HBO Films is planning to turn a best selling book about Barry Bonds' alleged steroid use and the federal government's wide-ranging probe into performance enhancing drug use in sports into a movie, one of the book's authors said Thursday.

Former Rockies' lefthander Dan Serafini was suspended 50 games Tuesday for violating Major League Baseball's drug prevention and treatment program.

Tim Raines and David Justice head 11 first-time candidates on the baseball writers' 2008 Hall of Fame ballot, joining Mark McGwire, Rich Gossage, Jim Rice and 11 other holdovers.

The Lotte Giants named former Milwaukee Brewers skipper Jerry Royster as their new manager on Monday, making him the first foreigner to run a South Korean professional team.

A box containing thousands of rare documents, letters and memos that supposedly detail events surrounding the so-called Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series will be up for auction starting Monday at a suburban Chicago auction house.

The agent for Joe Kennedy said Sunday the family has been told by doctors the pitcher's death might have been the result of an enlarged heart.

Medical tests to determine the cause of death of left-handed pitcher Joe Kennedy are expected to take about six to eight weeks.

His playing career is probably as unfamiliar to most people as his given name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog.

Perhaps the entrance to the Hall of Fame and Museum will truly be considered a heaven's gate if "God" passed through it.

A rookie Major League Manager named Dick Williams reported to Spring Training in 1967, developed a no-nonsense approach immediately and turned the last-place Red Sox from the previous season into the American League champions.

After 19 major league seasons, 2,548 hits and a four-month forced sabbatical last summer, Steve Finley reached a decision: he's not ready to give up on playing just yet.

Baseball revenue climbed to $6.

Baseball's chief operating officer reiterated Wednesday that there's no timetable for Commissioner Bud Selig to act on a recommendation that instant replay be used to help umpires with some calls.

Justin Ruggiano hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and added a solo home run in the ninth to lead the United States to a 10- 7 win over Taiwan on Wednesday and the top seed in the World Cup quarterfinals.

The Red Sox will open the defense of their World Series crown in Japan next season with a two-game series against the Athletics, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday.

In what amounts to a publicity stunt, the Washington Wild Things of the Independent Frontier League offered a contract to Barry Bonds on Tuesday.

Japanese slugger Kosuke Fukudome announced his free agency Monday, becoming the latest Japanese player to fuel speculation of a move to the US Major Leagues.

Billy Martin, Marvin Miller and Doug Harvey are among 20 former managers, executives and umpires on the new Hall of Fame ballots to be considered by the revamped Veterans Committee when it votes next month.

Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins, New York Mets third baseman David Wright and Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki won Silver Slugger awards Friday, complementing the Gold Gloves they earned earlier this week.

Roger Clemens may not play in the Major Leagues next season, but that doesn't mean he isn't going to play baseball.

The baseball players' union is worried commissioner Bud Selig is trying to hold down the price of Alex Rodriguez's next contract and that teams might be sharing information about their free-agent plans.

Eleven current free agents will be named in former Senator George Mitchell's report on steroids use in baseball, and all 11 players have been notified by the commissioner's office, The Boston Globe reported on its Web site Thursday afternoon.

Major league general managers decided Thursday that first- and third-base coaches will wear helmets during games next season, an action taken four months after Colorado's Mike Coolbaugh was killed when he was struck on the head by a line drive.

George Mitchell and his team of highly paid lawyers continue to work on Major League Baseball's unprecedented internal investigation into the sport's steroid use.

George Mitchell set a Saturday deadline for evidence in his steroids probe as the sentencing of a former Mets' clubhouse attendant and admitted steroids peddler was delayed until Dec.

Twenty months into his investigation of steroid use in Major League Baseball, former Sen.

For the first time Tuesday, baseball general managers recommended instant replay be used to help umpires make difficult decisions.

With baseball general managers set to discuss instant replay next week, the new league negotiator for Major League Umpires wants his members included in any talks.

Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk.