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Union Sees Possible Collusion Over A-Rod

The baseball players' union is worried commissioner Bud Selig is trying to hold down the price of Alex Rodriguez's next contract and that teams might be sharing information about their free-agent plans. Complete Story...

Giambi Escapes Punishment From Selig

With a bright-eyed smile stretched across his rosy face, Jason Giambi bounced around the field during batting practice and posed for photos with fans.

Bonds Not Worried About Summer Agendas

Barry Bonds simply doesn't care: Bud Selig can be wherever he wants when Hank Aaron's home run record falls. The commissioner still hasn't said whether he plans to be in the ballpark when and if Bonds hits No. 756. Selig's indecision has drawn a lot of criticism. Oddly, he finds himself with an unusual ally in this matter — Bonds.

Selig Sidesteps Questions About Bonds

Bud Selig was willing to discuss just about everything — other than Barry Bonds and steroids. The baseball commissioner sidestepped questions Thursday about whether he'll attend games as Bonds nears Hank Aaron's home run record of 755.

Column: Bonds Untouchable for Per-2003 Use

Barry Bonds may be baseball's biggest juicer. He may be obnoxious, rude, condescending, jealous and racist, and perhaps a blight upon humanity. But it will be close to impossible for Bud Selig to touch him for anything he did before 2003.

Selig Opens Urban Baseball Academy

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig cut the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday on the league's first Urban Youth Academy, aimed at increasing interest in the sport among inner-city children.

The Vine

Chicago Cubs' sale crawling into '08

Source: Chicago Tribune

Scratch one event from the baseball off-season. Not only will Major League Baseball not get its first $1 billion franchise, but it doesn't look as if the Cubs will be sold, at any price, before the 2008 season has begun.

Armageddon for athletes - largest sports scandal ever unfolding?

Source: Yahoo! Sports

...The potential numbers here are staggering, the potential impact difficult to fathom. This isn't a BALCO investigation, the busting of a single California lab which netted a couple dozen athletes yet still rocked sports to its core.

Steroid raid could lead to biggest scandal in sports

Source: Yahoo! Sports

....DEA agents and local police examine evidence at a seized storage residence. An international investigation code-named Operation Raw Deal that culminated in the last four days could produce the next steroids scandal in sports – and perhaps the biggest yet.

Bonds Hits No. 756 to Break Aaron's Record

Source: The New York Times

Barry Bonds's home run pushed him past Hank Aaron and pushed baseball's sacred history into an awkward spot.

Baseball hypocrisy about Bonds

I don't disagree with anyone who talks about Bonds as petulant ass.

For Selig, Record Supersedes Milestone

Source: The New York Times

Commissioner Bud Selig decided to witness Barry Bonds's run at history instead of remaining in Milwaukee where he could have watched the Mets' Tom Glavine pitch in an effort to win his 300th game.

The Positive Repercussions of Scandals in Sports

Source: The Idea Exchange

This summer has brought several major scandals in the world of sports. Although they may give their respective sports a black eye in the short run, these sports scandals will bring positive long-term results.

The Looming Terror, or: Everybody's Hot Dog

Bud Selig of Major League Baseball must have had too many hot dogs at AT&T; Park during the course of his long and lonely life.

Jesse Jackson on Barry Bonds: "there's no innocence until proven guilty, no due process"

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....There's no reason to condemn him," said Jackson, "If you can't prove it, embrace him and his record. The record speaks for itself."

All-Star Tuesday

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A rundown of baseball news of July 10th, including All-Star game schedule, Scott Boras proposal for a new stat and the Bud Selig-Bonds feud

The crack of the bat and the twilight's last gleaming

Oh but for again the happy ignorance of time gone by. Not paying any attention to time but rather instead making a jolly mockery of age and gathered wisdom — there are too many of these, but who am I to deny them their blissful glee, even me amid this timeless sadness.

MLB sticks it to Giambi

Wonder where Bud Selig adopted this tactic from.

Sheffield says Latin players easier to control than Blacks

Source: ESPN.com

Gary Sheffield has said in an interview in the latest GQ magazine that Latino players are playing in the Major Leagues more because they "are easier to control" and "don't understand the language so they can't talk back".

John Donovan: 10 questions for Opening Day

Source: CNN

Barry, Rocket, Dice-K ... let the questions begin

Bud Selig Nervously Informs Ozzie Guillen That White Sox Aren't Making Playoffs

Source: The Onion

With the regular season winding down and the White Sox seven games out of first place, a sweating, visibly shaking Bud Selig entered Ozzie Guillen's office Monday to tell the notoriously proud, hot-tempered manager that his team had been eliminated from playoff contention.

The Onion: Selig- Next All-Star Game To Determine U.S. Foreign Policy

Source: The Onion

MILWAUKEE—After four years in which the outcome of the All-Star Game determined home-field advantage in the World Series, Commissioner Bud Selig has announced that Major League Baseball will attempt to increase fan interest by allowing the game's outcome to determine the direc …

Selig to Investigate Bonds

Source: ESPN.com

To borrow a phrase from Buddy Holly - "That'll be the day!"

Wells Blasts Selig, Film at Eleven.

Does it shock anyone that David Wells has something to say about Bud Selig? Nevermind the fact Selig is by far, the worst Commissioner in MLB history, I don't think that you could find a more ignorant man, ignorant at the fact that the entire league pretty much hates the guy and

Bud Selig: The Man Fans Love to Hate

"No one will argue about who baseball's greatest Commissioner is. It is the ninth Commissioner, Bud Selig.

Major League Baseball succumbs to Beijing Politics

Source: WorldNetDaily

Under pressure from China, Major League Baseball is forcing Taiwan to compete in the upcoming World Baseball Classic under the name "Chinese Taipei" and to not display the island nation's flag or have its anthem played.