Former Major League baseball player Jose Canseco spent his most successful years with the Oakland Athletics, but played for six other teams during his 17-season career. In 2005, he admitted using steroids, and claimed to have administered them to several of his teammates.CBS News: Steroid-User Canseco Names Names

On June 18, 2009, Canseco announced his intent to file a class-action lawsuit against MLB and the MLB Players' Association claiming they kicked him out of the game because he went public with steroid use. He stated that he plans to include Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro in the suit, which will sue for lost wages and defamation of character.http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11865466

Canseco made his Mixed Martial Arts debut on May 26, 2009. He lasted 77 seconds in his first match before he was defeated by South Korean super heavyweight Hong Man Choi.ESPN.com: Canseco Beaten in MMA Debut

During an A&E documentary aired in October of 2008, entitled Jose Canseco: The Last Shot, Canseco made the statement that he regrets writing the tell-all book Juiced. In the program, he states that he regrets hurting his former teammates and that during the time that he wrote the book, he wanted revenge since he felt he was forced out of the game by Major League Baseball. He went on to state, "If I could meet with Mark McGwire and these players, I definitely would apologize to them. They were my friends. I admired them. I respected them."ESPN.com: Canseco regrets naming names

Born in Communist Cuba in 1964, his family emigrated to the United States when Canseco was an infant. While in high school and in the minors, Canseco became known for the tape-measure home runs he would hit. During his first full season with the Oakland Athletics in 1986, Canseco clubbed 33 homers and drove in 117, earning him American League Rookie of the Year honors.The Baseball Page: Jose Canseco Two years later, Canseco snagged the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Between 1988 and 1990, Canseco helped lead the A's to three-straight World Series and a World Championship in 1989. Between 1993 and his retirement after the 2001 season, Canseco played for the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.

In 2005, in the midst of the Barry Bonds steroids scandal, Canseco wrote a purported tell-all book entitled Juiced, in which he admitted using steroids and claimed to have injected several former teammates with the performance enhancing drug, including Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi and Rafael Palmiero. In 2008, he announced the imminent publication of another book, Vindicated, in which he would name more names that were not mentioned in the Mitchell Report.CBS News: Steroid-User Canseco Names Names

Canseco alleges that in 1991, Madonna tried to persuade him into marrying her in order for her to have another Cuban child.US Magazine: Jose Canseco: Singer Madonna Begged Me to Impregnate Her (July 10, 2008) In an interview with US Magazine, Canseco revealed details of his relationship with her. Canseco also wrote about their relationship in his 2008 book, Vindicated.Los Angeles Times: Madonna chased Jose Canseco before Alex Rodriguez?

Canseco also expressed his disapproval of his ex Madonna's relationship with 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz. Canseco said to Us Magazine at the 7th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational on February 28, 2009, "Oh, my God! Doesn't she realize she is 60-years old? Come on!"Us Magazine: Jose Canseco Slams Madonna... (March 2, 2009)

• CBSSports.com: Canseco Set to Take His Cuts as MMA Fighter (April 30, 2009)

• ESPN Video: Jose Canseco regrets tell-all book (Time 1:23)

• ESPN.com: Canseco pleads guilty to misdemeanor drug offense (October 4, 2008)

• ESPN.com: Canseco sought investment from Ordonez to keep name out of book (January 24, 2008)

• SI.com: Feeling 'Vindicated' (January 4, 2008)

• ESPN.com: Canseco says he has 'stuff' on A-Rod in new book (July 30, 2007)

• MSNBC.com: Wild thing: Canseco beans four batters (August 17, 2006)

• SignOnSanDiego.com: Former slugging star Canseco signs with Surf Dawgs (June 29, 2006)

• CBS News.com: Ex-Slugger Tells 60 Minutes He Injected McGwire, Palmeiro, Others (August 7, 2005)

• USA Today.com: Jose Canseco, Omarosa join 'Surreal' cast (March 30, 2005)

• CNN.com: McGwire mum on steroids in hearing (March 17, 2005)

• SFGate.com: Congress tabs Canseco (March 3, 2005)

• MSNBC.com: In Juiced, Canseco details steroid use (February 22, 2005)

• Slate Magazine: Jose Canseco and steroids, a love story (February 13, 2005)

• USA Today.com: Canseco: Steroids made baseball career possible (February 13, 2005)

• Slate Magazine: Why Jose Canseco belongs in the Hall of Fame (May 30, 2002)

• ESPN.com: Jose Canseco News

• Google News: Jose Canseco News

• Mahalo's Guide to the Oakland Athletics
• Baseball-Reference.com : Career Stats
  • Height: 6-4
  • Weight: 240
  • Rookie Year: 1985
  • Retired: 2001

• July 2, 1964 : Born

• 1985: Debuts with Oakland Athletics

• 1986: American League Rookie of the Year

• 1988: American League Most Valuable Player

• 1988: Hits 40 homers and steals 40 Bases in a season

• 1989: World Series Champion

• 2000: World Series Champion

• 2001: Forced to retire

• 2005: Releases his book "Juiced"