Bonds, Giambi, Sheffield et al

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting today that Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and others received steroids supplied by Balco. Also, Bonds received human growth hormone.

{In the article, The Chronicle says that

The information shared with The Chronicle did not explicitly state that the athletes had used the drugs they were said to have obtained

So, they "obtained" these drugs but may not have taken them? Come again?}

For people on this side of the Atlantic, that would be the equivalent to finding out that Roy Keane, Dennis Bergkamp, and Thierry Henri had been found to have received similar substances. Baseball is in dire straits. I don't follow football, so I'm not sure how big a name Bill Romanowski is.

Everything those players have done now lacks credibility. If these players did in fact take these substances, they should be banned for 2 years (which would probably be the end for Bonds & Giambi).