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Associated Press 19y

Bonds gives reporters silent treatment

ST. LOUIS -- Barry Bonds attended Game 4 of the World Series
on Wednesday but refused to answer questions about a report that a
tape recording alleges he used performance-enhancing drugs last
year.

After receiving an award from commissioner Bud Selig and Hank
Aaron, Bonds silently walked away as a reporter asked questions.
ESPN's Harold Reynolds, the emcee for the presentation, would not
entertain questions and attempted to block a reporter from
following Bonds when the San Francisco Giants outfielder walked
away after the presentation.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Oct. 16 that it obtained
from an anonymous source a 9-minute recording it said was of Bonds'
trainer, Greg Anderson, one of four people charged in a steroid
scandal involving a Bay area nutritional supplements firm.

The speaker on the tape is heard saying Bonds used an
"undetectable" performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season
and boasting that he would be tipped off up to two weeks before
random drug testing, the newspaper said. Bonds has denied taking
steroids.

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