Mitchell Report coverage

Mitchell Report coverage
By Yahoo! Sports Staff
December 26, 2007

*Mailbag from the Mitchell Report, part 1 (Dec. 24)
Culled from the several thousand emails to Yahoo! Sports writers who covered the Mitchell Report.

Players' union again will be on Capitol Hill hot seat
(Tim Brown, Dec. 22)
Pointed comments in the Mitchell Report directed at Don Fehr won't be lost on oversight committee.

Congress to emphasize independent testing
(Josh Peter, Dec. 21)
Rep. Tom Davis says the players' union must show willingness to comply with Mitchell Report recommendations.

Penalize teams when players use steroids
(Jeff Passan, Dec. 19)
Owners also should be accountable for eradicating baseball of performance-enhancing drugs.

Denials by proxy only make Clemens look worse (Dan Wetzel, Dec. 18)
Roger Clemens needs to personally address the steroids charges in the Mitchell Report soon.

Baseball's Golden Era is forever tarnished (Tim Brown, Dec. 17)
Congressional hearings, the specter of discipline and a growing backlash will keep the Mitchell Report alive.

BALCO legacy stymied Mitchell (Jonathan Littman, Dec. 16)
Repeated leaks in the five-year investigation gave everyone in baseball a reason not to cooperate with the latest probe.

Congress agrees to postpone hearings (Jeff Passan, Dec. 14)
Mitchell, Selig and Fehr now are scheduled to appear before oversight committee Jan. 15.

Mitchell, Selig and Fehr present their cases (Tim Brown, Dec. 13)
Within a few sleet-covered blocks of one another, three leaders grappled with the report that shook baseball.

Mitchell's best source was a towel boy (Jonathan Littman, Dec. 13)
Stonewalled by most credible sources, the report relies on a motley few and breaks little ground.

Report connects big names to performance-enhancing drugs (Josh Peter, Dec. 13)
Long-awaited document presents evidence that Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada and dozens of other high-profile players used performance-enhancing drugs.

Mitchell Report provides gossip, not solutions (Jeff Passan, Dec. 13)
The 409-page Mitchell Report includes lots of names but few solid recommendations to fix MLB's problems.

Clemens is no different than Bonds (Dan Wetzel, Dec. 13)
Former trainer told Mitchell commission that he supplied Clemens with steroids, according to multiple sources.

View the Mitchell Report (.PDF)

List of players named

Recommendations from the Mitchell Report

* SNY video: Mitchell's take

* SNY video: Selig's response

* SNY video: Fehr's response


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