Roger Clemens will address the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association, after all.

What would have happened if Congress had called on Major League Baseball to allow Pete Rose back into the game? As far flung as that scenario sounds, it was actually something that an Ohio congressman and Rose's former attorney worked on for weeks, according to interviews with those involved.

His stellar reputation shattered by an alleged drunken-driving crash that killed a hardworking mother, former Yankee slugger Jim Leyritz remained secluded in his Florida home Sunday, distressed and desperate for a good lawyer.

It has been a most foul holiday season for Bud Selig and Major League Baseball in the wake of the Mitchell Report's release.

Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former trainer, has added another attorney to his legal team and could file a defamation suit against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, according to The New York Times in its Saturday edition.

Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing another driver after his vehicle crashed into hers.

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Major League Baseball has always had its doomsayers.

Roger Clemens' lead attorney told The New York Times that his firm is launching its own investigation into allegations the seven-time Cy Young winner used steroids and human growth hormone.

There was a time during the late 1970s when Dave Parker was arguably the best player in baseball, and he seemed destined to one day be immortalized in the hallowed halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

At some point, having more wins than anyone not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame loses its distinction and becomes just a festering frustration.

Any mention of Rod Beck among his former teammates will inevitably prompt a recollection of the right-hander's down-to-earth demeanor.

A day after being linked to drugs in baseball, former pitcher Allen Watson denied the allegation.

Former All-Star pitcher Matt Keough remained jailed Friday, four days after he was arrested for violating his parole by binge drinking at a hotel bar.

Bud Selig could be baseball commissioner for life if he wanted.

Barry Bonds told a judge Friday that he wants two top-notch Bay Area defense lawyers to head his legal team even though they previously represented potential witnesses against the slugger.

Cuba plans to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and, no surprise, considers itself a favorite to win the tournament.

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Don't expect Roger Clemens to make his first on-camera statements about accusations of his steroid use before a Congressional hearing next month.

Pete Rose thinks players who use steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are "making a mockery" of baseball.

Congressional lawmakers announced plans Tuesday to review the use of performance-enhancing drugs, with star-studded hearings scheduled next month and legislation to limit access to steroids and growth hormones.

Former Mariners' reliever Julio Mateo pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of beating his wife in a Manhattan hotel.

Former major league infielder Fernando Vina said Monday he used human growth hormone in 2003 to try and recover from injuries, according to a report on ESPN.

Even if baseball and the players union agreed to every recommendation in the Mitchell Report tomorrow, stemming the use of performance-enhancing drugs will be a long-term project with no easy solutions.

One active major league player was able to keep his name out of the former Senator George J.

More than 80 players were named in one capacity or another in the Mitchell Report, but Jose Canseco was certain there would be at least one more name in the document: Alex Rodriguez.

Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada and Andy Pettitte were named in the long-awaited Mitchell Report on Thursday, an All-Star roster linked to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs that put a question mark -- if not an asterisk -- next to some of baseball's biggest moments.

Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, the most hotly-pursued starter on this winter's free agent market, will travel to the United States this week to meet with his agent and go over offers from major-league clubs, a source told ESPN.

The Mitchell Report exposes a "serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom," fingers MVP's and All-Stars, and calls for beefed-up testing by an outside agency to clean up the game, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.

George Mitchell called a news conference for Thursday to announce the results of his 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball.

Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome told the Chunichi Dragons he will not return next season, saying he wants to make a move to the major leagues.

It's easy to predict much of what George Mitchell will say: Baseball ignored performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, and his investigation repeatedly was slowed by the players' union.

Mexican Pacific League Hermosillo 9, Obregon 4 Vinny Castilla homered twice and drove in seven runs to power the Naranjeros to their third straight win.

Japanese free-agent Kosuke Fukudome has decided not to move to the Yomiuri Giants and will sign with a major league team instead, the Nikkansports newspaper reported Sunday.

Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, a hot commodity on baseball's free-agent market, plans to make a formal announcement early next week on whether he will remain in Japan in 2008 or pursue offers to play in the United States, his agent said.

First baseman Andy Phillips refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday and is set to become a free agent.

Baseball is about to get its official boxscore on the Steroids Era.

Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he lied to federal investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs.

MLB baseball home run king Barry Bonds will appear in a San Francisco court Friday to face charges of perjury relating to the investigation into the BALCO doping scandal.

Kansas City's Jose Guillen and Baltimore's Jay Gibbons were suspended for the first 15 days of next season by Major League Baseball on Thursday for violating the sport's drug program.

Despite profound legal troubles and a pending arraignment on Friday in a San Francisco federal court, former Giants' slugger and current free agent Barry Bonds still hopes to play the 2008 season, his agent told MLB.

Just in time for the holidays for the baseball fan on your list: The Mitchell report? The San Francisco Chronicle reported that according to two officials with knowledge of former Sen.

The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee announced on Monday the election of five men to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Japan defeated South Korea 4-3 on Sunday in the second round of the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament, winning the matchup of the top teams in the tournament.