The Truth About Barry Bonds And Steroids

Instead, they began quizzing Bonds about doping calendars and documents showing the results of blood and urine tests, all pulled from folders marked with Bonds's name or initials.

Did the notations for "Growth" and "G" mean Bonds had been taking the anabolic substance human growth hormone?

"I don't know what G is," he replied. He had never injected himself with drugs, he declared. He knew nothing about paperwork showing the results of steroid screens run on his blood. Questions about a document reflecting the purchase of growth hormone--"!G! one box off-season and two box season $1,500," the note read--prompted a nonresponsive answer.

"Greg and I are friends," Bonds said. "I never paid Greg for anything. I gave Greg money for his training me.... You're going to bring up documents and more documents. I have never seen anything written by Greg Anderson on a piece of paper."

Nadel showed Bonds a bottle and asked about a calendar notation that referred to the steroid depotestosterone.

"I have never, ever seen this bottle or any bottle pertaining that says depotestosterone," Bonds said.

"It's an injectable steroid, right?"

Bonds denied using it, then began rambling again: "Greg is a good guy, you know, this kid is a great kid. He has a child."

What about Clomiphene (also known as Clomid), an anti-estrogen drug employed by steroid users when coming off a cycle?

"I've never heard of it."