Report: McGwire Linked to 1990s Steroids Inquiry

Citing FBI sources, the New York Daily News reported on its website Saturday that Mark McGwire’s name came up in a steroids investigation in the early 1990s.

McGwire was not a target of the investigation, but two steroid dealers caught in the probe told the Daily News that another dealer provided McGwire and Jose Canseco with illegal steroids.

The Daily News said an informant told the paper that an Orange County man named Curtis Wenzlaff injected McGwire on several occasions at a gym in Fountain Valley.

When contacted by the Daily News, Wenzlaff had no comment about McGwire but admitted providing steroids to Canseco.

“We’re not going to comment on anything at this time, but we believe one should consider the sources of such allegations,” said Marc Altieri, a representative for McGwire.

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Commissioner Bud Selig is unhappy about the upcoming congressional hearing on steroids because he thinks baseball has already adopted a strong testing program.

“I am very protective of the players, and there has to be a sense of fairness,” Selig said. “We made agreements and we are doing the things we promised to do.”

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Seattle Mariner Manager Mike Hargrove said Miguel Olivo would be the primary catcher this season, supplanting longtime starter Dan Wilson.... Philadelphia Phillie right-hander Vicente Padilla will be sidelined for two weeks after an MRI exam confirmed he has triceps tendinitis.