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Armando Rios / ESPN:
Players listed in the Mitchell Commission report … Here are players mentioned in the Mitchell Commission report and how it links them to performance-enhancing substances: — Information Learned During this Investigation Concerning BALCO and Major League Baseball (9 players/3 active in MLB in 2007)
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Source says information on Clemens will be in Mitchell's report — Clemens May Be Named in Mitchell Report — A former New York Yankee strength trainer says information he supplied to the George Mitchell investigation regarding supplying Roger Clemens with steroids is included …
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ESPN.com:
Mitchell report: Baseball slow to react to steroids — NEW YORK — Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada and Andy Pettitte were among 75 players named in the long-awaited Mitchell report on Thursday, an All-Star roster linked to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs that put a question mark …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Clemens denies alleged ties to drugs — Veteran right-hander 'outraged' by claims in Mitchell Report — NEW YORK — With quite possibly the final pitch of his storied career, Roger Clemens buzzed a 94-mph fastball past the Indians' Victor Martinez and walked off the mound at Yankee Stadium.
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Sports Illustrated:
Tejada named in Mitchell Report — Roberts, Knoblauch, Clemens, Justice also implicated — Former American League MVP Miguel Tejada is mentioned in the Mitchell Report, due to be released by 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, SI.com has learned. — Seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens …
Leitch / Deadspin:
Is This The List Of Players Mentioned? [Is This The List?] — OK, let's do a little test of the Internets today: In the last hour, we have been forwarded a list of players mentioned in the Mitchell Report by about 25 different people. Is this list substantiated? No. Is it from an MLB official?
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Baseball holds its breath for The List to be released — The reactions will range from shock to anger, to threats and counter-threats. Then again, maybe George Mitchell's 20-month steroids investigation will be stopped dead cold by a wall of cynicism. Already there are enough detractors …
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Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News Blogs:
Mitchell Report doesn't tarnish Yankee dynasty — The Mitchell Report is out, and by my count, 77 different players — both current and former — are named in some capacity in the report. Among them are stars such as Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte …
Leitch / Deadspin:The Complete List Of Players Mentioned In The Mitchell Report [The Official List]
WNBC:Mitchell's Steroid List Leaked, Disputed By MLB Official
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
A-Rod: "It was a huge debacle" — Alex Rodriguez didn't mince words on his conference call today, saying that Scott Boras misled him into opting out of his contract. — Listen for yourself: — Rodriguez said that he didn't fire Boras because this will be his last contract.
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Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Big schism in A-Rod/Boras camp — Alex Rodriguez's resigning (10-years, $275 million plus $30 million in incentives) was made official this morning. Very interesting comments by Alex on the way the whole thing went down. It sounds as if Scott Boras made him believe the Yankees didn't want to resign him.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sources: Twins, Everett reach deal — LIKE THIS STORY? — One day after losing his job with the Houston Astros to Miguel Tejada, shortstop Adam Everett has agreed to a one-year, contract with the Minnesota Twins, according to major-league sources. — The Astros declined to offer Everett …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Jays close to deal with shortstop Eckstein — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Blue Jays have been mostly quiet this off-season, waiting for the right player to become available at a reasonable price. — That player finally has emerged — free-agent shortstop David Eckstein.
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Jacob Goldstein / Health Blog:
Health Blog Q&A: Straight Dope on Baseball's Drug Problem — If you're ever going to talk to the guy who wrote a book called Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sports and Exercise, today's the day. As the clock ticked on the release of the big Mitchell report on doping in baseball …
ESPN:
Ex-Mets employee pleads guilty, agrees to help MLB — SAN FRANCISCO — A former employee of the New York Mets has pleaded guilty to distributing performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of major league players between 1995 and 2005, and is cooperating with baseball's steroids investigation.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Rangers sign free-agent lefty Fukumori — FOXSports.com, Updated 42 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Rangers, adding to their bullpen, have signed Japanese left-hander Kazuo Fukumori to a two-year, $3 million contract, according to major-league sources.
