Clemens pleads not guilty on six counts

Seven-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens continued to assert his innocence at an arraignment hearing in U.S. District Court on Monday, pleading not guilty to charges that he lied about use of performance-enhancing drugs or human growth hormone.

Baseball to begin HGH testing in Minors

Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it will institute blood testing of Minor League players for the detection of human growth hormone, effective immediately.

Canadian doctor faces doping charges

Anthony Galea, a Canadian sports-medicine doctor who has treated several prominent athletes, was charged Tuesday with smuggling, unlawful distribution of human growth hormone, introducing the unapproved drug Actovegin into interstate commerce and conspiring to lie to federal agents and defraud the United States.

Selig’s advisor studying HGH blood test

Commissioner Bud Selig said his science advisor, Dr. Gary Green, is studying the World Anti-Doping Agency’s blood test for human growth hormone.

WADA calls for increased HGH efforts

The World Anti-Doping Agency released a statement Thursday imploring Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association to step up efforts to test for human growth hormone, which currently only can be detected in blood samples.

Selig: British HGH test being studied

Now that there has been a positive test for human growth hormone, Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig are trying to figure out what to do with this new information.

Agents ask Reyes about doctor

Shortstop Jose Reyes has been questioned by federal agents about his involvement with a Canada-based person who has been investigated for drug violations, specifically an attempt to smuggle human growth hormone into the United States from Canada.

Union open to future HGH testing

The Major League Baseball Players Association said it will not currently consent to blood testing for human growth hormone at the Major League level but is open to testing for HGH in the future.

MLB exploring testing for HGH in Minors

Major League Baseball plans to explore the possible implementation of blood testing for human growth hormone in the Minor Leagues later this year, an official in baseball with direct knowledge of the matter told The New York Times for a story published on its Web site late Tuesday.

Cards put full support behind McGwire

Mark McGwire, hired in October as the Cardinals’ hitting coach, publicly admitted that he used steroids and human growth hormone. As the story developed through the day, it became clear that his teammates — not to mention his bosses — had his back.

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