Thursday, February 14, 2008

Breaking: Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000 (corrected date, again)

Revisions/extensions part 2 (8:45 am 2/15/2008) - The US Attorney’s office screwed up in its initial filing; it was in November 2000, not November 2001. Reuters notes that they will be making an amended filing today in the linked story.

I'm still searching for a web story to link to, but Fox News just announced that federal prosecutors say that Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in October November 2001, less than a month after he broke the single-season home run record. It was on the air a few minutes ago, and it's a "breaking news" banner on their site now.

I'm shocked, VERY FUCKING SHOCKED, that he took steroids the year he broke that record.

Revisions/extensions (6:46 pm 2/14/2008) - More from Reuters:
The allegation came in a legal filing in his steroid perjury case that referred to Bonds' long-time trainer, Greg Anderson.

"At trial, the government's evidence will show that Bonds received steroids from Anderson in the period before the November 2001 positive drug test, and that evidence raises the inference that Anderson gave Bonds the steroids that caused him to test positive in November 2001," U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello wrote.

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