George Mitchell's long-awaited report on steroids in baseball could be the sport's biggest challenge since the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Every club had a player involved; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada were among inclusions.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 7:11:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28289/baseball-finally-back-to-normal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter over a decade of chemical-fueled insanity, baseball is back to normal, writes Thomas Boswell in the Washington Post. Home run totals are down 10.4% this spring, after an 8% drop last year. The sport is on pace to return to the century-old statistical norms ripped to shreds by the steroid era. “I think this is a good thing,” said Orioles prez Andy MacPhail. “It’s more like baseball.”http://www.newser.com/story/28289/baseball-finally-back-to-normal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 23 May 2008 8:22:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27806/feds-have-104-positive-mlb-drug-tests.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUS Attorneys have a list of 104 baseball players who failed a 2003 drug test, even though the players' union vowed to keep those names secret. The union has contested the Feds' search, but the list could become public in a matter of weeks, reports the New York Times .http://www.newser.com/story/27806/feds-have-104-positive-mlb-drug-tests.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 18 May 2008 10:13:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26092/clemens-had-more-women-source-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt wasn't just country singer Mindy McCready that Roger Clemens carried on with, a source tells the New York Daily News. The former Major League pitcher apparently had several lovely lady friends whom he jetted across the country in his plane and presented with expensive jewelry. One of them admitted to knowing Clemens, but had no comment about their relationship.http://www.newser.com/story/26092/clemens-had-more-women-source-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 30 Apr 2008 7:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24207/baseball-owners-players-toughen-drug-policy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultClubs and players agreed yesterday to toughen Major League Baseball's anti-doping policy, the AP reports. Players will be tested more frequently without notice, and the game's outside administrator—a position created in 2005 to oversee testing—will get more authority. As part of the deal, all of the players named in the Mitchell Report have been given amnesty.http://www.newser.com/story/24207/baseball-owners-players-toughen-drug-policy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 12 Apr 2008 2:42:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24101/player-agents-referred-clients-to-steroid-doc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFederal authorities unsealed an indictment yesterday that charges Dr. Ramon Scruggs and two associates with illegally prescribing performance-enhancing drugs to MLB players. One assertion made in the indictment is that players’ agents referred them to Scruggs, though no agents are named. The doctor, along with associates Allan Danto and Heidi Macpherson, faces 11 charges relating to the illegal distribution of the drugs.http://www.newser.com/story/24101/player-agents-referred-clients-to-steroid-doc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Apr 2008 22:04:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23365/who-will-sign-bonds-when.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOpening Day has come and gone and Barry Bonds remains without a baseball home. But the home-run king isn't likely to stay on the sidelines for an entire season. Three MLB executives speculate—albeit anonymously—to Jayson Stark of ESPN about why he hasn't been signed. First, to get Bonds means you take on the baggage that comes with him, including the constant media interruptions and a high dose of drama.http://www.newser.com/story/23365/who-will-sign-bonds-when.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 03 Apr 2008 20:47:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23265/mcnamee-selling-clemens-mementos-on-ebay.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIf Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the steroid guys"—Clemens, Canseco, and Pettitte, the AP reports. He's donating the proceeds to his juvenile diabetes charity.http://www.newser.com/story/23265/mcnamee-selling-clemens-mementos-on-ebay.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 02 Apr 2008 19:15:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22673/canseco-now-thinks-clemens-was-clean.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFormer Bash Brother Jose Canseco has backed down from charges that Roger Clemens used more than workouts to pump his pitching arm. Contradicting what's written in his own books, "Juiced" and the upcoming "Vindicated," Canseco said in a TV interview that he now doesn't believe the Rocket used steroids, Newsday reports.http://www.newser.com/story/22673/canseco-now-thinks-clemens-was-clean.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 27 Mar 2008 2:37:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22543/canseco-links-a-rod-to-roids-in-new-book.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJose Canseco, baseball’s most outspoken steroid user, suggests that reigning AL MVP Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs in his new book Vindicated, reports the New York Post. This according to a Massachusetts-based writer, who found a copy yesterday in a local store, although it's not due for release until April 1. "I really have absolutely no reaction," was the Yankee slugger's response.http://www.newser.com/story/22543/canseco-links-a-rod-to-roids-in-new-book.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 25 Mar 2008 21:51:43 CDT