Barry Bonds, Performance-enhancing Drugs | featured news

Barry Bonds. Guilty on a technicality. At least that's how much of the public sees it. It's all that came out of a seven-year investigation into baseball's home run king. Lance Armstrong. Not even prosecuted. A two-year, multi-continent investigation brought to a close this year with no charges filed. Now Roger Clemens. Acquitted on all counts. A five-year investigation ended with the top pitcher of his generation celebrating with family hugs inside the courtroom.

Barry Bonds' defense rested Wednesday without calling a single witness in the federal perjury trial.

Legal analysts say the testimony of former Bonds aide Kathy Hoskins, who testified she saw the slugger's personal trainer inject him in the navel, may be a key point in the trial.

Two people who were once close to Barry Bonds have now laid out a similar story and timeline for his alleged use of steroids.