Selig defends MLB drug-testing program
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Commissioner Bud Selig defended baseball's drug-testing program Tuesday in the wake of the Mitchell Report, which cast a shadow over the sport by singling out some of its biggest stars as cheaters.
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Phoenix -- The hard-nosed chief of baseball&#39;s players union, Donald Fehr, said for the first time Tuesday that he was willing to toughen the sport&#39;s maligned drug-testing policy after receiving authorization from the players&#39; executive board.
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Jason Giambi's reported testimony that he used steroids might jeopardize his &#36;120 million contract with the New York Yankees and allow baseball commissioner Bud Selig to discipline him.
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An official involved with negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players association said yesterday that the leaders of the two sides had outlined a new drug-testing program that
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Even if baseball institutes more stringent drug testing, there will still be a number of ways for players to defy detection, many doping experts say.
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Bud Selig announced a tougher steroid policy that will not make many medical experts break into song, but give him credit for getting this far.
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Commissioner Bud Selig, who hoped to bring closure to Major League Baseball's steroids era by commissioning the Mitchell Report that was issued on Thursday, may have opened the door to more questions about the game's troubled past.
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In announcing a stricter steroid-testing policy yesterday, Major League Baseball officials said the program was the fundamental equivalent of others in American professional sports, and on balance, the same as the drug-testing policy in effect for baseball's minor leagues.
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Former New York Yankees slugger Chuck Knoblauch spoke for 90 minutes with attorneys for the House of Representatives Oversight Committee looking into Major League Baseball doping here on Friday.
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NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 on Thursday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams to launch a World Cup tournament.
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Question their motives, but baseball commissioner Bud Selig and his counterparts from around the world of sports were right about this much: The fight against doping won't be won simply by applying pressure from the top down.
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Baseball players and owners will high-five themselves and think they're quieting critics by agreeing to a slightly tougher steroid-testing program.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - With the dark cloud of steroids continuing to hover over baseball, it appears a tougher drug-testing policy may be in effect by spring training.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball  commissioner Bud Selig responded to Arizona Senator John  McCain's comment regarding the steroids controversy that has  rocked the sport by saying he would accept help from the  government if the union doesn't accept a change in the current  rules.
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While the leadership of the Major League Baseball Players Association remained silent on the issue of a harsher steroid-testing program following the first day of its annual meetings in Phoenix, Commissioner Bud Selig continued his public campaign to
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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.
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Major League Baseball has introduced a Department of Investigations to lead the fight against drugs in the sport, it said on Friday. The new department will have "primary responsibility for conducting all investigations into violations of Major League Baseball's rules and policies," said an MLB statement.