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Advocates testified on issues facing athletes before the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics on Capitol Hill. Topics included competition safety, transparency from gover…

Sports executives testified about the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids and human growth hormone which compromise the health of athletes and undermine the integrity of comp…

A hearing was held on the Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Maj…

A hearing was held on two steroids legislations, the Clean Sports Act as well as the Professional Sports Integrity and Accountability Act. Witnesses in two panels discussed measures that wou…

Major League Baseball executives testified about charges of steroid use among professional athletes and recent contract negotiations over testing rules in the sport. Among the issues they ad…

The Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on steroid testing for athletes in professional sports. The hearing focused…

Witnesses testified about drug testing and steroid use in professional sports. Among the topics they addressed were differing standards of drug testing in different sports leagues, negotiati…

Witnesses testified about the economic state of Major League Baseball, plans to reduce the size of the league by two teams, and proposals in Congress to limit baseball’s antitrust exemption.

Members of the Senate Commerce committee held an hearing where witnesses testified about the controversy that was sparked by revelations that favors and improper gift-giving secured Salt Lak…

Committee members heard testimony on baseball’s antitrust exemption and its relation to the player’s strike. In 1922 the Supreme Court ruled that baseball was a sport and not a business, the…

Secretary Robert Reich announced that former Labor Secretary William Usery has agreed to mediate the labor dispute between Major League Baseball players and owners. He said that players and …

The House Judiciary subcommittee held hearings on professional baseball’s antitrust exemption. Testifying were Bud Selig, acting baseball commissioner, and Orel Hershiser, pitcher for the Lo…

Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, spoke about professional baseball’s antitrust exemption and its impact on strikes. He also talked about atte…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Anti-Trust heard testimony on Major League Baseball’s exemption from federal antitrust laws, which it received in a court ruling in 1922 based on the ide…