Retired pitcher Jim Parque says he used human growth hormone "about six times" after he was cut by the Chicago White Sox in 2002 and before a brief comeback with the Tampa Bay Rays the following season. ...more

July 23, 2009

Brian McNamee asked a federal court late Wednesday to dismiss Roger Clemens' defamation lawsuit or move the case to New York. ...more

July 4, 2008

Congress wants to hear more from baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players' union head Donald Fehr about their 2005 testimony on steroids in the sport. ...more

June 13, 2008

The St. Louis Cardinals wasted no time handing out Scott Rolen's old number. ...more

February 20, 2008

Astros pitcher Woody Williams walked into the clubhouse and saw a swarm of reporters gathered around Miguel Tejada. ...more

February 20, 2008

Eric Gagne, identified as a user of human growth hormone in the Mitchell Report, apologized Monday to his new Milwaukee Brewers teammates for "a distraction that shouldn't be taking place." ...more

February 19, 2008

Addressing his inclusion in the Mitchell Report for the first time, Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca acknowledged what he called "a mistake" - without coming right out and explaining exactly what he was apologizing for. ...more

February 17, 2008

Few men who have ever gripped a baseball know more about saving games than Mariano Rivera. ...more

February 16, 2008

Pedro Martinez said he knows his place in the Steroids Era. "I dominated that era and I did it clean," he said. "I can stand by my numbers." ...more

February 15, 2008

While there is a role for the U.S. Congress in big and small matters that concern Americans, most of us are tired of hearing about Major League Baseball's steroid case and the New England Patriot's videotape scandal. For some reason, though, the nation's most important business has been put on hold for hearings and questioning. Sometimes Congress is all we have to hold people accountable, so we don't dismiss their power to call people on the carpet. Sometimes these matters are relatively small. But the Roger Clemens steroid accusations is not a matter that should have members of Congress locked up for days hearing testimony. It serves no purpose. It seems like some members of Congress enjoy the face time they get on these frivolous hearings. They want to fight for the best sound bite, or to see who can best insult someone being questioned. It's one thing when it was tobacco executives sitting there lying to the country about the dangers of their products, and quite another when a baseball pitcher and his trainer are lying about each other. ...more

February 15, 2008