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A U.S. jury convicted Barry Bonds on Wednesday of one count of obstructing justice but deadlocked on three other charges of whether baseball's home run king lied to a grand jury investigating the use of steroids in sports.

Unwilling to face another drug ban, Manny Ramirez is leaving baseball and at peace with his decision while the sport confronts the specter of steroids again....

A federal prosecutor told jurors in the Barry Bonds perjury trial Thursday that the former San Francisco Giants slugger "was given every opportunity to tell the truth" when he denied that he knowingly using steroids but lied to protect a "powerful secret."

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.

A star government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial took the stand Wednesday morning and testified that the slugger ordered him in 1999 to research the effects of a steroid....

The seven-time Cy Young Award winner pleads not guilty to federal charges that he lied to Congress when he rejected the claims of others who said the former pitcher had used steroids and human growth hormone.More than two years after Roger Clemens told Congress that he had never taken steroids or human growth hormone, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner reaffirmed his denial Monday as he pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges that he lied to a congressional panel about the alleged doping.

Roger Clemens, the larger-than-life pitcher who appeared destined for the Baseball Hall of Fame, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on Thursday on charges that he lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career home run on Wednesday, becoming the seventh player in Major League Baseball to achieve the feat and triggering new debate about his place among the game's greats after his admission that he has used performance-enhancing drugs.

Former All-Star pitcher Edinson Volquez was suspended 50 games Tuesday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug, a punishment that will cost him money but won't hurt the Cincinnati Reds' rotation....