Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty to perjury charges in federal court in San Francisco on December 7. The home run king is accused of lying to a grand jury when he said he had not used steroids and had not been given performance enhancing drugs by his personal trainer. Bonds was released on $500,000 bond. His next hearing is set for February 7, but he won’t be required to appear in court. Read more about Bonds' arraignment, watch video of the mob of reporters that met him at the courthouse, and read what a writer for Major League Baseball had to say.
The BALCO scandal, which landed Barry Bonds and runner Marion Jones in court, led Major League Baseball to launch its own investigation into steroid use among players. George Mitchell, a former U.S. Senate majority leader, spent two years investigating players' steroid use. He announced the investigation's findings on December 13. Read about it on Current Events's blog at www.cenewsblog.com
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