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Bonds Guilty of Obstruction of Justice

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal jury convicted Barry Bonds of a single charge of obstruction of justice Wednesday but failed to reach a verdict on the three counts at the heart of allegations that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone and lied to a grand jury about it. Following a 12-day trial and almost four...

Former Players Cleared to Testify in Barry Bonds' Trial

A bid by Barry Bonds' attorneys to bar the testimony by current and former athletes such as Jason Giambi and Benito Santiago was denied by a federal judge at a hearing Friday. Prosecutors, however, will still be unable to use logs, test results and notes collected on the government's raid on Bay Area Lab Co-Operative...

Barry Bonds' Testicles to Testify?

Over the last few years there have probably been more than a few baseball fans who feel like they've learned a bit too much about those who play the sport. Instead of hearing all about their steroid use, these people would prefer to live in denial about any such problems with the sport and just watch baseball. Bud Selig is...

Barry Bonds Gets Some Good News

We now interrupt our playoff programming to bring you an update on baseball's greatest villain: Barry Bonds.In case you forgot about it, Barry Bonds is getting ready to go to court as part of that whole BALCO investigation we used to hear so much about. Bonds faces possible jail time if he's found guilty of perjury for...

Background on Susan Illston

Susan Yvonne Illston (born 1948) is a San Francisco, California-based judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

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