Mark Fainaru-Wada Biography

Mark Fainaru-Wada wrote the book Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds BALCO and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports a New York Times bestseller. President Bush congratulated Fainaru-Wada and Williams for providing a public service to the countrya service that also caused them to be threatened with an 18-month jail sentence. Since he began working on the BALCO steroid case for the San Francisco Chronicle in September 2003 Fainaru-Wadas investigative work has earned him a string of national honors. They include the George Polk Edgar A. Poe and Dick Schaap Excellence in Journalism and Associated Press Sports Editors awards. Fainaru-Wada and Williams also appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and The Today Show. Fainaru-Wada and Williamss book Game of Shadows prompted Major League Baseball to launch an investigation into steroid use in its sport. In May 2006 both reporters were issued subpoenas to testify before a grand jury investigating the source of some of the information they published in The Chronicle and their book. The reporters vowed not to reveal their sources and were appealing their sentence of up to 18 months in prison when the government dropped the subpoenas in February.

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