It looks like the US House of Representatives will hold hearings on the steroid issue.

The players and owners are working toward a solution to the problem. The union has taken the unprecedented step of altering the CBA midstream. But if a few politicians can get face time on the networks, they'll have hearings. Of course, they might be a waste of time.

If the committee were to call Bonds and Giambi, the ballplayers almost certainly would invoke their Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions. "If their lawyers did allow them to testify without immunity, it would be legal incompetence," said Peter Keane, dean of the Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.

He said the danger for the two players is that they might say something before the committee that contradicted their testimony before the grand jury, opening up potential legal troubles for them.

Another circus is on the way to town.