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Sports Illustrated November 20, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Bash Call Big Mac has a clear path to the Hall, but what about Jose Canseco? |
Salon.com May 16, 2002 King Kaufman |
A baseball strike in August? The workers demand buccaneer capitalism! The owners insist on socialism! As a strike looms, baseball negotiations offer a bizarro-world version of reality... |
Sports Illustrated November 14, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Look for 2007 to be a Hall of a year Four first-ballot players could be enshrined in the baseball hall of fame... |
Reason June 2005 Aaron Steinberg |
In Defense of Steroids Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice: A book review of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big, by Jose Canseco. |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2003 Steve Rushin |
Big Man in the Big House Last Friday police came to take what remained of Jose Canseco's freedom, removing him from his current house after a drug test -- mandated by the court as part of his sentence -- turned up positive for steroids. |
Sports Central February 19, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Mr. Canseco, You're No Jim Bouton Whatever else you do or don't do about Mr. Jose Canseco's still-festering tome, please don't even think about comparing it --- as only too many have, thus far --- to Ball Four. |
Sports Central March 1, 2005 Eric Poole |
The Two Sides of Barry Bonds With Bonds, there's never any shortage of people who done him wrong. But Bonds can't simply be dismissed as a whiner. The truth is more nuanced than that, if only because he's not always wrong. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 John Churchill |
A Brush with Fakeness A California-based financial planner struck out in his bid to purchase Jose Canseco's 2000 World Series ring --- one of a host of memorabilia items the disgraced former slugger had placed on the block. |
Sports Central April 11, 2008 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Canseco's Classic Literature Just for fun, let's say Canseco appeared in some of literature's classic works. |
Sports Central February 10, 2005 Piet Van Leer |
Should Jose Canseco Be Believed? Yes, we've been here before with Canseco, and odds are if we buy enough books, he'll make other shocking claims in later editions. But should he be ignored? |
Sports Central May 24, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Re-Thinking Zero Tolerance For Steroids We don't have to accept steroid use in baseball, and we probably shouldn't accept it. But there has to be a line. And I think zero tolerance is too strict a standard. |
Sports Central March 13, 2005 Vince Grzegorek |
Baseball's Coming to Washington And we're not talking about the new Nationals. The steroid story has opened like a ninth-inning rally, and the U.S. House of Representatives has been called in for relief. |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Every team's a contender in April Cubs and Twins fans get rare taste of baseball excitement... |
Sports Central May 14, 2009 Bijan C. Bayne |
Time For MLB to Man Up on Records Which sluggers from this period merit election to Cooperstown? The Manny Ramirez mess only serves to further muddy these waters. |
Sports Central February 17, 2005 Daniel Collins |
Why Baseball Should Let the Players Cheat Former Arizona Cardinals head coach and current Redskins coordinator Joe Bugle once coined the phrase, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying." If that's the case, you have to give the bulk of Major League Baseball players an "A" for effort. |
Sports Central August 9, 2005 Eric Poole |
Rafael in Bushworld Rafael Palmeiro is telling the truth when he says he never intentionally took steroids, or at least that's what President Bush thinks -- even though the notion that any professional athlete would ingest or inject something into his body without knowing exactly what is in it strains credulity. |
Sports Central August 20, 2005 Daniel Collins |
The National League Scorecard Comments on Rafael Palmeiro's Hall of Fame credentials, Sammy Sosa's lackluster statistics, the wild card race, and the performance of the National League West. |
Sports Central August 31, 2005 Diane M. Grassi |
Unaccountability Leaves Cloud Over MLB As long as positive drug test results can be dismissed by players, doubted in the headlines, and penalties to players so meager, Major League Baseball will continue to have a public relations cloud over its head. |
Sports Central February 18, 2005 Vince Grzegorek |
A Literary Romp Through Steroids Welcome just the two latest chapters in the ongoing steroid saga that has dominated the offseason of baseball. |
Sports Central January 13, 2010 Bill Hazell |
Mark McGwire and the Ugly Truth It may have taken some 11 years, but Mark McGwire has finally taken announcer Joe Buck's advice and touched base with all of us. |
Sports Central March 22, 2005 Andre Watson |
McGwire Loses in Court of Public Opinion For a person who seemed larger-than-life while he was on the baseball diamond, Mark McGwire's poor performance at the congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball will have a lasting effect on his legacy. |
Sports Illustrated June 27, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Cubs crowing, Barry growing Can the Cubs keep it up? Not without improved offense... Trading rumors floated and addressed... |
Sports Central April 8, 2006 Bijan C. Bayne |
MLB Plays Hardball Too Little, Too Late Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's recent appointment of former Senator George Mitchell to investigate past drug use and abuse is misguided on many fronts. |
AskMen.com Ryan Murphy |
Talking Points: Canseco's Boxing & More The Chicago Bulls' unlikely postseason victory... Jose Canseco's fledging boxing career... Oscar Pistorius' pursuit of Olympic gold... |
Sports Central December 14, 2007 Bijan C. Bayne |
'Roid Rage: Fallout From Mitchell Report There will be no drop in attendance due to the cloud of suspicion, or bitterness toward past cheaters. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Solving the steroids problem Players have the power to clean up baseball. |
Sports Illustrated April 10, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Rangers may not have spent wisely Will the Red Sox bring in support staff for Pedro? Will Drew Henson see time at the hot corner this season in the Bronx? Can the Diamondbacks snag Scott Rolen? The answers to these and other pressing questions... |
Sports Central March 30, 2005 Adam Russell |
Top 10 Questions For Opening Day Despite the flurry of activity surrounding Major League Baseball's drug policy, the offseason had a number of events that raised an even larger number of questions heading into the first games. |
Sports Illustrated May 16, 2001 Tom Verducci |
Declining division After years of excellence, NL East is in a malaise... |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2001 Stephen Cannella |
Going the Other Way The dead pull hitter is dying out as batters crush the ball to the opposite field... |
Sports Central April 12, 2005 Mark Chalifoux |
Burn the Sports Books! A sarcastic look at the impact of books written by sports figures. |
Sports Central March 26, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Sports Media's Steroid Hypocrisy Today's sports pundits have more in common with Major League Baseball's braintrust than they'd like to admit -- they all placed their heads in the sand just deep enough to play blind to the sport's steroid subculture while still being able to hear the cash register ring. |
Sports Central March 8, 2005 Martin Hawrysko |
Selig's "I Didn't Know" Act Wearing Thin, Dull Steroid responsibility falls on the lap of MLB Commission Bud Selig... Baseball's veteran committee fails again... Illinois maintains top ranking after loss... etc. |
Sports Central February 18, 2005 Jeffrey Boswell |
Boswell's Q&A: Steroids, Moss, and Lockout "What do you think about Jose Canseco and the fact that he thinks steroids should be a normal part of life?"... "To whom do you think Randy Moss will be traded? And how do you think he will perform?... etc. |
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: Ironic Sports Moments - Part II Expectations are a funny thing -- even more so when the unexpected happens. |