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 ›

There's big legal news concerning the Barry, none of which involves Curt Schilling or Grand Juries. Oh no. Barry has just been slapped with a lawsuit by an inmate in a South Carolina prison, Jonathan Lee Riches (aka "the White Suge Knight), for fraud. No, not for breaking the record while on the juice, but for perpetuating a "Fraud Against Mankind," which Lee Riches calls "Batman and Identity Robbin." The Smoking Gun has the details, but from a quick perusal here are some of the claims made: more ›

Barry didn't play last night due to his legs being shot from playing Tuesday's 13 inning birthday game, thus disappointing a sold out stadium, Bud Selig, and scores of press from around the world who instead got stuck watching a very good pitching duel and Noah Lowry solidifying his role of staff ace. Maybe Bud Selig should institute some sort of "best interest of baseball" rule saying that if Barry isn't going to play, the Giants should announce it first thing in the morning so fans know they don't have to go, Bud can have a nice night out in the town, and all the press hordes can either go home or just hang out in the press booth and get drunk. more ›

Tomorrow, ESPN will take a break determining whether Tom Brady is more Now than LeBron is and feature a town hall type thingy in San Francisco on the issue of Barry Bonds and the Hallowed Record. Despite ESPN's increasing descent into annoying shtick and hype, this should be pretty interesting as it's being hosted by "Outside the Lines" host Bob Ley, one of the few ESPN "personalities" with any integrity left. It's supposed to be a discussion on all things Barry, including race, Bud Selig's complicitness in the mess, how tainted the record is, and a whole bunch of other things. The panel will feature a bunch of writers including ESPN's excellent Buster Olney and "Game of Shadows" Lance Williams as well as Barry's ex teammates Kirk Rueter and Ellis Burks as well as Dusty. Jeff Kent will not be participating. more ›

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-Down, down, down go the Warriors ,who lost their fifth straight, losing 106-97 to the Knicks in New York. more ›

Here's the good news: there really isn't any news. Then again, who would know in the midst of the wall-to-wall Anna Nicole coverage? Oh, there was a staff shakeup and Gavin made a joke, but there really is nothing out there. No earth-shaking revelation, no new story of Gavin's lonely life living a Frank Sinatra tune, no clash with reporters. We guess that'll happen tomorrow for Fake Question Time II. That should be fun. more ›

-Stanford men lose to Washington State, Cal men lose to Washington. more ›

The New York Daily News is reporting that Barry Bonds tested positive last year for taking amphetamines. As part of the recent steroid testing measure MLB took up last year, amphetamines were banned. What makes the story even worse for the Barry is that according to reports, he immediately blamed somebody else, mainly teammate Mark Sweeney and said whatever it was he tested positive for was something he got when he ate something from Sweeney's locker. more ›

-Baron Davis leads the way to another Warriors road win, this time against the Orlando Magic. Davis had thirty-eight points and nine assists as the Warriors held off a furious Magic rally to win. more ›

Well, it's official, or at least as official as official gets-- the A's are moving to 'the Burbs. Tuesday they held a press conference with all the official types and even unveiled a logo because as we all know, Cartesian marketing philosophy states that nothing in this world exists without a logo. The A's even dragged out Bud Selig and there's nothing like a speech by Bud Selig to make everyone all shiny and happy. more ›

You know how in the newspaper biz whenever a celebrity or person of note becomes old and frail and obituaries are written beforehand so they can rush it onto the newswire the moment that person kicks the bucket? Well, we had started writing one up about Barry being indicted just because everyone was so sure that he was about to be indicted. He wasn't. more ›

Now, we should take this all with a grain of salt and maybe a few more grains after that and possibly some pepper for good measure, but according to the always credible NY Daily News, an indictment could come next week against the Barry. Or more like it could possibly, maybe, you never know, why not? come soon. The main reason for the thinking is that the grand jury's term is about to expire in a few weeks and usually, whoever is trying to get some sort of indictment thingy tries to get it before the grand jury expires. You wouldn't want to have to go through the whole rigmarole of working a court case all over again would you? more ›

It looks like Bud Selig's Barry Bonds voodoo doll is working as last night, before the Giants 2-0 victory over the Brewers, Barry was bonked on the head by a foul ball in batting practice. After all, having Barry hit 715 in the Home of Bud would be the worst possible PR debacle, not to mention total karma. The ball was hit by rookie Kevin Fransden, already making a name for himself with his bone-headed base-running blunders and propensity for being hit by pitches, who joked that he was expecting his locker to be cleared out after batting practice was over. The whole thing was so weird and out-of-nowhere that nobody reacted or did anything until Barry went down on the ground and was treated by the Giants' trainers. more ›

Our fevered dreams of watching Barry Bonds hitting the game-winning home run against the Dominicans in the World Baseball Classic as fireworks explode below soaring eagles, all to the strains of "God Bless the U.S.A" will sadly go unrealized as Barry has announced that he has dropped out of playing in the WBC. On his Web site, the Barry claims that with his knees being what they are, it would be in the best interests of his "family, the Giants, and our fans that I sit the WBC out." And yes, apparently he let the world know not the customary way of calling everyone up-- like Bud Selig or the people running Team USA-- but instead by letting them know by posting on his blog. Hey, how else is he going to get people to go to his Web site? It's either this way or saying he's got the Britney/K-Fed sex tape. more ›

It’s been theorized that Barry’s little pity-party that he threw for himself, his prop of a son, and select members of the press was merely another one of his patented "you’ll miss me when I’m gone" ploys. Which we will but that's neither here nor there right now. What is here and there right now is the fact that while the ploy has worked in the past, the answer this time just might be no. And not only no, but don’t let the door hit you on the way out. In other words, the question being bandied about now isn’t when Bonds will return but should he. more ›

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When SFist was getting ready to write a blurb about Barry Bonds' press conference, we were all set to write a post about how the press conference would follow every rule of athlete press conferences, especially one's embroiled in controversy. But we forgot one thing, Barry don't play that. Barry was, well, Barry- arrogant and petulant, self-absorbed and douchey, not to mention prone to occasional bouts of perception not usually seen in athletes. You would think that with him chasing maybe sports' most famous record while being chased by a sports media in full rabid dog mode, he'd try just once, maybe just once, to play the media game, but you would be wrong. Say this for him, the dude has cojones. more ›

It looks like one of the Bay Area's penny-pinching owners is about to sell. And no, it's not the one everyone wishes it were. On Monday, it was reported that A's owners Steve Schott and Ken Hoffman are willing to sell ownership of the A's to Lew Wolff, an LA developer with huge connections to the Bay Area, especially San Jose. Rumors have been flying around for months that this was going to happen but now it’s official. It's not clear how much of the team he is going to buy or who else who be involved, but it is pretty clear that Wolff will be the managing partner and take control of the team. For those of you wondering just what the going rate on a baseball team with an old stadium goes for, it’s upwards of $170 million. While the purchase of baseball team can often be a slow and laborious process, Wolff is expected to take over the team come opening day. That's what happens when you're fraternity brothers with the Bud Selig or the owner of the team you're about to throw wads of money at is one of the people in charge of making the decision. He is, in fact, in Arizona right now at the owner’s meeting pitching his cause. more ›