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Mitchell Found Out About Byrd When We Did

By Matt WatsonOct 23rd 2007 – 7:30AM

When the San Francisco Chronicle broke the news of Paul Byrd's connection with HGH on the even of Sunday's pivotal Game 7 of the ALCS, a lot of people questioned the timing. Byrd himself questioned George Mitchell's allegiances to the Red Sox, and New York Times columnist Selena Roberts opined that Mitchell's investigation...

BALCO Attorney Troy Ellerman Gets 2.5 Year Prison Sentence

By Larry BrownJul 13th 2007 – 8:42AM

Last week I told you that BALCO attorney Troy Ellerman agreed to a longer prison sentence than the original maximum sentence. Now, news has come out that Ellerman has been sentenced to prison for two and a half years. To refresh your memory, Ellerman is the man who leaked the confidential grand jury testimony of...

BALCO Attorney Troy Ellerman Agrees to Long Prison Sentence

By Larry BrownJul 6th 2007 – 8:36AM

Lesson be learned, you leak federal grand jury testimonies to reporters, you will go to prison. For a long time. That's what's happening to Victor Conte's BALCO attorney Troy Ellerman, who gave information about athletes being investigated for steroids use such as Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Gary Sheffield, to San...

We May Have Names in the Radomski Case

By PostmanRJun 8th 2007 – 5:51PM

Back at the end of April, we posted about Kirk Radomski, the Mets clubhouse employee who distributed HGH and the like to a whole host of major leaguers from 1985-1995. Well, truth-seeking journalists Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams -- they of Game of Shadows fame -- wrote an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle...

Background on Mark Fainaru Wada

Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada co-authored the book Game of Shadows while they were reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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