Something about Sosa and Steroids
puristbleedspinstripes.com 6/17/2009 — Yesterday, the news broke that former Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa had tested positive for steroids or some other sort of PED in 2003. Like many, I shrugged and moved on. There was (and possibly still is) a time when such news would be shattering, with the potential to devastate the sport, but ...

Should We Care About Steroids?
yanksgoyard.com 6/18/2009 — I don't think this is Photoshopped. Here are my reactions to Sammy Sosa’s testing positive for performance enhancing drugs: No shit. You couldn’t tell that by looking at him? He already got caught corking his bat… I’m surprised it took this long to come out. Next you’ll tell me ...

A Cubs Fan's Perspective: Sammy Sosa
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 6/19/2009 — I have been a Cubs fan for as long as I've been alive. I am 28 years old and some of the earliest memories involved my dad and I watching afternoon games on WGN. I remember Jody Davis, Leon Durham, Rick Sutcliffe, and Lee Smith all fighting the Chicago summer heat. The times were special and ...

Report: Sosa worked out with A-Rod’s banned trainer
scoresreport.com 6/17/2009 — According to a report by the New York Daily News , Sammy Sosa worked out with Alex Rodriguez’s trainer Angel Presinal , who was banned by MLB for his involvement in selling and distributing performance-enhancing drugs. “He worked with him in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Dominican ...

Report: Sosa tested positive for banned substance in 2003
scoresreport.com 6/16/2009 — According to a report by the New York Times , Sammy Sosa is one of the baseball players who tested positive for a banned substance in 2003 . In some respects, this is hardly shocking news seeing as how many people already suspected that Sosa took banned substances during his playing ...

The fraud that is Sammy Sosa
jeffpearlman.com 6/17/2009 — Throughout the 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s, baseball boasted no greater fraud than Sammy Sosa. If you go back in time, nobody was more beloved by fans than Sammy the Cub. The way he sprinted to the outfield; the way he did that kissie thing after ...

Sammy Sosa is going to be waiting a while
bases.newsvine.com 6/8/2009 — Last week, Sammy Sosa said that, following his retirement, he would "calmly wait" to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Sosa's Steroid Use Shouldn't Change Anything
424tales.blogspot.com 6/17/2009 — So, it turns out that Sammy Sosa used steroids . This is not shocking news, unless you are also shocked by the fact that ice is cold. My opinion of Sammy Sosa has not changed much with this evidence of his use. I suspected that Sammy may have not been all natural while he was hitting homeruns ...

NBC Sports - What they're saying about Sammy Sosa
bases.newsvine.com 6/17/2009 — Let's take a quick stroll around the blogosphere to see how others are reacting to the Sosa news: Goat Riders of the Apocalypse : I hated the punk BEFORE he even joined the Cubs. I hated him when the White Sox' GM, Larry Himes (yep, HIM) traded ...

Comment and response
hardballtimes.com 6/17/2009 — This morning I wrote a post that, among other things, lauded the legal counsel Sammy Sosa appears to have been given in advance of his Congressional testimony in 2005. I said this: [Sosa] said "To be clear, I have never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs." He said "I have never ...

'Wanna Play?' offers fun for young fans — Major League Baseball News 6/17/2009
The inaugural "Wanna Play?" event will be held at Cincinnati's Fountain Square Park on Saturday from 2 p.m. ET until the 7 p.m. start time of the Civil Rights Game between the White Sox and Reds.

Sports of The Times: A Hall of Fame Find by a Sports Reporter — NYT > Baseball 6/17/2009
Steve Wilstein, the reporter who doused the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa celebration in 1998 by questioning its legitimacy, has a chance to be voted into the Hall of Fame before either of the sluggers.

Sammy Sosa: Another One Bites the Dust — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/17/2009
In yesterday’s New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt reported, “Sammy Sosa … is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results ...

Players disappointed by Sosa report — Major League Baseball News 6/17/2009
Paul Konerko and Aramis Ramirez understand why Sammy Sosa's alleged PED use has become a story, but they're not happy with the way it was reported.

Konerko: Evidence against Sosa lacking (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/17/2009
Sammy Sosa may have been slamming balls with the aid of performance-enhancers, but Chicago White Sox slugger Paul Konerko wasn't quite ready to believe it. He wants more evidence. Slammin' Sammy became the latest in a line of stars implicated in ...