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Steve Henson
Steve Henson is a Senior Writer and Editor for Yahoo! Sports. He previously worked at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered Major League baseball, college football and basketball, and did general assignment and investigative reporting and editing.
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Players dealt to contenders at the trading deadline were overjoyed, but their challenges have been many.
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Giants losing Melky Cabrera is apt five years after Barry Bonds ended his PEDs-fueled reign
Melky Cabrera isn't the first big-hitting Giants left fielder accused of PEDs use, but the testing is better now.
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A's move from Oakland to San Jose can't get traction because the Giants prove slippery
The two teams described as 'immoveable objects' have created a conundrum without an easy solution for MLB.
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Rockies' Project 5,183 is historically wacky, and it's not helping league's worst pitching staff
Colorado is using 'piggybacks' and a 'project' named after altitude, but the team keeps sinking.
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Worst MLB contracts are obvious when players can't be moved through waivers or a trade
The Angels' Vernon Wells is the biggest albatross in baseball, but several other players are nearly as overpaid.
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Dodgers show money is no object as they trade for Joe Blanton, put waiver claim on Cliff Lee
By dealing for Phillies start Joe Blanton and putting a waiver claim in for Cliff Lee, the Dodgers proved they are going for broke.
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Penn State star Silas Redd's transfer helps USC recover from its own NCAA sanctions
Redd will join Matt Barkley and Co. in chasing a national title; Penn State hopes this doesn't trigger an exodus.
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Matt Barkley's commitment to USC through sanctions can give Penn State hope
The Trojans' quarterback endured a two-year postseason ban for a chance to win a title, and the Nittany Lions will need their own version of him.
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The peculiar origins of the modern Olympics lie in a tranquil town outside London
The first Olympic Games since ancient Greece began in the English countryside in 1850 and took place again last week.
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Marlins Park opening spoiled by Kyle Lohse and the old-school defending champion Cardinals
Glitz and glamour don't win baseball games, as Miami learned at the hands of the defending champs Wednesday.
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Yankees treat Marlins Park series like the real thing
Two games at Miami's new stadium gave Curtis Granderson and the Yankees a head start on their regular-season routines.
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Alex Rodriguez wears Yankee pinstripes but praises the Miami Marlins and their new stadium
A-Rod is so effusive in his admiration of Marlins Park that imagining him playing for Miami someday isn’t difficult.
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Spring winners and losers: Dominant Blue Jays destined to finish fourth again in AL East
Toronto’s 22-5 Grapefruit League mark is almost meaningless, but other clubs have made strides in spring training.
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Hanley Ramirez now healthy, happy at third base
Positive thinkers Jose Reyes and Ozzie Guillen are helping the star Marlin put an unproductive season behind him.
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Cardinals' World Series star David Freese now faces a mundane challenge: playing a full season
Postseason excellence created high expectations for a Cardinal who has yet to play a full major-league season.
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Nationals get serious as clubs gear for opening day
An 11-game losing streak isn't a huge bother in spring but on-field impressions do start to matter when April approaches.
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Tommy Lasorda, 84, authentically fills his role as Dodgers icon and baseball ambassador
More than 60 years after first joining the Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda still considers spring training his favorite time.
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Giants' Bochy triggers spring scout controversy
When Bruce Bochy had a scout escorted from the stands, he opened a can of worms that could cause problems for his own team.
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Japanese ace Yu Darvish won't give an inch in Cactus League debut for Texas Rangers
Yu Darvish's spring debut was rather uneventful, until the Rangers pitcher was asked about a second-inning double.
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Robin Ventura: More than White Sox's anti-Ozzie
Chicago's first-year manager may learn on the job but he already knows a thing or two about big-league highs and lows.