Barry Bonds, holder of baseball’s career home run record and former San Francisco Giants superstar, was put on probation today for obstructing justice in the BALCO steroids scandal. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected a plea by federal prosecutors to punish Bonds with a 15-month... + read more
Bicycle racer Tammy Thomas lied to a grand jury about her use of steroids, then fought perjury charges in court. Convicted, she was sentenced to house arrest. It was the same story for elite track coach Trevor Graham, who lied to a federal agent trying to unpack the BALCO steroids scandal:... + read more
Federal prosecutors want former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds to serve 15 months in prison for obstructing their probe into the BALCO steroids scandal. In documents filed late yesterday, the legal team that prosecuted baseball’s home run king urged Judge Susan Illston to... + read more
A federal probation officer says former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds should not be required to serve prison time for his conviction on a charge of obstruction of justice, Bonds’ lawyer revealed in a filing today. Bonds was found guilty in April for evading a federal grand... + read more
Baseball slugger Barry Bonds will not face a retrial on steroids-related perjury charges. Federal prosecutors today dismissed three felony charges of lying under oath to the grand jury that investigated the BALCO steroids scandal. In April, a jury deadlocked on the three counts. But the... + read more
A federal judge tonight rejected baseball slugger Barry Bonds’ plea to overturn his felony conviction for obstruction of justice in a trial on steroid-related perjury charges. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Ilston clears the way for the former San Francisco Giants’... + read more
UPDATE: This post was updated with coverage of the hearing Thursday A federal judge said today she would rule in writing on baseball slugger Barry Bonds’ plea to overturn his felony conviction from a trial on steroid-related perjury charges. At a hearing in federal court in San... + read more
A federal judge rejected a demand by Barry Bonds’ attorneys today to force prosecutors to reveal whether they intend to retry the home run king for perjury. Bonds was found guilty in April on one count of obstruction of justice for testimony he gave to a grand jury investigating a... + read more
He hadn’t played a ball game in three years. Nine years had elapsed since a federal drug raid first linked his name to steroids. Nevertheless, until the moment when the jury brought back its muddled verdict (guilty of obstruction, deadlock on perjury), the trial of Barry Bonds provoked... + read more
Bonds began using steroids after the 1998 season, according to evidence in the BALCO case. Before that, he was a .290 hitter with speed and good power, as a composite view of his first 13 seasons in the major leagues shows. + read more
