In what is hopefully the end of the Barry Bonds saga, at least until he finally agrees to go on Dancing with the Stars, the home run champ was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement, 250 hours of community service and two years of probation by a U.S. District court judge today. Bonds was convicted of obstructing justice during the 2003 steroids distribution case back in April. more ›

Last we heard from the ongoing Barry Bonds trial, the thick-necked homerun swatter was convicted of obstruction of justice for holding up the 2003 doping investigation. But Barry was back in court today while his attorneys pressed prosecutors about the outcome of the other three charges of perjury that ended in a hung jury two months ago. Bonds is caught between bases it seems: On the one hand, the prosecution would like to see a new trial for the three counts that ended in a mistrial, while the defense has further confused things by asking the judge to dismiss the single guilty charge on the grounds that it doesn't line up with the other three. more ›

Greg Anderson, the man busted for dealing steroids to former Giants great Barry Bonds, is now being shunned by little league baseball. "A Northern California youth baseball league has barred Barry Bonds' former personal trainer from coaching his son's team," reports BCN (via KTVU). "The president of the Burlingame Youth Baseball Association says Greg Anderson is not a registered coach and is prohibited from being on the field during games." more ›

After four weeks of Barry Bonds' perjury trial, the Jury has reached a verdict on one of the four charges facing the record holding homerun slugger. According to KTVU news by way of the Appeal, after some confusion in the courtroom, Bonds has been declared guilty on the charge of obstruction of justice. On the other three counts of False Declaration to a Grand Jury, the jury was unable to reach a verdict and the judge is declaring a mistrial. more ›

The latest testimony in Barry Bonds' perjury trial comes from Kimberly Bell, the homerun champ's girlfriend from 1994-2003 and someone who surely has an intimate knowledge of the man's physique. According to Bay City News, when asked about Barry's steroid use, Bell told the jury that he flat-out admitted to taking steroids sometime around 1999 or 2000. What's more, she also noticed her then-boyfriend showing notorious side effects of human growth hormone - namely, "acne and shrinkage of the testicles." While being questioned by the prosecution, Bell also described Bonds as being "increasingly aggressive, irritable, agitated" around that time, but maybe he was just feeling grumpy and self-conscious about his girlfriend scrutinizing his withering manhood. more ›

No, not for what you're thinking. According to TMZ, Barry Bonds "was pulled over in his Silver Lexus last night around 10:00 PM -- and cited for talking on his cell phone while driving, a violation that will set him back roughly $125." A small price to pay for such a glorious win, we think. more ›

Former SF Giants great Barry Bonds scored a coup today in his perjury case. SFGate reports that prosecutors cannot use Bonds' positive steroids test results in court. "because Bonds' trainer refused to testify about them." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote in favor of Bonds. The all-time home run king faces 10 counts of making false statements and one count of obstructing justice in grand jury testimony on Dec. 4, 2003. more ›

Not to outdo his father, who has his own share of legal troubles, Nikolai Bonds, 19, the son of former Giants great Barry Bonds, was arrested on Saturday night, booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism. more ›

Last night, there was a notable fan watching last night's Giants-Dodgers game: Barry Bonds, who was greeted by cheers of "Barry! Barry! Barry!" The Giants' website reports that the infamous player "created a stir when he took a front-row seat during the first inning between Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom and team president Larry Baer. The all-time home run leader drew applause from the stunned fans who immediately recognized him, then prompted a noisy standing ovation from the crowd before the top of the second inning when he received a video tribute and was introduced over the public-address system." more ›

Sporting a tan suit (not since Nedra Ruiz has San Francisco seen a such a glamor-free court trial), Barry Bonds pleaded 'not guilty' in federal court today. Bonds, a former SF Giant great, is accused of lying to a grand jury after testified in 2003 that he never used steroids. Yesterday, the prosecution alleged "that Bonds used a designer steroid during the 2003 season, along with a female fertility drug that was supposed to mask the steroid on drug tests." The trial starts March 2. more ›

Today in San Francisco, a federal judge opened up hundreds of pages of court documents against disgraced Giants slugger Barry Bonds. According to reports, "The documents released included ... a transcript of a taped conversation between Bonds' personal trainer and personal assistant discussing injecting the slugger and a list of current and former Major Leaguers, including Jason Giambi, who are scheduled to testify at trial for the government." We are very much looking forward to reading said transcript. We'll update when we know more. The Bonds trial is supposed to start next month. He convicted of lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he said he didn't use performance-enhancing drugs during his time with the Giants. Which he totally did. more ›

Noted steroid aficionado, alleged perjurer, and keen deer hunter Barry Bonds scored a win today when a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed five of his 15 counts. Accused of fibbing when he denied feeling the sweet release anabolic steroids or human growth hormone. It seems that "the judge found that two counts duplicated other counts, two were based on ambiguous questions or answers and one other charge contained a typo in which prosecutors left out a key word," so they were dismissed. (Thank God Bonds didn't raep a fan.) The former Giant and holder of the Major League Baseball record for career home runs could still face up to 50 years in prison if convicted. more ›

Barry! We've missed you! How've you been? Wait, what's this now? Conspiracy?!

MurrayChass.com broke the story:

"I am convinced that Major League Baseball will never let him put on a uniform ever again," said Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris. more ›

Former baseball great and Giants slugger Barry Bonds appeared on court today, pleading not guilty to 15 federal charges of fibbing to a grand jury. If you recall, Bonds just did the exact same thing in December, but after a "judge ordered prosecutors to rewrite the slugger's indictment to fix legal infirmities in the document," the brand spanking new indictment "legal infirmities in the document." Whatever that means. more ›

Today a federal judge told the prosecutors to "re-craft its perjury case against Barry Bonds." The judge on the Bonds case, Susan Illston, claims that they "improperly lumped multiple alleged offenses into each of four counts of its indictment of the former Giants star." Whoops. Illston slammed the Bonds indictment, which was handed up last November, as "duplicitous." According to the Chron: more ›

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After all the hype and after all the expectations, we have to admit the steroid report was pretty much a yawner. We wanted names, damnit, lots and lots of names. Juicy names. Big names. Super Colossus Names. Instead we got Gregg Zaun. Bo-ring. The list was mainly a bunch of journeymen and never-were's from the 90's and who cares about them? Wasn't this whole thing about nailing the big boys? more ›

Carole Migden's girlfriend (OK then, "wife?" We refuse to use the sterile and patronizing "partner") Cris Arguedas, it seems, now must deal with yet another San Francisco diva: Barry Bonds. According to the Sacto Bee, the letter "h" eschewing lawyer "joined the defense team of baseball star Barry Bonds last week, as the long-time Sam Francisco Giant pleaded not guilty to charges of perjury." Arguedas is now part of a high-profile team that will... more ›

Stepping out of his black Chevy Tahoe SUV, smashingly dressed, and fully aware that the media would bombard him beforehand, former glory Barry Bonds acted like a punk today after arriving at the U.S District Courthouse to make his plea this morning. Oh, and that plea of fibbing under oath to a federal grand jury regarding his steroids use? Not guilty. Ta-da. Basically, he came, said that he didn't do it, had a bond... more ›

HBO bought the rights to Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sport, the infamous book penned by Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. According to a sister over at Variety, in it Bonds is "painted in 'Game of Shadows' as a gifted player who made a Faustian bargain to increase his power." (Might we suggest Damn Giants as a working title, then?) Ron Shelton -- auteur... more ›

(Barry Bonds is on SFGate's Crime page. Ha!) -- A 19-year-old woman was shot -- "in the back today...at 5:39 p.m." Huh?-- during an attempted street robbery in SF's Visitacion Valley. Attacked at Velasco Avenue and Santos Street, she is currently at SFGH and listed in stable condition. And the two suspects? Are still at large. -- UC Berkeley journalism student Kevin Jones, 27, "pleaded no contest today to a misdemeanor charge of vehicular... more ›

Many, many people want to know just what, pray tell, goes on inside the mind of Barry Bonds. Or maybe just a handful do. Who's to say? And much like the fog-laced hills of San Francisco, he is a complicated man of mystery. Or perhaps he's just a greedy, self-centered prick. (Deep down, who isn't? And remember, some people strongly defend the guy, like ESPN's Jemele Hill did just today.) Again, who's to say?... more ›

Phillyist prepared to party by doing the hustle, lighting the lights, shopping up a storm, and... visiting Khrushchev?
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Choose your allusion-- the sword of Damocles finally striking, the chickens coming home to roost, karma being an ill-tempered bitch-- but Barry Lamar is now up against it for breaking the law, breaking the law. Personally, we were a bit stunned that it happened coming as it did years after the actual case, but we're cavemen-- we fell on some ice and was later thawed by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses us! more ›

Last night at a downtown bar, we eavesdropped on a heated debate about the Bonds' indictment. The all-male group of self-proclaimed Bonds-haters argued loudly about whether or not sports should simply start allowing athletes to get as chemically enhanced as they wanna be, health risks be damned. The main pro-roids (pro-drug?) point was this: seeing as how athletes already push themselves to physical extremes, shouldn't synthetic enhancers also count? Since it also deals with... more ›

Back during his halcyon days. Presumably. Dude. Duuuuuuude. After a four-year federal investigation, today cranky baseball icon Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. Ouch. And Jesus. He's like Pete Rose, but worse. Which? Again, ouch. According to CBS 5, "[w]hile Bonds was chasing Aaron amid the adulation of San Franciscans and the scorn of baseball fans almost everywhere else, due to his notoriously prickly personality and nagging steroid allegations, a grand... more ›

-- Barry Bonds: your San Francisco diva. [SFGate] more ›

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