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A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs — His voice shaking at times, Alex Rodriguez met head-on allegations that he tested positive for steroids six years ago, telling ESPN on Monday that he did take performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers during a three-year period beginning in 2001.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Hicks ‘betrayed’ by A-Rod's steroid use — Rangers owner Tom Hicks said he feels personally “betrayed” and “deceived” by Alex Rodriguez's use of steroids while with the club in 2001-2003, which Rodriguez admitted to in a nationally televised interview on ESPN on Monday.
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ESPN:
Transcript: Alex Rodriguez talks with Peter Gammons … The following is an edited transcript of Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's discussion with ESPN's Peter Gammons on Monday. — PETER GAMMONS: Alex, this weekend Sports Illustrated reported that in 2003 you tested positive for testosterone …
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Gammons fails test with A-Rod … When word started spreading Sunday night that Alex Rodriguez would do a TV interview, a Major League Baseball official was asked if the Yankees' third baseman, outed by Sports Illustrated as a steroids user, would do the spot on the MLB Network.
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Cummings might get A-Rod an invite to Congress — Alex Rodriguez soon might have to repeat his steroid admission on Capitol Hill. — Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) plans to recommend to the head of the congressional committee that has previously hosted baseball players that A-Rod receive …
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Play-by-play of the A-Rod interview, plus pics and commentary! — If you thought watching A-Rod bare his soul about steroids to Peter Gammons was fun, imagine how much enjoyment watching it over and over while writing down every word must have been. I don't have to imagine it, because I did it last night.
NY Daily News:
Gene hardly looking clean — When Gene Orza would show up in a baseball clubhouse during the 2004 season seeking out certain players, just about everyone on the team had a pretty good idea why he was there: To let them know they'd failed a Major League Baseball drug test.
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ESPN:
A-Rod is sorry — sorry he got caught — Have you seen the interview? (Congrats to Mr. Gammons, by the way.) — I've watched it a couple of dozen times now, and I have to say, things don't start out too well for Mr. Rodriguez. Not when Mr. Gammons' first question is, “What's the truth?”
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George Vecsey / New York Times:Facing Up to Some Truth Is a Start for Rodriguez
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:Rodriguez Admits to Use of Performance Enhancers
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Ted Keith / Sports Illustrated:Baseball's 2009 season will be overshadowed by A-Rod
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Ken Gurnick / Hot Stove Blog:
Dodgers Sign Jeff Weaver — The Dodgers signed Jeff Weaver to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League training camp. Weaver, 32, will receive a $500,000 salary if he makes the club. — Weaver, a starter throughout his Major League career, will vie for a bullpen role.
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Bart Hubbuch / New York Post:
REHABBING SANTANA DECLINES WBC INVITE — PORT ST. LUCIE - Johan Santana will throw off the mound here today for the first time since having off-season knee surgery, but he won't be following that up with a stint in the World Baseball Classic. — Santana yesterday told The Post he plans …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Cardinals release second baseman Adam Kennedy — St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy can't handle a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Bill Hall. Kennedy was released by the Cardinals on February 9, 2009. (Morry Gash/AP) — ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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Bernie Miklasz / Bernie's Extra Points:
5 Minutes for Blogging, — It was a very busy Monday... 1. THE BIGGEST VICTORY OF MIKE ANDERSON'S MU CAREER: What a relentless, fierce effort by Mizzou in coming back repeatedly down the stretch to bump off Kansas, 62-60. Finally, coach Mike Anderson has a true signature win in Columbia …
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JSOnline:
Looper agrees to one-year deal — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Unsure what the shopping list might look like down the road, the Milwaukee Brewers moved in to scoop up the best remaining arm on the free-agent market Monday. — The Brewers reached agreement on a one-year deal …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
MLBPA Releases Statement Explaining Why “Survey Test” Results Were Not Destroyed — As the revelation that Alex Rodriguez was one of 104 players in 2003 that tested positive during what was collectively bargained between MLB and the MLB Players Association as part of a “survey test” …
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Henry Schulman / SFGate:
Aurilia, Giants reach deal — Rich Aurilia has accepted the Giants' offer of a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training. The deal, to be announced later today, is worth $1 million if Aurilia makes the team. — I just talked to Aurilia, who said he chose the Giants …
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