Roger Clemens

Armstrong's turn on Oprah's couch

2013-01-16 14:21:00

When Lance Armstrong met last month with his own personal Javert, Travis Tygart of the anti-doping agency, he said after the frustrating meeting, "You don't hold the keys to my redemption. "Only one person holds the keys to my redemption, and that's me,...

No players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

2013-01-09 19:47:00

The electorate of the Baseball Writers' Association of America sent a clear message to tainted superstars Wednesday: If you were suspected of taking performance enhancing drugs, you don’t belong in the Hall of Fame. At least not in 2013. No players...

We're not perfect, but there is a way for writers to handle Hall of Fame controversy

2013-01-10 04:15:00

When it was announced that no candidate had received the 75 percent inclusion on ballots needed to be inducted into this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class, I can’t say I was surprised. I honestly thought Houston’s Craig Biggio might...

Hall of Fame voters send clear message

2013-01-09 12:12:00

The voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America pitched a shutout in this year’s Hall of Fame election and delivered a not-so-surprising repudiation of baseball’s tawdry steroid era. Maybe that was the right message to send...

Steroid era clouds Baseball Hall of Fame voting

2012-12-22 13:06:00

We live in a world of sports that is broadcast in full color and high definition. We try to view it through a prism of moral and ethical absolutes. And still, when faced with the great issues of our time, everything ends up being cast in shades of gray....

Steroid users don't deserve Hall of Fame

2013-01-12 05:00:00

I was overjoyed to learn that no one was nominated for entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year ("Voters shut out players," Jan. 10). A few nominees, including Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, were shunned in their first year of...

Hall of Fame ballot includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, ex-Orioles OF Sammy Sosa

2012-11-28 09:04:00

The Baseball Writers' Association of America released its Hall of Fame ballot today, and now the next six weeks will be filled with debate on whether some of the biggest names -- and most controversial characters -- will get into Cooperstown's hallowed...

Rafael Palmeiro discusses Baseball Hall of Fame voting

2013-01-10 09:31:00

I had a chance to talk to former Oriole Rafael Palmeiro about Wednesday’s Hall of Fame announcement that the Baseball Writers' Association of America did not vote in anyone for the 2013 induction class. That includes Palmeiro, who was on his third...

Orioles laud expanded drug testing in baseball

2013-01-10 17:29:00

Major League Baseball and the players association have agreed to take the next step toward eradicating performance-enhancing drugs from the game by expanding random blood testing for human growth hormone to during the season and conducting additional...

Did baseball HOF voting surprise you?

2013-01-09 20:54:00

Bonds, Clemens snubbed Dan Connolly Baltimore Sun It's not surprising that no one received the needed 75 percent of BBWAA ballots. It's also not surprising that Craig Biggio, he of the 3,060 career hits for the Astros, was the highest vote-getter...

An icon smashed

2012-10-22 13:11:00

The International Cycling Union's announcement today that it was stripping superstar athlete Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles over charges of illegal doping effectively ended one of the most celebrated sports careers in recent memory....

Orioles finally get a crack at their long-time tormenters from New York

2012-10-06 15:57:00

Against anyone else, it would have seemed preposterous when the 12-year-old boy's hand reached into the field of play to change the course of the Orioles' 1996 playoff run. Against the New York Yankees? Jeffrey Maier was just another chapter in a long...

While he's appeared as himself in a movie, Roger Clemens' role of Skidmark in 1996's "Kingpin" stands out as just bizarre. Other notable roles: "Anger Management"

2013-03-27 23:49:00

While he's appeared as himself in a movie, Roger Clemens' role of Skidmark in 1996's "Kingpin" stands out as just bizarre. Other notable roles: "Anger Management"

2013-03-27 23:49:00

While he's appeared as himself in a movie, Roger Clemens' role of Skidmark in 1996's "Kingpin" stands out as just bizarre. Other notable roles: "Anger Management"

2013-03-27 23:49:00