Topic: Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds gets 2 years probation in steroids probe

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 52 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Home-run king Barry Bonds was sentenced on Friday to 2 years probation, with no prison time, for his conviction on a single criminal count related to an investigation over steroids use in sports.Bonds was also sentenced to 30 ...
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Government drops perjury counts against Barry Bonds

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 159 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The government on Wednesday dismissed three counts of perjury against home-run king Barry Bonds that had left jurors deadlocked in his trial stemming from an investigation into athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs.In the government's long-running prosecution of Bonds ...
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U.S. prosecutor: Barry Bonds conviction should stand

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 165 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge should not overturn a jury verdict against baseball home run king Barry Bonds relating to an investigation of steroids in sports, a U.S. prosecutor argued in a hearing on Thursday.Bonds was convicted in April by a ...
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Thome warms purists' hearts with 600th home

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 175 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Thome powered his way into one of Major League Baseball's most exclusive clubs on Monday when he slugged his 600th home run after a long journey built on hard work and consistency.The 40-year-old Minnesota Twin became just ...
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Factbox: U.S. sports figures convicted in steroids scandal

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 215 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roger Clemens, one of the best pitchers in baseball history, goes on trial on Wednesday on charges of lying to Congress when he denied taking steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.He has pleaded not guilty to the charges -- three ...
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Jury agrees on one count in Barry Bonds trial

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 299 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The jury in Barry Bonds' perjury trial has reached a decision on one of the charges against the former baseball star, a clerk said at a U.S. court hearing on Wednesday.However, no verdict was announced at the hearing. ...
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Bonds court reconvening without verdict

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 299 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The jury has not reached a verdict in former baseball star Barry Bonds' trial for perjury, a U.S. court representative said on Wednesday, correcting an earlier statement.Court will reconvene shortly, as previously announced, the court representative said.(Reporting by ...
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Jury set for long-awaited Barry Bonds trial

AFP Global Edition - 321 days ago
Finding San Francisco area residents who lack strong opinions of their World Series champions and their former star player proved no easy task Monday in jury selection for the Barry Bonds trial.It took roughly six hours for a federal judge and lawyers ...
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Jury set for long-awaited Bonds trial

AFP Global Edition - 322 days ago
Finding San Francisco area residents who lack strong opinions of their World Series champions and their former star player proved no easy task Monday in jury selection for the Barry Bonds trial.It took roughly six hours for a federal judge and lawyers ...
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Voicemails thrown out of Bonds trial

AFP American Edition - 326 days ago
Jurors in the Barry Bonds perjury trial that opens Monday will never hear 11 expletive-laced voicemails the US home run king left for his former girlfriend during a nine-year relationship.In yet another painful ruling for the prosecution, US District Court Judge Susan ...
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