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IRS Agent Jeff Novitzky testifies in Tammy Thomas BALCO perjury trial
2008-03-28 12:50:00
BALCO superstar investigator Jeff Novitzky be testifying at the San Francisco perjury case of Tammy Thomas yesterday (links here and here).  Notable for several reasons, Novitzky will be busy this year laying down the truth about the BALCO investigation.  Novitzky's determination brought down Victor Conte's BALCO steroid and HGH distribution center.  He will also be talking Barry Bonds sometime later this year when the ex-Giant slugger goes on trial for similar perjury trials related to the BALCO investigation.  To the AP: The federal agent whose hunches helped spark the government's probe of Barry Bonds and the BALCO steroids-distribution ring testified publicly for the first time Thursday about his detective work — from picking through trash to analyzing bank databases. Jeff Novitzky, an IRS special agent, dangled hints about sports figures touched by the federal government's investigation of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, but at the direction of...
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Good steroids, bad business, big Barry Bonds: Tammy Thomas trial touches on
2008-03-27 09:09:00
Testimony in the Tammy Thomas -BALCO perjury trial turned to basic business yesterday.  And talked your basic Barry Bonds too.  Bonds, Marion Jones, and Jason Giambi received huge bang for their bucks according to testimony. Patrick Arnold -- who has to know about as much about anabolic steroids as anyone on the planet -- and his ex-girlfriend talked to the jury.  Kelcey Dalton confided that Arnold gave his then-undetectable AAS -- the Clear -- to athletes including Marion Jones, CJ Hunter and Barry Bonds.  However as adroit as Arnold appeared in synthesizing steroids, he appeared clumsy in business acumen. "Here's the thing: the stuff was so strong, man," said Kelcey Dalton, who helped market the substances developed and manufactured by Patrick Arnold, her then-boyfriend. Arnold, a chemist, invented some of the steroids at the heart of a drugs and sports scandal in which Thomas is the first person being tried. Dalton, testifying on the third day of ...
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PSU Prof Yesalis and "Game of Shadows" authors Williams and Fainaru-Wada on
2008-03-26 13:29:00
Steroids expert and Penn State prof Charles Yesalis, and "Game of Shadows " authors Lance Williams & Mark Fainaru-Wada shared a stage in State College PA to discuss steroids and PEDs.  Report here (Pittsburgh and Tribune-Review) here(PSU Collegian), and here (personal blog).  In a startling statement Dr. Yesalis stated that 90-95% of NFL players used HGH (and PEDs). The title of a Penn State roundtable last week -- "Steroids and baseball: Where is the public interest?" -- spoke to a societal split on the subject. Authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, whose 2006 book "Game of Shadows" exposed baseball's steroids problem, and two Penn State professors spent two hours probing the issue. Rules of the legal, moral and ethical kind have been broken by steroid-users, yet two years after the book's publication, and with steroid-use revelations continuing in baseball and other sports, there are those who don't even consider using perfor...
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Tammy Thomas BALCO-perjury trial will put hair on your chest
2008-03-25 14:51:00
As they say in the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show" "This will make you a man".  The Tammy Thomas perjury-BALCO trial opened in San Francisco. We told you about the Thomas beard last week. This week, we go to the Thomas chest.  The hair on the chest (San Jose Mercury): Thomas is the first defendant in the BALCO case to take her case to trial, unlike seven others who have pleaded guilty. Bonds and former track coach Trevor Graham are awaiting trial on perjury charges; Bonds' lawyers were not present Monday, but Graham's lawyer, William Keane, sat in the back row of the courtroom. The trial is expected to resume today with the government's first witness, a Colorado doctor who examined Thomas in 2000 and found strong evidence of steroid use, including a beard and chest hair. At some point, federal agent Jeff Novitzky, considered the architect of the government's steroid investigation, is expected to testify and provide his first public account of the BALCO ...
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Canseco fingers A-Rod and Clemens in "Vindicated" for steroids
2008-03-25 14:25:00
Alex Rodriquez, Mags Ordonez, and Roger Clemens appear in Jose Canseco's book "Vindicated ", according to Deadspin this morning. Not good.Canseco tried implicated A-Rod last year, and also tried to blackmail Ordonez too.  No surprise he names these 3 in his new book;  however it is a surprise that he says A-Rod tried to sleep with his wife -- probably pre-implant-contest-Jessica.  To Deadspin: In the next week, you're going to see more of Jose Canseco that you likely have much desire to see. But Canseco has a new book coming out April 1, Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball, coming out just in time for opening day and promising to, once again, blow the lid off the steroid menace. Once again, he's naming names, and, according to a man named Joe Lavin, who bought a copy accidentally put on sale early at a Boston bookstore, those names are Roger Clemens, Magglio Ordonez and Alex Rodriguez. Here's what Lavin reports him saying ab...
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Steroid dealer/former athlete in Buffalo busted: Deron Adams goes down
2008-03-25 10:37:00
Interesting story of a former Lackawanna NY (near Buffalo ) sports star going down for distributing steroids.  Buffalo outlets report on Deron Adams and here: A former Lackawanna High School football and basketball star was arrested on federal drug charges this morning after an investigation by Blasdell Police, Hamburg Town Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Police charged Deron Adams, 30, with felony drug possession and conspiracy counts after arresting him around 8:30 a.m. at his home on Marlowe Avenue. Investigators said they found drug scales, cash, cocaine, guns and a marijuana-growing operation in the house where Adams lives with his fiancee and four children. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office said Adams will appear this afternoon for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr...And: 30 year old Deron Adams is arrested on federal drug charges. He was brought down by the teamwork of Blasdell, Lackawanna, and Hambu...
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Another Tennesee police officer nailed in steroids probe
2008-03-25 06:52:00
Law enforcement use of steroids adds another name today when a Tennessee officer became injected into the fray. NBC-4 in Nashville with the news. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A federal investigation into steroid use among police officers and the public has ensnared another officer and a personal trainer. On Friday, Murfreesboro Officer Phillip Hatcher graduated from the police academy and was stripped of his gun and badge on the same day. Investigators arrived the same day to interview the new graduate. "I can confirm that Metro officers were among those who interviewed an employee of the Murfreesboro Police Department on Friday. That is part of this ongoing steroid investigation,” said Metro police spokesman Don Aaron.This steroids bust adds to previous 3 busts in Tennessee:Hatcher, three Metro police officers and an unknown number of state troopers are being investigated.A photograph obtained from authorities by the Channel 4 I-Team showed nearly 100 vials of drugs that were seized...
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One more failed doping test at the Tour de France
2007-07-25 17:36:00
Forbes is reporting yet another failed doping test in France :The Tour de France sustained a new blow Wednesday after a senior French doping official said yet another rider failed a doping test - this time for testosterone. The revelation came a day after Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team were disqualified because he tested positive for a banned blood transfusion. The doping official said he did not know the identity of the cyclist who tested positive for testosterone. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case with reporters.Even with all the publicity of past doping busts, some cyclists continue to cheat.  Amazing
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Mired in another doping scandal, Tour de France riders stage a protest
2007-07-25 14:19:00
Yesterday, Tour de France contender Alexandre Vinokourov, nailed in a blood doping scandal, took his Astana team and went home.  (Hartford Current) Alexandre Vinokourov, a pre-race favorite to win the Tour de France , tested positive for a blood transfusion after winning Saturday's time trial, his team announced during the rest day Tuesday. His B sample is expected by the end of the week, coinciding with the end of another tainted Tour. Vinokourov's team, Astana, suspended him and also withdrew from the Tour, ending the chances of its best-placed rider, Andreas Kloeden, who was in fifth place through 15 stages. Vinokourov was 23rd.Today, Tour riders refused to start Stage 16 on time, in protest of the unending stream of doping scandals ruining the name of pro cycling.  From Nola.com:Dozens of Tour de France riders demonstrated their anger over repeated doping scandals by not starting the 16th stage at the scheduled time Wednesday. The protest came a day after star ride...
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Bonds Bonanza
2007-07-25 07:01:00
Many Barry Bonds developments: 1.  Bud Selig announces he will now try to attend the Bonds home run #756 game.  Interesting reversal including the statement (from the Olympian):“Out of respect for the tradition of this game, the magnitude of the record, and the fact that all citizens in this country are innocent until proven guilty, I will attend Barry Bonds’ next games to observe his potential tying and breaking of the home run record, subject to my commitments to the Hall of Fame this weekend.Why the sudden flight into constitutional law?  While it is true that in a court of law, citizens are presumed innocent until found guilty MLB is not a court of law. 2.  BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold in an interview with Bob Costas says he believes Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield took anabolic steroids.  The New York Times carries the story.Patrick Arnold, a chemist who worked with  the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, said in an HBO Sports interview that Ba...

Weis loses 'Gastric Bypass Trial of the Century' malpractice suit
2007-07-24 22:13:00
Just in...Charlie Weis' malpractice trial went to jury deliberation, and just like that...the surgeons were 'exonerated'.  The Boston News-Herald carried the first story on the verdict:Suffolk Superior Court jury has just exonerated two Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons of any wrongdoing in the medical malpractice case brought by former New England Patriots [team stats] offensive coordinator Charlie Weis.     Weis, 51, left the courtroom with a cell phone to his ear. His attorney Michael Mone threw a hand up in front of a Herald reporter’s face when Weis was asked to comment on the loss, his second attempt to find Dr. Charles Ferguson and Dr. Richard Hodin negligent in a gastric bypass surgery performed on Weis five years ago.     The jury deliberated for about two hours before siding with the doctors. The jurors declined to comment after the case. Looks like Weis can go back to coaching football.  We thought that Weis might be scoring points...
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Arizona problem highlights steroid use by police
2007-07-24 17:11:00
Although most never mentioned in the news, police in the US present a significant steroid problem.  Azstarnet highlights the issue with a story concerning a federal probe of widespread police and firefighter use of anabolics. Google 'police and steroids'; the returns are incredible,  Use the sight test in large city streets; some of the cops are incredibly jacked.  Obviously some police are using steroids.  Although controversial, steroids do affect aggressiveness (take it to the bank).  No one wants to face an enraged cop on 'roids. Increased aggressiveness under stress. (here is a link to such a legal issue).A federal investigation into the use of steroids has widened. Authorities are confirming that more than a dozen Phoenix firefighters as well as police in Mesa are now connected to a Drug Enforcement Administration steroid investigation. Mesa police confirmed Monday that one of their officers is under investigation. Chandler police said they have...
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Kimberly Bell, Bond's ex, to appear in Playboy
2007-07-24 05:55:00
Already a circus, BALCO, Bonds, and MLB now head toward cheesecake.  Bond's ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Bell , who has stated Barry used steroids, may appear in Playboy this fall.  (Signal to Noise link) Not good news.  Many speculate Bell could be a key Gov't witness should Bonds actually be tried for perjury.  Bell knows as much about Bonds use of 'roids as anyone.  However appearing in Playboy does not improve a witness' credibility. Reports suggested for months now that Bell authored a book.  Perhaps with the Bonds home run record chase, and a Playboy spread, Bell calculates she can cash in large on the Bonds' phenomenon. The New York Times Murray Chass says Bell discussed Bonds' juicing with the Times:It is not known what Bell has told the grand jury, but she told The New York Times in 2005 that Bonds told her he used steroids. Bell has also said that she saw Bonds inject himself with steroids and apply creams that she knew to be steroid rela...
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Pound slices into the PGA
2007-07-23 04:03:00
World Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound got his hooks into the PGA today.  Our source is the UK's Times Online.  Pound clubbed pro golf last year for lack of doping controls.  He was sure to club the PGA when Gary Player chipped out the 'steroids in golf' story last week. The PGA has resisted any acknowledgement that there may be a problem,” Pound said. “We would be happy to sit down and help golf come together with a significant and robust programme. I have said [to the PGA], ‘Look, this is your opportunity to lead, not to be forced to follow, so get on with it. The time is now. “ ‘You should do this while you still have the initiative, rather than being forced into it as the result of a scandal. Then you are going to have the whole of golf regarded with suspicion. Do it now before there’s a big public problem.’ ” The tardiness of the PGA to respond to drugs-testing is in contrast to the European Tour, which is to start testing in the new year.Las...
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Action in the Bay area: Bonds grand jury extended
2007-07-21 14:29:00
Busy day in the San Francisco Bay area (Larry Brown at AOL too).  News came out of San Francisco where Barry Bonds should return next week on the cusp of breaking Aaron's career home run mark.  Sources now say the Bonds grand jury will be extended 6 months.  Reports also indicat the Gov't feels the case is gathering momentum.  From The Hartford Current: The grand jury investigating Barry Bonds has been extended for six more months, several sources familiar with the government's case told the New York Daily News, and the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco is confident it will have enough evidence to secure an indictment once it resumes in September. "They seem to feel they have a strong case," said one source, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Bonds is being investigated for perjury in connection with the 2003 BALCO steroids probe, and for tax evasion. "If the case is 90 percent now, there's no reason not to go for 100 percent,&...
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Raider's Jarrod Cooper suspended
2007-07-21 14:26:00
The NFL announced the suspension of the Oakland Raid er s safety Jarrod Cooper for violating the league's steroid policy. (San Jose Mercury-News) Raiders safety Jarrod Cooper was suspended for the first four games of the regular season Friday for violating the league's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.    Cooper is the second Raiders player suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the 2007 season.    Running back Dominic Rhodes got nailed July 3 for violating the league's substance-abuse policy a second time. Cooper has spent the past three seasons with the Raiders after an incident-marred career with the Carolina Panthers. He signed with the Raiders midway through the 2004 season shortly after the Panthers released him, in large part, because of his checkered past. He was charged twice in a three-year span for driving while impaired while with the Panthers. The NFL suspended him for four games and docked him six weeks' salary fo...
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One-two punch hits Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen
2007-07-21 06:40:00
Th current leader of the Tour de France Michale Rasmussen avoided a problem yesterday, however may have  been hammered by a 1-2 combo punch today. Yesterday's news (KC Star) carried the story that Rasmussen missed 2 anti-doping drug tests since May.  This lead to a warning that a third miss could lead to a suspension. The drug tests were missed on May 8 and June 28, at a time when anti-doping officials sought to contact Rasmussen but discovered that he had not informed them of his whereabouts. A third missed test within 18 months would be considered a failed test under the rules of the International Cycling Union, known by its French initials UCI, and would subject Rasmussen to a two-year ban from competition. Rasmussen called it “an administrative error” on his part. “It’s a minor deal,” said Rasmussen, who has been tested as the leader and has not registered positive. “I know that a lot of riders in the peloton receive warnings for not informing or not g...
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Golfers tee off on Gary Player's steroid remarks
2007-07-20 20:10:00
The response to Gary Player's stance on steroid use and drug testing in golf runs from the predictably outraged to the interestingly enlightened. Rod Pampling and Retief Goosen express outrage at Player's remarks.  The Sydney Morning Herald runs a story on the golfers' gripes:"If he's definite, he should name the people," Pampling said. "I don't think anyone should stand up and say definitely people are using drugs and then not name them. I think you have to name the people if you want to make a statement and make it a worthy statement." Pampling said he had never seen any evidence of players taking drugs. "I don't know who he's talking about," Pampling said. "We'll have to wait and see if he names someone." Goosen, who also posted an opening round 70, said: "I don't know what Gary was trying to prove. I am very shocked at his comments. I don't know why he said that. I don't know if he is trying to damage the sport. If ...
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A tale of two Bonds
2007-07-20 14:07:00
Barry Bonds went Wrigley twice yesterday to  bring his career home run total to 753, 2 shy of Hank Aaron.  Rejuvenated following several days off, Bonds crushed the second ball into the Lake Michigan wind.  (this promoted Steroid Nation to Ebay tickets for Giants-Brewers on Sunday). Bonds blamed his slump somewhat on the old 'switching balls for memorabilia' routine: Seacoastonline says: "It's real now," Bonds said, swarmed by media in a makeshift dugout press conference at Wrigley Field. "I had to get over them switching those baseballs. Any time that happens, I kind of go into a slide. It's tough because you actually really realize something's going on and you don't really want to think about it. ... But when they stop it for a second and switch baseballs, it's very hard to not know something's happening right in front of you." Today, the quest moves to Miller Park in Milwaukee, the city where Aaron started and ended his career. It's a...
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Gary Player: PGA player used 'roids
2007-07-18 19:14:00
Former PGA great Gary Player says he knows anabolic steroids have penetrated into pro golfing.  Player contends he knows one PGA golfer for sure; he also states 10 golfers may have used PEDs. Interesting.  What PEDs?  Amphetamines for concentration when putting?  Anabolic steroids for strength on drives?   From ESPN: Wednesday he knows of at least one golfer who has used steroids, and he urged golf organizations to move quickly toward a random drug-testing plan.    "We're dreaming if we think it's not going to come into golf," Player said.    Player estimated 10 players from tours around the world were taking some type of performance-enhancing drug. Asked how he knew golfers were taking steroids, he said a player told him in confidence.    "One guy told me -- and I took an oath prior to him telling me -- but he told me what he did and I could see this massive change in him," Player said. "And so...
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German TV takes cameras & goes home from Tour de France
2007-07-18 15:26:00
The German state TV stopped live broadcast of the 2007 Tour de France with the announcement that a German rider tested positive for testosterone.  Story in Jurnalo: German state networks ARD and ZDF on Wednesday stopped their live broadcasts from the current Tour de France with immediate effect after the latest doping case involving German rider Patrik Sinkewitz. ZDF spokesman Thomas Stange told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the Tour boycott will stay in effect until the case has been cleared up. Both networks have the German broadcast rights for the famous three-week race. The German cycling federation said earlier Wednesday that Sinkewitz tested positive for the steroid testosterone at an out-of-competition test on June 8, ahead of the Tour de France. Sinkewitz, who had to abandon the Tour on Monday after injuring himself in a collision with a fan, was suspended by his T-Mobile team. He has five days to request to examination of the b-sample. The T-Mobile team and cyc...
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Benefits of a gastric bypass: better absorption of alcohol
2007-07-18 05:18:00
The Wizard of Odds reigns as the news leader for the Charlie Weis Gastric Bypass Trial of the Century, Part Deux  The Wiz covered the Weis Mistrial of the Century, and is now back at it in the second rendition. We will again be supplying the world class substantially below medical standards commentary over there. Although testimony today appeared to be uninspired in Boston, we do present interesting new benefits of a gastric bypass.  Not only will the patient lose weight, but, the patient can imbibe far less alcohol to catch a buzz ease tension. As reported by The Clarion Ledger Healthscene, those bad boys at Standford performed a study that showed bypass patients need to be very careful with drinking.  Their blood levels were much higher after 5 ounces of red wine than non-bypass patients.  Bypass patients absorbed alcohol quicker than than the control group.   Furthermore, it took the bypass patients longer to sober up; seems alcohol is less metabo...
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Benoit postmortem toxicology report out
2007-07-17 22:46:00
Georgia officials released the long-awaited toxicology reports (New York Post link) on the homisuicide of the Benoit family. Nancy Benoit: Three powerful narcotics, and a benzodiazepine to boot.  Huge load of drugs for a 40+ year old woman. Hydrocodone (Vicodin among others) Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) Alprazolam (Xanax) Alcohol Daniel Benoit:  Xanax, not normally given to a child. Alprazolam (Xanax) Chris Benoit:  A narcotic, a benzodiazepine, and reportedly elevated testosterone. Hydrocodone (Vicodin) Alprazolam (Xanax) 'Elevated' testosterone Pathologists can test if the urine testosterone were exogenous or endogenous (looking for carbon atom abnormalities); no word on this lab test.  Normal adults secrete from 100 micrograms to 200 micrograms of T per day. There are reports of the level of T in Benoit's bladder, which give a figure of 207 mg/dl (?meaning because it isn't know if that is synthetic or natural). We will now see the flood of ...
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Elijah Dukes' wife accuses him of steroid use
2007-07-17 19:48:00
As posted by the Sports Frog, and now by NBC News, NiShea Dukes, estranged wife of embattled Tampa Bay Devil Ray Elijah Dukes told a judge yesterday that her husband smokes marijuana.  She then speculated that his aggressivenesses stems from steroid use.  However she admitted she has no physical evidence of such speculation. The steroid allegation appears to be speculation thrown out there in a civil proceeding.  However the judge took the mj charge seriously, ordering Dukes for psychological testing and drug testing. Dukes barged into a classroom where his wife taught at the time.  He now has a no-contact order separating him from  his family.Embattled Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes admitting smoking marijuana under oath and was ordered to take random drug tests by a judge during a Monday divorce proceeding, according to a report by The Tampa Tribune.In addition, he was accused by his wife NiShea Dukes of using steroids.NiShea Dukes, who has...
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Gary Carter on Barry Bonds: "His head got twice the size; you figure it out
2007-07-16 21:05:00
MSNBC caught up to HOF catachers Johnny Bench and Gary Carter.  Their interviews reveal common misconceptions about PEDs and 'roids.  We understand that talking with ex-athletes creates interest; however asking these guys about PED use seems goofy. Gary Carter gives Bonds credit, but then lowers a boom on Bonds' PED use. A pair of Hall of Fame catchers who hit their share of home runs have different takes on Barry Bonds ’ pursuit of Hank Aaron’s all-time record. Johnny Bench and Gary Carter said Bonds’ chase for 755 is good for baseball, but they part ways when it comes to the role steroids may have played in his success. “Barry’s going to break the record, and it’s phenomenal,” said Bench, who hit 389 home runs in his career with the Cincinnati Reds to rank 48th on the career list. “To think he can walk over 200 times a year and do the things he does. And he was a Gold Glove outfielder. He didn’t do that by taking (steroids). He was just a great ath...
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NASCAR deals with drug testing
2007-07-16 17:41:00
In the wake of the arrest of a driver on the Motorcraft truck racing circuit, NASCAR drivers and officials look at their drug testing policy. At this point, it’s difficult to say who will have a more significant impact on NASCAR’s drug-testing policy, Aaron Fike or Kevin Harvick. Police arrested Craftsman Truck Series driver Fike for possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia in the parking lot of an Ohio theme park July 7. That brought illegal drug use in motorsports into the news, but Harvick put the spotlight on it in Chicago.Speaking to reporters at Chicagoland Speedway, site of the USG Sheetrock 400 won by Tony Stewart, Harvick criticized NASCAR for not taking the lead on such an important issue. Yes, the sanctioning body has the power to enforce a random testing policy, Harvick said, but he emphasized that it is not doing so.Harvick and NASCAR exchanged views on drug testing:“I believe every driver and every national series should be drug-tested a couple of times a yea...
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Houston Chron develops steroid testing argument
2007-07-16 14:14:00
1. In the face of prep PED testing in Texas, the Houston Chron delivers the argument for steroid testing. Fact: The man behind one of the most far-reaching drug scandals ever, Victor Conte — of the infamous Balco lab — suggests that parents who don't want their kids around steroids should steer them away from serious athletic competition, saying, "at some point they'll get to the level where they are told they have no choice but to take them." Is that true? Based on the preponderance of evidence, drugs that make people run/pedal/ski faster, jump higher, hit harder and stay fresh longer have never been more a part of the fabric of sports, all the way down to high school and, some contend, junior high school venues. It follows that talk of drugs is never far from any sports conversations today.The Chron also addresses claims that PEDs should be legal but regulated in athletes.  They quote a well-known Houston area sports medicine physician:Some medical experts s...
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Jose Canseco fully supports Barry Bonds
2007-07-15 20:19:00
Once again Jose Canseco pushes  himself into the spotlight.  The promoter of better baseball through chemistry supports Barry Bonds ' home run record chase. Boston.com catches up with the man with the home run bouncing noggin. Canseco establishes that he is a steroid expert, by experience.  He talks about his use of PEDs to recover from injury.  That justifies his bulking up on 'roids, right?  Canesco promoted PEDs for all athletes in his book 'Juiced', and not just for injury recovery.  Sounds like he bends ethics to cheat the game. Although Canseco appears to be accurate about who juiced and who didn't in baseball, we wonder about trusting a guy with such bent ethics. "I know what steroids can do for a player," said Canseco, who spent 17 years in the majors. "I also know that it doesn't help you be a great athlete or help out with the extraordinary hand-eye coordination Barry Bonds has. Steroids can have different benefits for di...

Stage 7, Tour de France
2007-07-15 16:24:00
1.  Linus Gerdemann won the 7th stage of the Tour , then jumps on dopers.  Nonetheless, it has to be pretty cool to wear the yellow jersey.  Philly Inquirer here: Linus Gerdemann hadn't even finished celebrating his first Tour de Franc e stage victory before sounding a loud drumbeat from the winner's circle: Races can and should be won clean. The 24-year-old German, riding in his first Tour, captured the leader's yellow jersey as cycling's premier event entered three days in the Alps with yesterday's seventh stage. Gerdemann's T-Mobile team has been scarred more than most over doping revelations, and has responded in the last year by enacting some of the toughest anti-doping policies in the sport... In post-race news conferences, Gerdemann used the word clean at least six times. He spoke about blood tests he had undergone. He decried the harm done by doping in the sport. "It's really hard for young riders to take the responsibility now," Gerde...
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Follow-up on Bronco's Kenny Peterson: 'Supplements'
2007-07-14 14:47:00
Kenny Patterson, for tOSU and current Denver Bronco DE received a 4 game suspension from the NFL for violating the steroid policy.  Bronco coach Mike Shanahan goes to the 'supplement excuse' for Peter son.  From the Colorado Springs Gazette: Denver Broncos defensive lineman Kenny Peterson told coach Mike Shanahan he was suspended for violating the NFL’s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances because he took a nutritional supplement with a banned substance in it, Shanahn said Monday. Peterson, a reserve lineman, was suspended four games for the violation. He was at Monday's mini-camp practice but declined an interview request. Peterson can participate in offseason practices and training camp before his suspension starts before the first game of the season. “Sometimes it’s not a conscious mistake,” Shanahan said. “Sometimes you take the wrong supplement and all of a sudden a guy might not know he’s making a mistake and he makes one. It just ta...
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