Canseco sentenced to a year's probation

Jose Canseco has pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court to a misdemeanour offence of trying to bring a fertility drug across the border from Mexico.

The former baseball star was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months unsupervised probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks.

Canseco told the judge he had gone to Tijuana looking for a substance to restore his testosterone levels in an attempt to reverse damage done by his admitted use of steroids.

Canseco was detained at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing last month after agents searched his vehicle and said they found human chorionic gonadotropin, which is illegal without a prescription.

After being drafted in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics in 1982, the former American League rookie of the year won home-run titles and was named AL most valuable player.

He last played in 2001 and retired in 2002 with 462 career home runs, a .266 batting average, 1,407 RBIs and 200 stolen bases for eight teams.

In his controversial book Juiced, and later in various interviews, Canseco recounted the alleged rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, including naming specific players, allegations that led to U.S. congressional hearings on drug use in the sport.

During the A&E Network's one-hour documentary, Jose Canseco: The Last Shot, which aired earlier this month, the former slugger regretted naming players who allegedly used steroids.