerry Wood in his return to Wrigley. Hopefully Eric Wedge gives him today off. Thing is, Kerry Wood isn't alone in experiencing a rough homecoming.
* People has all kinds of tidbits on Alex Rodriguez's relationship with Kate Hudson, which the magazine calls "somewhat serious." Also of note is that "Hudson followed Rodriguez on the road late last month to Dallas" and the couple "worked out together in the fitness center" of …
Reuters Licking our lips for this new book. Everyone tired of steroids yet? How about tell-all books about that very subject? Well don't get too relaxed in the wake of the Manny Ramirez mess, because there is more on the way.
Over the last several years some of Major League Baseball's biggest icons have either been accused or admitted to taking steroids. This has done irreparable harm to their individual reputations as well as to the game of baseball itself.
Professional athletes have a tremendous amount of pressure to succeed. If they don't succeed then they will most likely lose their job. Those players have their own ways of dealing with pressure. Some players might drink, smoke, work harder.
Baseball Commissioner Selig : Barry Bonds May Be Stripped Of All Time Home Run TitleHank Aaron could be reinstated over Barry Bonds as the all-time North American home run king, Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig told USA Today.
Revisiting the Mitchell Report"In a report that's 409 pages long containing dozens of names and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of facts, I think it's held up remarkably well," the former U.S. senator said in a half-hour phone interview.
Once a slam dunk, steroid probes face unsettled futureThe Bonds case is not the only place where the government's steroid probe seems to be balanced on a precipice.
Bonds wants federal charges dropped SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Barry Bonds wants a U.S. judge in California to dismiss most of the charges he faces from the steroids scandal, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported.
Bonds Lawyers Seek Dismissal of 10 of 15 Counts at Wednesday HearingIn a pretrial motion, Bonds' six defense lawyers contend that 10 of the counts should be dismissed for a variety of reasons, including a claim that some of the questions posed to Bonds in the grand jury session were "fundamentally ambiguous."
Happy Sid and Frankie Day, Braves NationSixteen years is a long time, but the memories of what the Atlanta Braves did 16 years ago today remain fresh and vivid. On Oct.
Barry Bonds' 756th HR Ball In Hall ... With An Asterisk "We are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan," Hall spokesman Brad Horn said. "We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections."
10 Ways to Be the Change You Want to See in the WorldMahatma Gandhi said "You must be the change you wish to see in the world". That's great, but how do you "be the change"..
Who cares about Barry Bonds?Yup, the collateral damage from Bonds' career has been registered, digested and forgotten. We weren't shocked when he went unsigned this winter.
The 10 Best Hitters In Major League Baseball HistoryWho ranks as the top 10 hitters in baseball history (by OPS+) the answer may surprise you (or maybe not...)
The very controversial answer to this question is yes.
I've really never wanted to be one of those people who kicks another when he's down, and Barry Bonds is certainly down now.
Bonds Failed 2001 Steroid Test Three months before Barry Bonds began his assault on the single-season home run record in 2001, the Giants slugger had a positive steroid test, according to his grand jury testimony, which was unsealed by a federal judge yesterday.
Bonds playing in '08 would be bad for baseballBarry Bonds has every right to play baseball this season. Barry Bonds, based on his 2007 performance, should play baseball this season.
Rays Have Internal Discussion on BondsInteresting for a team that continues to sell off younger talent. Perhaps it is a way of bringing in more revenue.
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