Article: Doping probe puts focus on baseball steroid tests.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: John Simerman

An attempt by Major League Baseball and the players union to keep drug test results confidential reaches a critical juncture this week, when steroid test records on all big-league players come due under federal subpoenas issued in the BALCO steroid case.

A federal grand jury issued the subpoenas before February's 42-count indictment accusing four Bay Area men, including the personal trainer of Giants slugger Barry Bonds, of a scheme to illegally distribute designer steroids to elite athletes in football, baseball, and track and field.

Grand jury activity is secret, and the league, the union and the U.S. Attorney's Office ...

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