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Clemens, Bonds Named In MLB Steroids Report
Clemens, Pettitte Reportedly Named


Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and seven-time National League Most Valuable Player Barry Bonds are among the players named in George Mitchell's report on steroid use in baseball.

Mitchell said his 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball finds there has been widespread use of performance-enhancing substances in the sport and that Major League Baseball has been slow to react.

Each of the 30 clubs had a player or players involved in taking illegal substances.

The Mitchell Report, exposes a "serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom," according to the Associated Press. It said MVPs and All-Stars are involved and calls for beefed-up testing by an outside agency to clean up the game.

New York Yankee left-hander Andy Pettitte, a friend and teammate of Clemens, was also part of the report. ESPN.com reported that a former trainer for the Yankees and Clemens told investigators he supplied both pitchers with steroids and that information is in the report. The Web site cited an unidentified source close to the trainer.

The report by former Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader will include names of 60 to 80 players linked to performance-enhancing substances and plenty more information that exposes "deep problems" afflicting the sport. Two sources with knowledge of the findings tell the AP the report will not address amphetamines.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig was to hold his own news conference a few blocks away 2½ hours later and the Major League Baseball Players Association is holding a news conference at 6 p.m. EST. Watch the news conferences live on KNBC.

Lawyers for Major League Baseball and the Players Association told ESPN.com that Mitchell's report said blame should be shared by both sides for tolerating a culture of drugs in the sport.

Mitchell, a director for the Boston Red Sox and former chairman of the Walt Disney Company, was hired by Selig in March 2006 after the publication of "Game of Shadows," a book by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters about slugger Barry Bonds' alleged steroid use.

[Jeanie]

CNN is reporting Knoblauch, too.  Ouch!

And I'm JUST sayin'...Mitchell is a Director for the BoSox and none of them are on the list?  Uh-huh...

[BlackAngel]

PLAYERS NAMED IN THE REPORT INCLUDE:


 Chad Allen
 Rick Ankiel
 David Bell
 Mike Bell
 Marvin Benard
 Gary Bennett, Jr.
 Larry Bigbie
 Barry Bonds
 Kevin Brown
 Paul Byrd
 Jose Canseco
 Mark Carreon
 Jason Christiansen
 Howie Clark
 Roger Clemens
 Jack Cust
 Brendan Donnelly
 Chris Donnels
 Lenny Dykstra
 Bobby Estalella
 Matt Franco
 Ryan Franklin
 Eric Gagne
 Jason Giambi
 Jeremy Giambi
 Jay Gibbons
 Troy Glaus
 Jason Grimsley
 Jose Guillen
 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
 Matt Herges
 Phil Hiatt
 Glenallen Hill
 Darren Holmes
 Todd Hundley
 David Justice
 Chuck Knoblauch
 Tim Laker
 Mike Lansing
 Paul Lo Duca
 Exavier "Nook" Logan
 Josias Manzanillo
 Gary Matthews, Jr.
 Mark McGwire
 Cody McKay
 Kent Mercker
 Bart Miadich
 Hal Morris
 Daniel Naulty
 Denny Neagle
 Rafael Palmeiro
 Jim Parque
 Andy Pettitte
 Adam Piatt
 Todd Pratt
 Adam Riggs
 Brian Roberts
 John Rocker
 F.P. Santangelo
 Benito Santiago
 Scott Schoeneweis
 David Segui
 Gary Sheffield
 Miguel Tejada
 Ismael Valdez
 Mo Vaughn
 Randy Velarde
 Ron Villone
 Fernando Vina
 Rondell White
 Jeff Williams
 Matt Williams
 Todd Williams
 Steve Woodard
 Kevin Young
 Gregg Zaun