A spokesman for Major League Baseball's umpires union has accused MLB's security investigators of being like "secret police" because of the extensive background checks made on each of the league's umpires, the Associated Press has reported.

Roger Clemens showed up at the Astros' minicamp on Wednesday and sidestepped a question about his upcoming appearance before a House committee investigating performance-enhancing drugs, according to an Associated Press report.

The Associated Press is reporting that the Hall of Fame Game, an annual tradition in Cooperstown, will end after this year's contest between the Cubs and Padres.

The Associated Press has reported that former New York Yankees' second baseman Chuck Knoblauch agreed Monday to talk to a committee investigating drug use in baseball.

Roger Clemens' agent released an 18,000-word report Monday to defend against allegations that his career rebounded around the time period he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to the Associated Press.

The 2008 regular-season schedule was announced by Major League Baseball on Thursday, with the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics opening the season on March 25 in Tokyo.

Roger Clemens' meeting with a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball was pushed back until next month.

According to the Associated Press, Barry Bonds asked a federal judge to throw out the perjury charges against him on Wednesday.

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig thinks the league is doing a good job of policing steroid use by its players.

A congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball has subpoenaed Chuck Knoblauch in regards to allegations that occurred before September 2002 when steroids were banned.

The New York Times is reporting that Jose Canseco has finally found a publisher for the sequel to his infamous book Juiced.

Published reports indicate that Jim Murray met with Brian McNamee in 2004, near Clemens' New York apartment, according to McNamee's attorney Earl Ward.

According to a report in Newsday, friends of Andy Pettitte indicate he is upset with Roger Clemens because of his airing of a private conversation he had with Brian McNamee.

Roger Clemens was asked by Congress to submit to a deposition or transcribed interview Jan.

Roger Clemens has bolstered his legal team, hiring a powerhouse Washington lawyer Lanny A.

Outfielder Reggie Sanders, one of six players in baseball history with 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases, plans to make a decision on his future by the end of January.

The FBI has opened a preliminary investigation into whether All-Star Miguel Tejada lied to federal authorities when he denied taking steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, The Associated Press has learned.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig received a three-year extension through 2012 at the owner's meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Toxicology results show former major leaguer Jim Leyritz's blood-alcohol levels were nearly twice the legal limit the day he was involved in a fatal crash in December.

The new president of the World Anti-Doping Agency criticized Major League Baseball on Wednesday, saying the sport was resisting George Mitchell's recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization.

Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum.

Major league pitcher Joe Kennedy was afflicted with a condition that caused his heart to suddenly stop beating at his in-laws' home in November when he collapsed and later died.

Major League Baseball and the performance-enhancing drug issue will be back at center stage Tuesday on Capitol Hill, but this time Commissioner Bud Selig is set to appear in a much more proactive position.

Brian McNamee's attorney Earl Ward defended his client's asking for immunity to testify before Congress and suggested that if Roger Clemens were to contradict McNamee's testimony, the pitcher likely would be indicted for lying under oath.

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Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75.

With a special dedication to Hall of Famer Juan Marichal on the 25th anniversary of his election to Cooperstown, an exhibit titled "See you at the Park! Baseball and Culture in the Dominican Republic" officially opened Friday in the Centro León museum.

After saying repeatedly that Roger Clemens will answer any questions Congress wants to ask him, a source familiar with the inquiry said Saturday night that attorney Rusty Hardin is hedging over the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's request to depose Clemens under oath next week because it might interfere with his defamation lawsuit against personal trainer Brian McNamee.

Brian McNamee told federal law enforcement officials that Roger Clemens developed an abscess on his buttocks around the time that McNamee said he was giving him steroid injections in 1998, a lawyer with knowledge of details of the case told The New York Times.

Roger Clemens' accuser met for about three hours Thursday with federal prosecutors investigating performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

Major League Baseball launched a Department of Investigations Friday, a permanent branch of the commissioner's office responsible for looking into drug use in the sport.

Major League Baseball and the NFL agreed to join the U.

Goose Gossage can understand why some players would try steroids.

Alex Cabrera, whose name appeared in the Mitchell report issued last month, agreed to a $2.

The congressional hearing involving Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and former trainer Brian McNamee was postponed Tuesday, The Associated Press learned.

Detectives believed the former New York Yankees trainer who says he injected Roger Clemens with steroids lied to them during the 2001 investigation of a possible rape, according to documents released Tuesday by police.

Acting on recommendations in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball cracked down on clubhouse security Monday in an effort to prevent the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Roger Clemens repeatedly denied using steroids during a conversation with Brian McNamee, but the former trainer would not confirm or deny his assertation.

In a defamation lawsuit filed Sunday night, Roger Clemens claims Brian McNamee, his longtime trainer and chief accuser of steroid abuse, was threatened with jail if he didn't connect the pitcher to steroids.

After publicly exchanging harsh words since the release of the Mitchell Report last month, pitcher Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee spoke via telephone Friday, New York Newsday reported.

Rich Hartmann sits in a booth at a Penn Station restaurant and sips on a beer as he waits with dozens of other commuters for the train home to Long Island and wonders what might have been.

Roger Clemens' next attempt to clear his name comes tonight on "60 Minutes.

Former Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger, who had initially planned on collaborating on Jose Canseco's next book, has decided against working with the former slugger, according to a published report.

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Goose Gossage is filled with confidence.

Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte were asked Friday to testify before a congressional committee on Jan.

Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12" and not steroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" released Thursday.

Former World Series' star Jim Leyritz had a suspended license before he was charged with driving under the influence and killing a woman last week in Florida.

Former Yankee slugger Jim Leyritz expressed condolences Monday to the family of a Florida woman he allegedly killed in a drunken driving crash.