This Just in Barry Bonds received steroids

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds received steroids and human growth hormone from a nutritional supplements lab implicated in a steroid-distribution ring, according to information given to federal investigators, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.



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Investigators also were told that New York Yankees stars Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, as well as three other major leaguers and one NFL player, were given steroids, the newspaper reported.


Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, gave the players the drugs from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, according to information given to the government and shared with the newspaper.


The newspaper stated that its information did not "explicitly state" that the athletes used the steroids after obtaining them.


Bonds, Giambi and Sheffield, all of whom testified last fall before the grand jury that indicted four men in the alleged steroid-distribution ring, have denied steroid use. The three men declined comment Monday when contacted by the newspaper.



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"We continue to adamantly deny that Barry was provided, furnished or supplied any of those substances at any time by Greg Anderson," Bonds' attorney Michael Rains told the newspaper.


Sheffield and Giambi refused to comment on the report Tuesday morning at the Yankees' spring training camp in Tampa, Fla.


"Words, speculation doesn't bother me. It's as simple as that. I deal with it. You know I don't like dealing with issues. You know I don't like dealing with controversy. Nobody likes to do that," Sheffield said.


Sheffield's attorney, Paula Canny, told the Chronicle: "Gary Sheffield has never knowingly ingested a steroid ... and Gary Sheffield has never knowingly applied an anabolic steroid cream to his body."


Prosecutors released documents last month saying Anderson told federal agents he gave steroids to several professional baseball players. None of those players was identified in those documents.


Anderson's attorney, Tony Serra, said the trainer had seven professional athletes as clients -- Bonds and five other major leaguers, and one football player.


Serra said last Friday that Bonds "never took anything illegal" and that the slugger was offered -- but rejected -- a substance at the heart of the government's case against the four indicted men.


That substance, according to government documents, was the recently unmasked steroid THG.


Anderson has been charged with participating in a steroid-distribution ring that provided performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes. Also charged have been BALCO founder Victor Conte and the lab's vice president, James Valente, as well as track coach Remi Korchemny.


All four have pleaded not guilty and are free on bond.


The Chronicle reported that two of Bonds' former teammates -- Marvin Benard of the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City catcher Benito Santiago -- and former Oakland infielder Randy Velarde also received performance-enhancing drugs, as did Oakland Raiders linebacker Bill Romanowski.


An anonymous source told the Chronicle that Anderson provided Bonds with steroids and human growth hormone as far back as 2001, when the slugger hit 73 homers to break the single-season record. Bonds has 658 career homers -- 97 shy of Hank Aaron's career mark.


Human growth hormone, or hGH, works like a steroid, building muscle mass and helping athletes recover from training. Standard drug tests are unable to detect it, but scientists are working to develop a reliable test before the Athens Olympics this August.


Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

 

posession is illegal, right?

the taking of HGH and steroids is the part that will turn the fans off, iff proven.

or will it?

will these be known as the "drug years" in the baseball record books?

 

This just show that allof this player how use Steroids with out it there not that good after all.It's a very sad day for beseball A guy hit 73HR in a season and think WOW is so good but later you find out he take Steroids

 

absolutely shocking...

Ever seen his rookie card?

He's the real life David Banner, I tell ya.

 

I probably should care but I honestly don't.

 

this is the biggest "No Shit.." in the history of breaking news. Even Stevie Wonder could see that Bonds was on steroids. All this does is cement Bonds as the number one assclown of all time. He constantly slammed the media for even mentioning his holy name in a sentence that had the word steroids in it.

This just proves MLB is a joke. They'll do nothing about their current HR record holder being a steroid user. It was illegal when he did it, regardless of what kind of steroid he was using.

 

....and to think that this clown actually dissed Babe Ruth and his accomplishments.

 

this just in? classic.

If this is proven somehow, what are the ramifications long-term for baseball? An * in the record books, forfeiture of games won with doped athletes participating? This is a big deal in so many ways...

I'm not saying Bonds is guilty of anything, or that anyone used steroids, but it really doesn't look good.

 

well since they don't test really, Barry or anyone caught would be slapped on the wrist. His reputation would be destroyed beyond anything the league could do to him. I doubt they'll take any records away since they'd have to go back and do it for a lot of stats.

Funny how he slammed Ruth, yet still needs steroids to beat numbers a fat guy put up a long time ago.

 

Officially when were steroids banned? I think I heard earlier today that steroids were banned around 2003. If thats the case then unless he tested positive TODAY what is he guilty of other than killing his own body? I am not in favor of it and think he is a prick but if he wasn't breaking a rule then the numbers would stand. Just my opinion