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Of at least 15 major league baseball players under investigation for taking performance-enhancing drugs. this includes the games highest-paid player, new york yankee alex rodriguez. an executive for a major league baseball team tells us brauns 65-game suspension could be nothing compared to what rodriguez faces. >> ball is hit well. >> reporter: the executive says its not a matter of if rodriguez will be suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs but when. they have an overwhelming amount o...

I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions." >> ryan braun has done everything opposite of what a role model should do. he has lied, criticized honest people, and now finally hes been caught in a big way. >> reporter: major league baseball may have bigger fish to fry. according to espns "outside the lines," hes one of 20 players being investigated, including alex rodriguez, who also, according to espn, may face a harsher punishment than braun because he may have tampered with the l...

That they were not involved with this guy, they didnt get drugs from the guy. >> reporter: earlier this year ryan brawn said he used bausch as a consultant when he successfully appealed the results of a positive drug test in 2011, but that he never bought enhancers. >> the truth has not changed. i dont know the specifics of the story that came out today. i have already addressed it. i have already commented on it. >> reporter: alex rodriguez admitted to using steroids for a short period of time ...

Stanford cheered him for having the strength and courage to become the first. first lady michelle obama added, weve got your back. for sports fans everywhere it was thtopic of conversation. >> for a pro athlete its a big step. >> used to be a big thing but now its not. >> its about time. >> reporter: by all accounts collins is universally well liked, and that helps. it also helps that as he was pointing toward this day, the country was changing. gay rights as an issue now enjoys majority support...

April fools jokes around today. heres our favorite. how many of you tried "google nose" today? you know who you are. its the new search engine that lets you choose from 15,000 smells like cookies and waffles. we can dream. and beware other enticements out there being advertised, bacon-flavored mouth wash and peedsa-flavored tic tacs. just april fools. and it was also opening day for baseball, which reminded us of the timeless classic. ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ ♪ take me out with t...

>> reporter: the giants hope the looks are not deceiving because tim still struggled this season, but the freak hopes his new look and attitude gets him back to his old self. they werent there from the beginning but the season would not have ended in victory without them. we have our story when "destiny to dynasty" continues.

To a batter it appears straight and hittable, but at the lasthi second, it swerves out of harms way. his cutter will send rivera to baseballs hall of fame. >> if it wasnt for my teammates, i would never have the opportunity. that is the legacy i want to leave, that i was there for others. >> reporter: the others are the new york yankees, the only team rivera has ever pitched for. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: finally tonight, spring forward. a reminder that daylight saving time ret...

Interesting bidding war for the venerable paper. change coming to a venerable sport. the new and safer batting helmets worn by a few mlb players will be worn now by all players, mandatory, starting this season to reduce head injuries. and two lifestyle stats we learned today. all americans, rich and poor, get fully 11% of their calories, thats what were told, from fast food, on average. and the brits tell us a child born today will spend fully one quarter of their lives watching a screen o...

>> axelrod: armstrong joins a long list of athletes whose polished image hero gave way to the reality of their human failures. with armstrong and manti teo in the headlines we sat down with "new york times" sports columnist william rhoden. >> lance armstrong was a tremendously flawed person from the beginning. and i think this is the vestage of our wanting this great american hero. there is just something were addicted to that. >> axelrod: why do americans insist on their sports figures being he...

In the sudden impact. more than 70 people were hurt, 11 of them seriously. federal investigators are on the scene looking for the cause. there are two big stories developing tonight involving performance-enhancing drugs and sports. one involves the major league baseball hall of fame and the players who today were turned away. the other, lance armstrong, who appears ready to open up with oprah. here with it tonight, nbcs anne thompson. >> reporter: today baseball hall of fame voters pitched a s...