Former baseball player Barry Bonds arrives at federal court for sentencing on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in San Francisco. Bonds, convicted in April of obstructing a government investigation into steroid use among athletes, faces up to 21 months in prison. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Judge stays Barry Bonds sentence pending appeal

TheGrio REPORT -- A judge has stayed Barry Bonds' sentence of 30 days of house arrest and 2 years of probation pending an appeal, the AP is reporting. The 47-year-old Bonds was sentenced Friday following a federal conviction on obstruction of justice charges. Bonds was convicted in April of giving misleading testimony to a grand jury. The former Major League Baseball star faced up to 21 months in prison...