Barry Bonds, the erstwhile Giants outfielder and home run champ, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on perjury and obstruction of justice charges related to his testimony to the federal grand jury investigating the BALCO steroids abuse case, the Chronicle is reporting.

The Chronicle story has links in the sidebar to the text of the indictment (PDF file) which includes direct quotations from Bonds’ allegedly false testimony to the grand jury.

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