Bonds Charged With Perjury

Barry Bonds was charged with perjury and a charge of an obstruction of justice after denying to have used steroids before a federal grand jury in 2003. The government claims to have evidence that Bonds tested positive in a steroids test. He is believed to have begun using steroids after Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998 and 65 in1999.
Steroids have been used in sports since at least 776 BC. In 1954 at the World Weightlifting Championships the Soviets admitted that they had used steroids before the game. They were not penalized for using the steroids because there were no laws against it. This was the first time a team or player confessed to using steroids.