Congress wants new steroids hearing; one lawmaker calls on Selig to quit

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog • Waxman and Davis Joint Statement on Mitchell Report
This just popped into my inbox at my day job… “We are going to ask Senator George Mitchell, Commissioner Bud Selig, and the President of the Major League Players Association, Don Fehr, to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform ...

River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog • Anyone else care to grandstand today?
Representatives Henry A. Waxman and Tom Davis are jumping back into the fray . The two are going to ask Senator Mitchell, Commission Selig and Donald Fehr to come to Washington next Tuesday so that a bunch of politicians can look good on camera. I ...

Sports Media Watch • CNN Mitchell interview.
During the 5:00 PM segment of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer sat down with former Senator George Mitchell, whose Mitchell Report has sent shockwaves throughout the game of baseball. Here is a transcript of most of the interview; some ...

FanHouse • Releasing Names Is Something Baseball Had to Do
For the first time today, I've been able to get myself to a TV and see what other people are saying about the release of the Mitchell Report . To my surprise, as soon as I flipped on ESPN I saw John Kruk ranting and raving about how stupid Bud Selig ...

The Starting Five • The Mitchell Report: Absolving the Owners By Dave Zirin
(Illustrations by Steve Brodner) DZ is quick with his ish…. Thanks DZ. -Mizzo Ever had someone spit in your face and tell you it’s raining? That’show it felt watching former Sen. George Mitchell’s press ...

Selig: Report is a 'call to action'
Commissioner Bud Selig announced swift plans Thursday to execute every recommendation listed in former Sen. George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, but made no formal decisions regarding the punishment of ...

George Mitchell Bio
George Mitchell took the job as baseball's steroids investigator in March 2006 after decades of government service and several years of ties to the sport and commissioner Bud Selig.

Red Sox statement on the Mitchell Report
The Boston Red Sox statement Thursday on the Mitchell Report: The Boston Red Sox have supported and fully cooperated with this investigation initiated by Commissioner Selig...

Nationals have ties to Mitchell Report
Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca and former center fielder Nook Logan, who was non-tendered by the club on Wednesday night, were linked to performance-enhancing drugs in the Mitchell Report released Thursday afternoon.

No hair trigger
NEW YORK - Commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday he may discipline players named in the Mitchell Report, but players' union chief Don Fehr said he could not even comment...