Barry Bonds

Hall of Fame Voters Reject Barry Bonds -- Resoundingly

Barry Bonds, perhaps the greatest baseball player of all time, will not be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. Not even close. Just 36.2 percent of baseball writers named him on their ballot. Bonds' misery, however, will have company. In a resounding, all-encompassing rejection of t ... More >>

Big-Headed, Tight-Lipped: Barry Bonds' Hall of Fame Defense

Barry Bonds to be Sentenced Tomorrow: Will He go to Jail?

​Former Giants superstar Barry Bonds, who became the center of a steroid investigation, will appear in San Francisco court tomorrow where he will learn whether or not he's going to jail. The former slugger was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April, yet the jury was deadlocked on three pe ... More >>

Barry Bonds Demands a Quick Retrial

Playing hardball ​Barry Bonds is making an appearance in San Francisco court today to request that if prosecutors plan to retry him, they do it quickly.The former Giants superstar was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April, yet the jury was deadlocked on three perjury counts, which led Ju ... More >>

TurboTax Insists Users Have Middle Name -- Or You Can't E-File

​Relax! While April 15 is, traditionally, known as Tax Day, you have until Monday to get this thing done. (This, conveniently, will provide one more answer to the query "why is this night different from all other nights?").But if you're hoping to e-file -- and you have no middle name -- you may be ... More >>

Barry Bonds Guilty of Obstruction; Mistrial on Other Counts

​The legal community and chattering classes still have Barry Bonds' testicles to kick around. The slugger -- whose genitalia and its purported reaction to performance-enhancing drugs was on display in court -- was found guilty of obstruction of justice. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on th ... More >>

List: Why We're Still Talking About Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds Trial: A Lesson in Human Anatomy

​Most of us found federal prosecutors' decision to present evidence of former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' allegedly shrunken testicles a bit gauche. Granted, the size of Bonds' balls is relevant: The government hopes to prove that he used performance-enhancing steroids that diminished his private ... More >>

Barry Bonds' Mistress Tells of Shrunken Testicles, Violent Outbursts

Barry is now, literally, facing a two-ball count...​As predicted, Barry Bonds' testicles got their day in court. This morning the slugger's longtime mistress, Kimberly Bell, touched on not just the size but also the shape of Bonds' balls -- shriveled and misshapen for those scoring at home -- but ... More >>

Barry Bonds' Testicles to Get Their Day in Court

Will this photo find its way into evidence as well? ​Four years ago, just one of Barry Bonds' balls sold for $752,467. Well that was then and this is now. These days, the focus is on both of Bonds' balls -- and their diminished state. Exhibits Nos. 1 and 2 at the Bonds perjury trial will be the sl ... More >>

World Series: Giants Fans Now Claim They Never Much Liked Barry Bonds

Apparently, we never liked Barry all that much after all​We Giants fans are used to coping with disappointment by imagining what we wished had just happened. If only Reggie Sanders had caught Scott Spiezio's fly ball. If only Bobby Richardson had been stricken with a sudden bout of the shingles an ... More >>

If You Cheered Barry Bonds, Philly Sportswriter Thinks You're Stupid

Dude can't not make news​Love him or hate him, the story of Barry Lamar Bonds is forever entwined with that of the San Francisco Giants. It was Bonds's star appeal that helped build AT&T Park (now a model for urban stadium design); Bonds broke all of baseball's home run records and became (pos ... More >>

Giants First Pitch -- Three Hours of Pretending to Work Commences

​The pregame flyover jets rattled Mission Bay, heroes of the 2002 World Series team -- including one Barry Lamar Bonds -- tossed out ceremonial first pitches, and Matt Cain has just retired the side in order. It's day baseball -- and much of San Francisco will either not work, half-ass it at work, ... More >>

Tyler Colvin Impaled By Baseball Bat -- Is Barry Bonds to Blame?

Tyler Colvin reacts after being stabbed with a bat shard​With the mind-boggling success of Twilight and True Blood you could argue that America now has two national pastimes: baseball and vampires. In their resemblance, the twain do not often meet. And yet, this weekend, the Chicago Cubs' Tyler Co ... More >>

Barry Bonds to Blame for Fan's Smashed Face in New York, Lawsuit Argues

Barry Bonds is blamed for inspiring a trend that led to a fan's face being smashed in New York​Just when you thought alleged perjurer Barry "Better Living Through Chemistry" Bonds couldn't be vilified any more, a lawsuit claims he's responsible for a trend that led to a man having his throat slash ... More >>

Feds' Case Against Bonds Evaporating

Feds Losing Their Heads​The quest to incarcerate home run champion Barry Lamar Bonds took a perhaps fatal twist on Friday, when a judge ruled that prosecutors cannot use key evidence in their case to prove the 45-year old slugger lied about using steroids.

Everything Dandy For Giants in World of Fashion, Too

First, the bad news...​Without a doubt, the San Francisco Giants' top sartorial story of the young season has been utilityman Eugenio Velez taking the field last week outfitted in a jersey reading "San Francicso." More than any bullshit orbiting around Janet Jackson's ta-tas, this truly was a ward ... More >>

Street food fail: Ed Jew's tapioca prison bus

Lie To Congress, Get Probation: Wrist-Slap for Former Athletic Tejada Makes Bonds Prosecution/Persecution Look That Much Sillier

Funneling vast sums of money from the government into the hands of miserable bastards has, in effect become federal policy. So has wasting vast sums of money in futile legal pursuit of miserable bastards -- and folks are starting to get mad.After expending somewhere in the ballpark of $60 million in ... More >>

Reporter: Government Has Struck Out in Bonds Case -- Prosecution Won't Resume

Since 2003, Marin writer Jonathan Littman has intimately covered the government's investigation and prosecution of Barry Bonds and other athletes ensnared in the BALCO scandal. He's shown up at nearly every court hearing and sifted through thousands of pages of court documents. And he's confident in ... More >>

Why Is Barry Bonds' Case Front-Page News? Because the Media 'Think We're Stupid'

Barry Bonds in his new home uniformThe sight of Barry Bonds, in uniform, performing in front of packed crowds is not a new one. These days, however, the uniform appears to be a dark suit and striped tie. And the crowds are gathered at his ongoing perjury and obstruction of justice trial.Certainly, a ... More >>

Attorney for Bonds' Trainer Sums Up Ahab-Like Prosecution of Slugger as Testosterone-Fueled 'Game of Chicken'

Paula Canny, seen here with client Greg Anderson, says the Barry Bonds case has become 'a guys' contest'When Paula Canny, the friend of and attorney for Barry Bonds' embattled former trainer Greg Anderson, is asked why the government has gone to such lengths to prosecute the former San Francisco Gia ... More >>

Love Hurts

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SF's Most Maddening Final Four

The Year of Living in High Resolution

How SF can have the best year ever in '08.

Barry Bonds' new lawyer Allen Ruby was a wrestler

Steroids Confidential

Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

Old Rivals

The new lawyer for Barry Bonds* is an old foe of the Giants slugger's other lawyer

Homer Race

With Barry Bonds closing in on baseball's home run record, black-and-orange trumps black-and-white

Family gatherings at Grandma's

Did You Vote for Barry Bonds 37 Times Today?

Deal or No Deal

Giants GM Brian Sabean spent big money on the free-agent market. What do you think of his wheeling and dealing?

Most Valuable Teammate

What team more than the Giants needs a morale booster and respectful team player? They got one in Mark Sweeney.

The Drug-Sucker Proxy

Giant Fake

Is baseball star Barry Bonds a juiced-up deceiver or just the greatest and most maligned player in baseball history? Find out where you stand!

Ball Busters

The battle over Bonds' record-setting homer looks quaint four seasons later

What's a Coxswain?

Preppies gather in Redwood City

Best Chronicle Tag-Team

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Apology Accepted

You may be an unwitting Barry Bonds apologist. Take our quiz and find out!

Little Fish, Big Fish

Memo to Ashcroft: Why aren't you pursuing Barry Bonds the way you did Martha Stewart?

Letters to the Editor

Week of May 28, 2003

Baseball: A Passionate Pastime

Best Starting Nine

How Legends Are Born

It pains us to award the Columbia Journalism Review its very own dart.

Going to Bat for Bonds; Weighty Issues; Last Dance

Letters from September 13, 2000

Bow to the King

Or, why we love Barry Bonds, even when he's a royal Jerk

Dog Bites

Dog Bites