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Aikens was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin. They were the first active MLB players ever to be sentenced for drug violations. [171] Retired United States December 13, 1994 (sentencing) Drug possession with intent to distribute, gun possession, attempted bribery 20 years, 8 months imprisonment [172]
People in this category have been suspended by a sporting body (Major League Baseball, the IOC, a national federation, or another professional league) for illegal drug use, including performance-enhancing drugs and other prohibited drugs. Major League Baseball did not test its players for steroids until 2005, although minor league players were ...
In December 2009, Sports Illustrated named baseball's steroid scandal of performance-enhancing drugs as the number one sports story of the decade of the 2000s. [2] The current penalties, adopted on March 28, 2014, are 80 games for a first offense, 162 games for a second offense, and a permanent suspension ("lifetime ban") for a third. [3]
Pages in category "Major League Baseball players suspended for drug offenses" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Even Kevin Koch, who played the Pirates' mascot, was implicated for buying cocaine and introducing players to a drug dealer. Ultimately, seven drug dealers pleaded guilty on various charges. On February 28, 1986, Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth suspended a number of players for varying lengths of time. A primary condition of reinstatement ...
Infielder Orelvis Martínez, the Toronto Blue Jays' top position player prospect, has been suspended for 80 games without pay after violating Major League Baseball's performance-enhancing drug policy.
Tributes have poured in for the 21-year-old baseball player who was not in city for game, according to university, but a trip with teammates. Myrtle Beach man arrested for hit-and-run accident ...
A former Syracuse basketball player was arrested on two felony charges at a Miami airport Monday. He is accused of working as rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged “drug mule.”