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

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.

Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez Reach Milestones

In the 2nd inning versus the San Diego Padres Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's all-time home run record with a blast to left field of pitcher Clay Hensley. His homer was his 72nd after age 40, tying Carlton Fisk for the most all-time. He has 21 homers this season, putting him five shy of last season. It took Bonds six games between his 754th and 755th home run while it took him five games to go from 714 to 715. Bonds said in his postgame news conference that he won't play in Sunday's series finale in San Diego. He's said he's opting to celebrate his historic home run with his family.

Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 career homers, as the Yankees blasted the Royals 16-8. Rodriguez joins Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle as the third player to hit No. 500 with the Bronx Bombers. A-Rod is the fifth active player with 500 career homers, joining Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr. and Thomas. This marks just the second time in MLB history there are five active players with atleast 500 home runs. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew and Ernie Banks did it in 1971.

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.

Sosa Slams 600th Homer

Sammy Sosa became the 5th player in Major League Baseball history to join the 600 home run club. In an ironic twist, Sammy actually slammed his historic home run off his former team the Chicago Cubs and it came against Jason Marquis, who by the way, wears the #21, the same number that Sosa wore as a Cub. The Texas Rangers outfielder has had a solid, bounce-back year(13 HR and 57 RBI) following last year were he had no teams interested in his services. Though there will always be the steroid controversy that surrounds him, nonetheless he joins elite company of Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and Hank Aaron with 600 bombs.