The Mitchell Report

East Coast Bias has been watching all the press conferences and so far, myself, Brendan Canney, am disgusted with Major League Baseball. Even though there is a lot of hear-say in the report, there is enough evidence that points to major players, like Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite, that they indeed took steroids. It truly is a dark day in baseball.

Stay tuned to East Coast Bias as both me and Jason will chime in soon with both of our opinions on what has been said and reported.

Not Guilty, And He's Sticking To It

Bonds' new lawyer entered a not guilty plea in U.S. District Court to the four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice contained in the Nov. 15 indictment.

"Barry Bonds is innocent," defense attorney Allen Ruby said "He has trust and faith in the justice system."

The indictment charges Bonds with lying when he testified he never knowingly used performance enhancing drugs, even though prosecutors say he flunked a private steroids test in 2000. Bonds' personal surgeon, Dr. Arthur Ting, collected the blood sample and is expected to be called as a witness if Bonds take the case goes to trial.

Investigators also say they seized other evidence, including an alleged "doping calendar" maintained by Bonds' personal trainer Greg Anderson, who spent about a year in jail for refusing to help investigators in their perjury probe of Bonds.

I have always been an outspken critic of Barry Bonds so I hope all of these charges stick so we can land this dirtbag in prison. I'm sick and tired of his whining, unprofessional, and "It's all about me" attitude. He broke the most storied record in all of sports and instead of having people embrace him as our new home run king, most people despise him.

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Barry Bonds Indicted By Federal Grand Jury

Maybe Bonds would be willing to take an asterisk at this point. Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice Thursday and could go to prison instead of the Hall of Fame for telling a federal grand jury he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs. If he is convicted he could serve as many as 30 years in prison. When Bonds was shown papers confirming that a "Barry B" tested positive for two types of steroids in November 2000 he said, "I've never seen these documents. I've never seen these papers."

The ball is in your court Barry. You, in my estimation can do one of two things, admit you did steroids because you were jealous of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, or you could be a coward. Either way what you have done will be tarnished and rightfully so.

You Don't Want To Be Number 2

Oregon is the fifth No. 2 team to lose this season, 34 - 24 to the Arizona Wildcats. USC, Cal, USF and BC all feel the Ducks pain, especially Heisman hopeful Dennis Dixon. The stellar quarterback aggrivated a knee sprain he suffered against Arizona State. Arizona became the 10th unranked team to knock off a top 5 team this season. Depending on who you talk to the belief is is that Dixon could be done for the season. Without Dixon at quarterback the Ducks looked lost on offense. They went 3 and out six times and had only 3 drives after the 1st quarter in which they gained more than 50 yards.

If I'm Kentucky, I would just pretend that their is no polls or BCS because if history is any indication, you don't want to be number 2.

Kiss The BCS Championship Game Goodbye

Breaking News: Mitchell Reports Will Name Names

The 18 month steroid investigation headed up by Senator George Mitchell, according to ESPN.com, will names names of players, including well-known ones. When clubs asked whether they would be given an opportunity to review the report for accuracy, it was learned that they probably wouldn't be able to.

"This is going to be enormous", said one source familiar with the investigation, "It's going to be a huge story when these names come out."

Shrinkage, Liver Damage, and Bloating: Steroids Are Awesome

In her book, Marion Jones used two pages, bold letters, and red type to exclaim that she had never used steroids and would never use them. In 2004 Jones emphatically declared, "I have never, ever used performance-enhancing drugs." Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag now. The three-time Olympic gold medalist pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators when she denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Accordingly, she retired from track and field after the hearing was over.

Many people are asking how she did it, how she kept a lie like this for so long, even after winning all 5 of those medals in 2000. How can someone tell themselves for nearly 7 years that what she took was "flaxseed oil". Hell, she convinced herself to the point that she spent her money to sue Victor Conte, founder and president of Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), for continuously stating that he had saw Jones inject herself with roids.

The Internation Olympic Committee has a statue of limitations for up to eight years regarding circumstances such as this. Marion Jones could possibly be stripped of all her medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics which would include gold in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 1,600-meter relay and bronze in the long jump and 400-meter relay.

Now, if it wasn't bad enough that she cheated then lied about it, Jones will probably also be prosecuted for her involvement in a check-fraud scheme. During the hearing Marion Jones admitted lying when she told investigators that she knew nothing about Tim Montgomery's scheme to cash millions of dollars worth of stolen or forged checks. In addition to Montgomery, Jones' agent Charles Wells and former coach Olympian Steve Riddick, have all been convicted in the scam. The maximum sentence on each count is five years and a $250,000 fine, for a total of 10 years and $500,000.

The "bodies" are adding up the longer the BALCO investigation goes on. Currently there are over 15 athletes known to have taken and received supplements from BALCO.

• MLB players: Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, Jeremy Giambi, Bobby Estalella, Armando Rios
• Athletes: Hammer thrower C.J. Hunter (former husband of Marion Jones, sprinters Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Kelli White, middle-distance runner Regina Jacobs, boxer Shane Mosley.
• NFL players: Bill Romanowski, Tyrone Wheatley, Barrett Robbins, Chris Cooper and Dana Stubblefield.

Worth the risk?

East Coast Bias - August 10, 2007

Today's Headlines

- Bonds Makes History

- Brady Quinn's Future

Prognostications, Predictions, and Picks

- PGA Championship Winner

Countdown to Kickoff: Division by Division

- NFC West and NFC Recap


On today's podcast, we dive right into the controversy that is Barry Lamar Bonds. We dissect the 756th home run and look ahead to his future in baseball. We then move to the gridiron to discuss the signing of Brady Quinn and his possible success this season. For our Prognostications, Predictions, and Picks segment we predict the winner of this week's PGA Championship at Southern Hills. And we end the show with our Countdown to Kickoff segment were we preview the NFC West.

Breaking News : Barry Bonds Passes Hank Aaron

In what is a truly sad day in baseball history Barry Bonds has hit home run 756 and become baseball's all-time leader for home runs. The Washington Nationals Mike Bacsik is the poor soul who will forever be remembered as the pitcher who served up the shot on August 7th, 2007. Sorry Hank, I really am.

East Coast Bias - July 20, 2007

We're Backkkkkk!


Today's Headlines

- Bonds Approaches The 755 Milestone

- Vick Indicted By Federal Government

- 2007 British Open - Tiger Or The Field?

The ECB Mailbag

- Answering Questions on Beckham, Bonds, Yi, Culpepper, and the Yankees


On the Friday, July 20th episode of ECB, we start with Barry Bonds and his inevitable breaking of Hank Aaron's 755. We then talk about the Mike Vick situation and discuss the impact of the indictment. The British Open is our last piece of news and we ponder the Tiger vs. the field question. We end the show with the debut of The ECB Mailbag, where we respond to your emails and give you our hard hitting answers to your questions.

Giambi Will Cooperate in Steroids Investigation

According to sources within Major League Baseball there will be a meeting between those of the Mitchell Investigation and the Jason Giambi camp in July. Due to the frantic schedule of the various lawyers involved it wouldn't be possible to expect a meeting before June is over. It was accounced on Thursday that Giambi had in fact agreed to meet with the Mitchell Investigation. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had threatened Giambi with disciplinary action after his comments that eluded to him taking steroids. An anonymous source close to the investigation has said that Giambi's meeting won't be recorded and there won't be a transcript. If he had been recorded it would have been possible to match his testimony for a federal grand jury from 2003. He has said he will talk to Mitchell about his "personal history regarding steroids" but, with much chagrin to fans, he will not discuss other players.

East Coast Bias - June 15th

Today's Headlines

-Game 4 of the NBA Finals

-Jason Giambi vs. Bud Selig

-Current (as of June 14th) MLB All-Star Snubs


Weekly Segment

Prognostications, Predictions, and Picks

-Who Will Have the Better Career? Kevin Durant or Greg Oden?


In today's podcast me and Jason discuss game 4 of the NBA Finals and the current dynasty of the San Antonio Spurs. We also get into current MLB All-Star snubs and whether Jason Giambi deserves to get disciplined by Bud Selig and Major League Baseball. On our weekly podcast segment "Prognostications, Predictions, and Picks" we discuss the future of Greg Oden and Kevin Durant.

Just an FYI for all you listeners, since me and Jason happen to both be Philadelphia guys we will start a new weekly segment entitled "Weekly Phil" on Monday. On "Weekly Phil" we will go over some Philadelphia sports news including the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, and the Sixers.


The podcast should be a little louder now. On Monday's podcast I will make sure that we record at a higher volume so you folks don't have to have your volume all the way up in order to hear us. Thanks again for your patience guys and gals!

Bud Selig Lays Down The Law....

In another effort by Bud Selig to appear as a strong MLB Commissioner he has made an ultimatum to Yankees slugger Jason Giambi. Either he cooperates with Senator George Mitchell's bogus, costly, and ultimately useless investigation into steroids or face a suspension. According to current MLB rules testing positive for steroids or other performance enhancing drugs warrants a 50-game suspension. There is a problem however in Giambi's case. Jason Giambi has never tested positive for steroids or performance enhancing drugs since the plan was implemented. When the New York Daily News asked an attorney to give his opinion on the legitimacy of the suspension he said, "It's just a dead argument, legally." So if this is a dead argument legally what kind of repercussions does the MLB front office face if Giambi decides not to talk and take the disciplinary action? You would expect Giambi to appeal whatever action is taken against him and more than likely win. These threats made by Bud Selig not only make him look like a bully but a bully who can't back it up. If he keeps making these idle threats he will continue to only weaken his authority. Most of that is purely hypothetical but could become reality quite quickly if Giambi decides not to cooperate when the Tuesday deadline Selig made comes. Also, according to sources in the MLB front office the Mitchell investigation wouldn't be asking Giambi to name names, only to corroborate what was leaked from the BALCO investigation. Fans and journalists want names of players who have cheated the game and cheated their clean counterparts.

Bud Selig Asks Giambi To Talk

According to sources close to ESPN Insider Buster Olney, Jason Giambi would be used as a bargaining chip to try to give credibility to the Mitchell Investigation. The Mitchell Investigation was set up by Bud Selig and Major League Baseball to investigate the use of steroids in baseball. The Mitchell Investigation is headed by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. Jason Giambi is the most well known player who has come out and admitted to using steroids. Giambi's testimony could prove very useful in confirming details leaked from the BALCO investigation. Since Giambi is on the Yankees disabled list he has time to kill. Giambi has the option to say yes or no, and both answer bring consequences. If he says no Selig could possibly suspend Giambi and cause some drama with the players association. If he says yes he could give the Yankees incentive to terminate his contract which has already been something Brian Cashman has entertained. Baseball sources also told Buster Olney that each month the Mitchell Investigation is costing the league 2 million dollars.