Sammy Sosa

He's not juiced up over Mark McGwire's results

2013-05-14 22:42:00

I had never met Mark McGwire before Tuesday night, but I knew of his reputation and the fact he has struck out so far as the Dodgers' hitting coach. So given the Dodgers' lack of power, I asked, "Is it time to introduce the players to steroids?"...

Did Mike Piazza use steroids? 'I didn't,' he says in book

2013-02-09 09:58:00

The Hall of Fame election came and went without the release of Mike Piazza's long-awaited book. Piazza might have been the best-hitting catcher in baseball history, but he and everyone else in a star-studded field of candidates was rejected in an election...

Lance Armstrong's legacy

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Thursday night's bid for absolution by cyclist Lance Armstrong over his use of performance-enhancing drugs — set to continue Friday as OWN founder and TV high priestess Oprah Winfrey seeks to bless her struggling network with ratings points —...

Hall of Famer Rich 'Goose' Gossage applauds Cooperstown shutout

2013-01-09 18:06:00

Rich “Goose” Gossage cut an intimidating figure on the mound with his sinister-looking Fu Manchu mustache and blazing fastball, and at 61, he can still fire a few high, hard ones, as he showed after Wednesday’s Hall of Fame vote, in...

Baseball Hall of Fame: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza shut out

2013-01-09 11:45:00

No players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this year in a polarizing vote that reopened the wounds of the steroid era. Home run king Barry Bonds, owner of baseball’s most cherished record, was resoundingly rejected. So was...

For the record

2012-11-06 00:00:00

Home run record: A Sports article Nov. 3 on the Dodgers' expected signing of former slugger Mark McGwire as batting coach said that in 1998, McGwire and Sammy Sosa chased Roger Maris' record of 60 home runs. Maris set the record with 61 home runs. ...

Barry Larkin chosen to baseball Hall of Fame

2012-01-09 16:55:00

Dodgers won't add an MVP, no matter what happens to Ryan Braun

2011-12-10 21:37:40

Question of the day: Of the people available, whom would you pick to manage your MLB team? [Updated]

2010-10-05 16:33:29

Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven elected to baseball Hall of Fame

2011-01-05 16:32:54

Tom Schieffer brings a world of experience to Dodgers

2011-04-25 21:30:00

Great pitchers have downs with their ups

2009-11-02 16:32:48

Sammy Sosa arrives for the 12th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 10, 2011.

2013-01-24 07:17:00

If I'd been 11 instead of 31 and I'd been wandering through the Cubs Convention, this book called Chicago's 100 Greatest Sports Heroes would have been at the top of my must-leave-with list. It looks old school but was actually published in 2011 and includes an entry on Derrick Rose.

2013-01-21 15:59:00

Boys play baseball in an empty lot in San Pedro de Macoris, one of the Dominican towns that sends the most professional baseball players to the United States. Sammy Sosa grew up in the town, where he famously shined shoes as a boy.

2013-01-14 09:09:27