Onetime big-league slugger
Jose Canseco
will name more names in a sequel to his 2005 steroid memoir
Juiced,
according to published reports yesterday.
The new book, with the working title
Vindicated,
will arrive in bookstores on opening day 2008, Canseco's lawyer
Robert Saunooke
told the New York Post and the Daily News.
Saunooke said the book would accuse ballplayers not named in former Sen.
George Mitchell
's report of using performance-enhancing drugs. He did not say who those players were.
"We had hoped that the Mitchell Report would have been more revealing," Saunooke said. "It basically ended up being nothing more than [Mitchell saying], 'I talked to a lot of people, some wouldn't talk to me and it's up to the commissioner.' "
Canseco was barred from the Mitchell Report news conference by Major League Baseball officials who said it was a "media only" event.
He later told Fox Business Network, "I saw the list of players, and there are definitely a lot of players missing."
Canseco was one of the first ballplayers to admit using steroids in
Juiced.
In the book, he gave specific names of other players who allegedly used them, including former Oakland A's teammate
Mark McGwire
. McGwire has denied using steroids.
Auburn forward
Korvotney Barber
, the national leader in field-goal percentage, is expected to be sidelined at least four weeks after breaking his non-shooting left hand.
Barber is averaging 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds and making 72.0 percent of his shots. He was injured Saturday in the Tigers' 79-59 victory over Towson. Auburn now has just six available scholarship players.
Shahar Peer
of Israel rallied to defeat American
Julie Ditty
, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, in a first-round match at the Australian women's hardcourt championships in Gold Coast.
Serena Williams
began preparations for her Australian Open title defense with a 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 victory over
Lucie Safarova
today in the Hopman Cup mixed-team tournamentin Perth, Australia.
The win gave the United States a 1-0 lead over the Czech Republic, with
Mardy Fish
scheduled to play
Tomas Berdych
later today. A mixed doubles match also was scheduled.
Williams arrived in Perth late because of a stomach ailment and was replaced by
Meghann Shaughnessy
in the Americans' first match, a 2-1 win over India on Saturday.
Lindsay Davenport
defeated fellow American
Laura Granville
, 6-2, 6-3, in the first round of the ASB Women's Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
Motherwell's next two Scottish Premier League matches against Hibernian on Wednesday and Celtic next weekend have been postponed after the death on Saturday of captain
Phil O'Donnell
. The 35-year-old midfielder died after collapsing during a match.
Thomas Morgenstern
of Austria had the best leap of the day in the second round to win the first stop of the prestigious Four Hills ski-jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Three-time Spanish Vuelta champion
Roberto Heras
, 33, has reportedly quit professional cycling after serving a two-year ban for doping.