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  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    World Anti-Doping Agency Asked to Dump Marijuana From List of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

    Among the Drug War's finer ironies is the treatment of marijuana by the world of sport, which has taken a deliciously schizophrenic view on the miracle/devil plant: It's a gateway drug that dooms its users to a lifetime of apathy, ignorance, and nonproduction. It's also a performance-enhancer, in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation: Leak Shows 60 Minutes Expose Was Right

    Matt SmithIt's hard to stop a leak.​Attorneys for Lance Armstrong pivoted from demanding an apology for purported inaccuracies in a recent 60 Minutes doping exposé to lambasting the "leakers" who proved that the report was true. Last month, Armstrong hired a San Francisco law firm famed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Lance Armstrong's Attorneys Demand Apology From CBS Over Doping Allegation Story

    Is used to winning ​No sooner had Lance Armstrong juiced his legal team last week by adding the San Francisco firm famed for helping ballplayers battle leaks in the BALCO drugs case, than Keker & Van Nest came out swinging, making a public demand that CBS apologize for doping allegat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Lance Armstrong Case Takes BALCO Investigator Jeff Novitzky To France

    Look what you've done!! I'm melting, melting. ​Jeff Novitzky, the USDA investigator famed for pursuing Barry Bonds in the BALCO steroids case, was in Lyon, France this week chasing evidence that cycling star Lance Armstrong doped in violation of multimillion dollar sponsorship agreements with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Feds Say Fuck No to Lincecum-Themed T-Shirts

    ICE Fucking Took It​The federal government is not your friend. Barry Bonds knows this -- the home run king will be in federal court next year not for using steroids, but for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about using them (this after a federal agent rooted through BALCO kingpin Victor Con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Lance Armstrong-Gavin Newsom Meeting Great Distraction From Doping Investigation

    What, Lance worry?​Lance Armstrong's whirlwind publicity tour of San Francisco this week was a textbook example of a damage control strategy in which a public figure faced with scandal strenuously seeks to act as if there aren't any problems, according to PR experts quoted by the Associated Press. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Cyclist Tammy Thomas' Perjury Conviction Upheld by 9th Circuit Court

    ​Back in 2008, professional cyclist Tammy Thomas was found guilty of perjury for lying to a grand jury about using steroids. Today, San Francisco's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling. Although Thomas has long denied that she used steroids -- urine samples beg to differ. In 2003, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Interpol, World Anti-Doping Agency Launch Investigations of Lance Armstrong

    No, no, not that way. This way...​At this point, who isn't investigating Lance Armstrong? The World Anti-Doping Agency has joined the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Attorney's office to look into allegations that directors of Armstrong's former U.S. Postal Service Cycling Team conducted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Wall Street Journal Planning Lance Armstrong Doping Bombshell

    Might this affect Lance's concentration?​The Wall Street Journal, which for a week has been rumored to be preparing a Game of Shadows-style story detailing doping allegations against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, announced in Friday's paper that it plans to release just such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    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.

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Floyd Landis doping scandal: The S.F. connection

    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.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Bay Area News Project Changes Name to 'Bay Citizen'; Starts Hiring

    ​As of this afternoon, the Bay Area News Project, the F. Warren Hellman-funded bid to reinvent the metro newspaper, has a new, Pulitzer Prize-winning managing editor, a new Web site, and a new name, "The Bay Citizen," with the slogan,  "News/Culture/Community." The new managing editor is Stev ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Will the Real iPhone Apps Please Stand Up?

    ​As of this afternoon, the Bay Area News Project, the F. Warren Hellman-funded bid to reinvent the metro newspaper, has a new, Pulitzer Prize-winning managing editor, a new Web site, and a new name, "The Bay Citizen," with the slogan,  "News/Culture/Community." The new managing editor is Stev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Culture

    June 25, 2008

    Taking a Shot for the Team!

    A drinking game to get you through the Giants' dismal season.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Breaking News: Ward H. Bushee Replaces Embattled San Francisco Chronicle EIC Phil Bronstein

    A drinking game to get you through the Giants' dismal season.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008
  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Attention SF Giants, DiFi - Matt Smith's New Year's Resolutions Others Ought to Follow

    DiFi's husband and the Giants' owner should resolve to do better in the coming year

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    BALCO Breakup - Chron Reporter Jumps to ESPN, Sourcing Gets Awkward

    DiFi's husband and the Giants' owner should resolve to do better in the coming year

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    Chron Watch -- What's Not Working -- SF Chronicle

    DiFi's husband and the Giants' owner should resolve to do better in the coming year

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    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.

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Invisible Man

    Unlike the other U.S. attorneys fired by the Bushies, Kevin Ryan.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    The Cream and the Cake

    Unlike the other U.S. attorneys fired by the Bushies, Kevin Ryan.

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    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?

  • News

    January 3, 2007

    A Very Good Year

    We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Prison and Profits

    We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Untouchable

    Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    The Chron Behind Bars

    A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

  • News

    June 7, 2006

    Most Valuable Teammate

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

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Grabbing for the Ring

    City officials are trying to lure the Summer Olympic Games to San Francisco for 2016. Do you think it's a good idea? Find out where you stand!

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    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!

  • Culture

    July 27, 2005

    Needing More Juice

    The first account of baseball's steroid scandal leaves too many questions unanswered

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Darth Vega to the Rescue

    New Chronicle Publisher Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Fantasy Debasedball

    A new game for a new era

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Weekly Obsessions

    Things we were obsessing about on Dec. 15, 2004

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Inside the NFHell

    Are you a 49ers apologist? Or a football fan?

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Countdown to Burlingame

    A guide to television coverage of the enhanced drama and athleticism of the 2004 Alternolympics

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Chronicle Tag-Team

    Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004
  • News

    May 5, 2004

    'Roid Ragers

    Two macho men and the bitchy bodybuilding world that surrounds -- and, perhaps, spawned -- the BALCO steroids case

  • News

    March 24, 2004

    Apology Accepted

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

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Little Fish, Big Fish

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

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