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Sheffield implicates Bonds even more: 'If I took what he took'
2007-07-14 14:30:00
Following up on the release of quotes from his Andrea and HOB interview Gary Sheffield stood by his remarks on Barry Bonds and 'roids last night. Shef denied ever knowingly juicing, which is very compatible with the 'Game of Shadows' account of his rollicking episode with Bonds.  Shef followed with a very interesting comment about Bonds' physique. From the Albany Democrat: In the interview with HBO, Sheffield says the black players on the Yankees’ roster would be “called out’’ in the clubhouse by Torre. Sheffield also denied he ever took steroids, but admitted taking the “clear’’ and the “cream’’ — two designer steroids created by BALCO. Sheffield said he didn’t know they were steroids, said he trusted and felt himself being controlled by Bonds. But, Sheffield claimed, “if I took what Barry Bonds took, why don’t I look like him?’’He looked like Bonds — in terms of hitting homers — in the third inning.Sheffield took a close 1-2 pitch tha...
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Mandatory headline: Giambi meets with Mitchell
2007-07-14 14:17:00
Former Senator, and Boston Red Sox Co-owner George Mitchell finally met with a live MLB player yesterday.  Jason Giambi, as part of his plea bargain with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, wet with Mitchell.  The Mitchell-Yankee player meeting headlines every sports page from Seattle to Syracuse, however here is the Washington Post link. Note that this wasn't a one on one meeting.  Heck, it was a group festival.   After the meeting benediction and grilled cheese steaks for all.  Arn Tellum brought some killer sweet corn from his own garden. Perhaps some progress on PEDs in baseball resulted, but come on, confessions are usually in a group setting.  No doubt Giambi refused to answer important personal questions.  He is part of an on-going investigation (he could say the BALCO Grand Jury continues). We will remain pessimistic.  MLB's inquiry into anabolic use is likely to gain baseball some publicity and little more.   Considering t...
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Sheffield: Steroids is something you stick in your butt. Period.
2007-07-13 23:56:00
One of our favorite players hits the comeback trail...Gary Sheffield.  After discussing how the Yankees made him an example because he is black, and how Derek Jeter's genetics aren't really all black,  Shef defines steroids as 'steroids is something you shoot in your butt'. Who are we to argue? From Newsday comes the Shef HBO/Andrea Kremer interview (by was of the Orlando Sentinel here). ...Kremer asks Sheffield about his alleged steroid use, including his grand jury testimony that he used steroid cream on his legs and liquid (or "clear") under his tongue. He says he started using those products when Barry Bonds, his workout partner at the time, saw his stash of vitamins and yelled, "What are you taking that stuff for? It's stupid." So he got the other substances from BALCO, not knowing they were in effect steroids. In fact, he still denies every taking steroids, even though he was told the clear was for "muscle recovery, like when you li...
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Jim Palmer throws fastballs at Sosa, McGwire and MLB juicers
2007-07-13 15:46:00
Former Oriole great, and HOF member Jim Palmer stopped by the Detroit Freep, during a tour promoting cholesterol awareness.   Palmer uses some of the strongest language a HOFer laid out there on recent 'roid users. Jim Palmer -- the Hall of Fame right-hander, three-time World Series champion with the Baltimore Orioles, 268-game winner and former underwear model -- speaks against cholesterol. He spoke in Toledo on Thursday as part of the "Strike Out High Cholesterol: A Program to Help Lower LDL Levels." Earlier in the day, Palmer, 61, stopped by the Free Press and talked about cholesterol, the Tigers and, most passionately, steroids.Palmer then talked about 'roids in baseball, in strong language. Sounds like his blood pressure is as high as his cholesterol.  Palmer implicates Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire in PED use.  Palmer also discusses amphetamine use: Q: You've been passionate about steroids. How do you think baseball is handling this now? ...
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Head of drug company and co-conspirator doctor nailed in steroid HGH scheme
2007-07-13 15:31:00
WCAX-TV reports on two developments of a conspiracy to deliver PEDs investigation.  The head of a drug company conspired to illegally supply athletes with PEDS including anabolic steroids and HGH. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The head of a drug company plans to plead guilty to illegally marketing steroids and paying doctors to write medically unnecessary prescriptions. Daniel McGlone owns New Jersey-based American Pharmaceutical Group. His lawyer, Bob Mann, says McGlone agreed to plead guilty to 50 counts, including conspiracy, health care fraud and money laundering. McGlone is accused of illegally distributing human growth hormone and steroids to body builders in several states. He allegedly got some of the drugs from a Florida-based pharmaceutical company charged by New York authorities in a larger steroid case. Prosecutors say McGlone advertised in bodybuilder publications and recommended the drugs for anti-aging and weight-loss purposes. Federal law restricts the use or di...
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BALCO leak -- Troy Ellerman -- injected with 30 months hard time
2007-07-13 04:23:00
Troy Ellerman the attorney who leaked significant information to the San Francisco Chronicle from the BALCO investigation, will spend 30 months in the poky.  Why does the US Govt consider leaking Grand Jury testimony to be far more punishable than the synthesis and distribution of many illegal PEDs including illegal anabolic steroids?  Why does the man -- Victor Conte -- who defrauded the public in supplying illegal PEDs to athletes in MLB (Bonds, Sheffield, Giambi), the NFL (Romo), Track and Field (Tim Montgomery, Marion Jones, as well as others), and bodybuilding serve a significantly less jail time than a fellow who leaks testimony information to reporters? Is the justice system really screwed up? The AP (via the Examiner) gives us the details: An attorney who admitted leaking the confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to two and a half years in prison, by far the harshest penalty to result from the g...
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More Benoit takes
2007-07-11 19:24:00
Several developments in the Benoit case: 1.  The US Congress becomes interested in anabolic steroid and PED abuse; better late than never.  Story in the Baltimore Sun.Congress, which has examined steroid policies in baseball, football and basketball in the past few years, must now address allegations of "rampant" steroid use in professional wrestling, says a Florida lawmaker."Between 1985 and 2006, 89 wrestlers have died before the age of 50," Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns said yesterday. "Of course, not all of these deaths can be attributed to steroid use. However, this abnormally high number of deaths of young, fit athletes should raise congressional alarms." Stearns' call follows the death last month of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who strangled his wife and 7-year-old son before hanging himself. Steroids were found in Benoit's home, although it's unclear whether they played a role in the slayings.2.  Feds pursue the doctor for Beno...

Bud Selig quietly endorses MLB growth hormone (HGH) test
2007-07-11 16:16:00
This story quietly slipped by the mainstream media, who is fixated on Barry Bonds career home run record chase and All-Star appearance.  Commissioner Bud Selig talked about an HGH test for MLB (Toronto Star). Commissioner Bud Selig feels that baseball is doing all it can to catch up with cheaters that use the undetectable Human Grow th Hormone as a substitute for steroids. "Do I have frustrations about Human Growth Hormone ? Yes," Selig said. "Do (our doctors) have frustrations? Yes. Dr. (Don) Catlin's working on tests. There is no test. They went into that with me in great detail. They had heard and read a lot of things which are not true. The Olympics did have tests (for HGH). The results of those tests have not been shown to anybody. They're still sitting with the samples. So, there is no test." Baseball has often been criticized for patting itself on the back about its drug-testing program while cheating goes on under its nose.This information is import...
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Baseball's All-Steroid Break
2007-07-11 16:08:00
The MLB All-Star game is history, as the American League wins again.  The tension of holding the All Starr game in San Francisco, the center of the BALCO scandal  continued, but more in the background.  The major stories: 1.  The SF Chronicle and others protest the redacting of baseball player's names from court documents.  Link. 2.  The USA Today says Bud Selig still doesn't know his schedule about attending Bond's #756 HR game. 3. Meanwhile CBS News highlights the tension between the Barry Bonds'/steroids detractors and the Bonds supporters. 4.   Bud Selig wants HGH testing.
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Tour de France
2007-07-11 15:55:00
We reviewed the PED situation vis a vis the Tour de Franc e before leaving on vacation at Britannica's blogs.  Check out the Britannica blogs at this link. We are now back from a holiday and will be covering the event more.  We have to comment on how tough it is keeping up with the issues on the road...
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The San Francisco Chronicle calling MLB Player's Union stance 'scandal'
2007-07-11 15:45:00
Th Albany Times and the San Francisco Chronicle call the MLB Player's Union for supporting the redacting of drug-cheating players in legal documents. Obviously the steroid/PED issue continues to hear up, despite much of the apathy from the sporting public.  Pro wrestling, more entertainment than sport, now faces a critical juncture with congressional calls for drug testing.  Does baseball wish to continue concealing it's past, or to move forward?  The Hearst papers say continue to conceal and cover up.  Fainaru-Wada and Williams report: The privacy rights of as many as 23 baseball players who received performance-enhancing drugs would be violated if their names were made public, the Major League Baseball Players' Association argued in court papers filed hours before the first pitch of the All-Star Game on Tuesday. The union's motion was in response to requests by The Chronicle and Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union to unseal the names of nearly two dozen playe...
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Mitchell probe emasculated
2007-07-10 13:05:00
The AP and Philly Inquirer reveal documents the George Mitchell probe received from the Gov't were emasculated.  The Feds redacted MLB player's names. Federal prosecutors said yesterday they did not give baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell a complete copy of an affidavit containing names of players who allegedly received performance-enhancing drugs from a former New York Mets clubhouse employee. Prosecutors urged a judge to keep under seal the names of the players identified in a sworn statement signed by IRS special agent Jeff Novitzky. The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco said a motion by Hearst Corp. seeking unredacted copies of the search warrant affidavit is a "thinly veiled attempt to benefit financially" by publicizing the names of people involved in the government's steroid probe and does not serve a public need. The government also argued that most of the facts concerning the government's investigation of former Mets employee Kirk...
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Baseball All Star Overload
2007-07-09 15:27:00
The All Star break descends on MLB the next few days.  So do the baseball doping stories. 1.  USA Today looks at the ultimate unctuous con man Victor Conte. 2.  The Chronicle lists All Stars from the Bay Area, including Ken Caminiti (San Jose) and Barry Bonds (San Mateo) 3. Phil Mushnick of the Post jumps all over the Mitchell investigation. 4.  The Buffalo News says 600 homer may be the HOF standard for the future.
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Barry Bonds, Giant teammate Fred Lewis bond
2007-07-09 14:29:00
Good piece in the New York Times Sunday.  The story focused on the relationship between Giant youngster Fred Lewis, a lanky 6-2, 180 rookie, and Barry Bond s a 6-1, 240 wizened veteran. Bonds can be a good guy if he so wishes.  He has taken the rookie under his wing.  However, the overtones of Bonds former physique, about the same as the rook Lewis before he bulked up chemically, runs throughout the story. Every few days, when Barry Bonds feels too old and tired to haul all of his 240 pounds out of the dugout, he sits on the bench and watches a version of his former self. Fred Lewis, the backup to Bonds in 2007, could have passed for Bonds in 1986. He is 6 feet 2 inches, 190 pounds, lithe as a leadoff man, recognized mainly for his discipline at the plate and his speed on the bases... “You know I can crush you,” Bonds said, adopting the tone of an older brother. “Why?” the shy Lewis asked. “Because I’m bigger,” Bonds replied. For Bonds, size is alwa...

Reggie Jackson talks about 500 HR hitters
2007-07-08 15:08:00
Thrown back into the limelight with the ESPN mini-series 'The Bronx is Burning', Reggie Jackson burns too.  Jackson talks to the New York Times about his displeasure about ESPN's portrayal of the 1977 Yankee season.  Jackson also lays out some lines about the juice. Regarding Barry Bonds, who is on the verge of surpassing Hank Aaron’s career record of 755 homers, Jackson said it was unfortunate that his accomplishments were questioned because of suggestions that he had used steroids. “He’s discredited,” Jackson said. “It’s a shame.” Concerning the general suspicions of widespread steroid use in recent years, Jackson, without naming names, said: “A lot of people recognize that there are some guys that have hit 500 home runs that were engaged in chemical abuse.”Jackson, Bond's cousin, doesn't make excuses or proclaim Bonds' innocence;  he simply observes the scene.  Interesting. Like many of the older HR hitters (Dale Murphy) we suspect ...

Meanwhile, Benoit action figures still available
2007-07-07 15:11:00
A Wales site, icWales.com says Benoit action figures roam the toy shelves there. A TOY store has sparked outrage by selling figures of a real-life child-killer. Cardiff’s Toys R Us was yesterday stocking figures of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Chris Benoit. Benoit strangled his wife Nancy and seven-year-old son Daniel before hanging himself at his home in Georgia, USA, on June 25. A police investigation is ongoing. After the tragedy, WWE’s Shopzone merchandise website pulled all stock related to Benoit. But the Echo was yesterday able to buy a four-figure pack featuring the wrestler at Toys R Us off Cardiff Bay Road. The packaging was labelled Micro Aggression and the Chris Benoit figure stood in the package next to another figure called the Undertaker. Former professional wrestler David Dimond, 30, from Barry, was horrified to see the Benoit figure on the toy store shelves. The hospital security guard, who has a daughter and three stepchildren, sai...
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Bank of America jettisons Bonds in MLB All Star ads
2007-07-07 14:49:00
Bank of America , Barry Bonds ' hometown bank, left the slugger out of the MLB All Star ad-a-thon.  B of A  noted Bonds' identification with doping, then choose to ignore it's San Francisco player even as he closes in on Hank Aaron's career home run record.  Story in the Charlotte Observer: Bank of America Corp. is making a marketing splash with ties to Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco, but the bank isn't hyping any links to hometown slugger Barry Bonds. Although the Charlotte company is the official bank and credit card issuer of Bonds' San Francisco Giants, Bank of America said it hasn't been approached by the team or the sport about any possible celebration of his looming home-run record. Entering Friday's game, Bonds was just four blasts shy of tying Hank Aaron's all-time mark of 755. The bank said last year that it planned to shun Bonds' swing at history because of allegations he used steroids to fuel his hitting prowess. ...

Michael Vick property used as main staging area for dogfights
2007-07-07 14:20:00
More information on the Michael Vick dogfighting franchise emerged on Friday as the AP obtained the federal documents filed in the case.  Alleges Vick's place was the main arena for a large dogfighting enterprise.  The Baltimore Sun files a report: A property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was used as the "main staging area for housing and training the pit bulls involved" in an alleged dogfighting operation, according to court documents. The papers, filed by federal authorities Monday in U.S. District Court in Virginia, and obtained yesterday by the Associated Press, contain the address of the Vick property in Surry that has been the center of the investigation. Vick is not named in the documents. Yesterday, federal agents again searched the property. When they finished, they declined to answer questions as they left.Vick was not named in the documents.  Maybe he didn't make it home for over 5 years, as it appears things been going do...
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The Bronx is burning as Rocky provides juiced inspiration at Yankee Stadium
2007-07-07 14:01:00
Interesting that Yankee Stadium , home to Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and the Babe choose to run a clip from Sylvester Stallone's Rocky series (? Rocky Balboa) as a point of inspiration for the Bronx Bombers. The clip appears on the center field video late in games.  Rocky is shown sunning (presumably the streets of Philadelphia, not Manhattan), punching beef, and giving his life philosophy of it's not how hard you hit, but it's how many hard hits you take'. Considering Stallone's conviction of anabolic steroid and HGH trafficking in Australia this spring, we wonder if the video inspires the Yanks and opponents to juice away. How can Bud Selig require Jason Giambi to report to the Mitchell Commission?  Heck, Giambi was only following the revered hero, Rocky.  Other Yanks under suspicion -- Clemens, Pettite -- might also be only trying to see how many body blows they can survive under the Rock's tutelage. Further, on the night we saw the Yanks, Gary Matthews Jr....
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Bronco's Kenny Peterson suspended for 4 NFL games
2007-07-06 20:42:00
The Denver Bronco's DL Kenny Peter son, gone for 4 games due to violation of the anabolic steroids policy.  That doesn't absolutely mean he used steroids, as other drugs fall into that policy. The Denver Post carries the story here: Denver - Denver Broncos defensive end Kenny Peterson has been suspended without pay for violating the NFL's steroid policy, the team said today. The Broncos released an NFL statement saying Peterson will be suspended without pay for the first four games of 2007 starting Aug. 31. The statement said Peterson had violated the policy on anabolic steroids and related substances but didn't specify what he had done. Peterson will be able to join the Broncos for training camp but won't be able to return to the active roster until Oct. 1 after the Broncos play the Indianapolis Colts. Peterson was cut by Green Bay last September and signed with the Broncos to replace Courtney Brown, who had to undergo a left knee operation five weeks into the seaso...
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Tigers shortstop Neifi Perez earns 25 games of suspension for 'stimulants'
2007-07-06 20:38:00
The Freep reports the Detroit Tigers shortstop Neifi Perez earned himself 25 games off by testing positive for an amphetamine.  As we recall, the initial incident with amphetamine goes without report. he second offense, however receives a suspension and official report to the public.  Thus Perez appears to be caught n the more intensive monitoring after a first offense. SI.com fills in the details: Detroit Tigers infielder Neifi Perez was suspended 25 games Friday, the first player penalized for testing positive for a stimulant under Major League Baseball's drug program. Perez, a seldom-used utility player, is hitting .172 with one home run and six RBIs in 64 at-bats in the team's first 83 games. He is a former Gold Glove shortstop, in 2000 with the Colorado Rockies. He also has played for Kansas City, San Francisco and the Chicago Cubs.
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Benoit highlights steroid situation
2007-07-06 15:07:00
411.mania carries the best summary of the Benoit situation out there.  What started as a tabloid story now is gathering momentum as a major event that could affect  the use and abuse of PEDs, especially anabolic steroids in sports and entertainment.  Although athletes suffered many untoward effects in the past, including the deaths of Ken Caminiti and many cyclists in part due to PEDs, the public appeared to deny any problems, or ignored the issues.  Debates revolve around the validity of records set by juiced athletes.  Now debates can include the aggressiveness induced by many of these drugs.  Remember that testosterone incites aggression as an androgenic effect;  there is no debate about that issue, again despite what steroid apologists write and say. The major questions revolved around the Benoit homisuicide include: Why are the side effects of these drugs denied or misunderstood by a large part of the public? Why  don't the governm...
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Easy to cheat at the Tour de France?
2007-07-05 15:44:00
ABC Australia News carries a syndicated piece on the eve of the Tour de France focusing on the extent of doping, and on the difficulty of catching the dopers.  Gone may be the days of simply infusing stored blood products, but drug-cheats now use sophisticated methods of doping.  Like ACTH. French doping expert Professor Jean-Pierre de Mondenard feels the UCI's new anti-doping charter, which all teams must sign prior to the start, is a ploy to paper over the cracks. And while he applauds the increase in the number of random doping controls being carried out by the governing body, he says the UCI are powerless to stop those who want to cheat because many of the substances used are undetectable. "More random tests are the way forward. But even going looking for suspect cheats can be a waste of time," he said. "There are too many undetectable products around for the doping controls to be efficient. It's a masquerade. "Everyone knows it's easy to get...
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UFC fighter Barone loads up on the anabolics
2007-07-04 15:30:00
UFC fighter Phil Baron e loaded up on a couple anabolic steroids that came out in the wash, er urine.  From UFC Mania: Former UFC fighter and perennial loudmouth Phil Baroni has tested positive for Boldenone and Stanozolol Metabolites following his loss to Frank Shamrock on June 22, according to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). Baroni has been suspended for one year and will be fined $2,500. Boldenone is intended for use by veterinarians, mostly to treat injured horses. Baroni now joins Stephan Bonnar (who also tested positive for Boldenone last September) in the steroid hall of shame. It seems like every time the world of MMA can make the slightest bit of progress, some insecure goon is there to push it right bac
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Lance Armstrong believes Floyd Landis 'innocent'
2007-07-04 15:14:00
The Aspen Times reports on an public meeting Lance Armstrong held in Aspen Tuesday night.  One of the questions concerned Floyd Landis . Lance Armstrong told a crowd of about 100 on Tuesday night that he believes 2006 Tour de France winner and former U.S. Postal Service teammate Floyd Landis is innocent. Sadly, Armstrong said, Landis likely will lose his arbitration hearing against the U.S. Anti Doping Agency after testing positive for abnormal levels of testosterone after a pivotal stage win last July. "I think conventional wisdom is that he will lose, because USADA has never lost a case," said Armstrong, the guest speaker at an Aspen Ideas Festival health forum discussion CBS anchor Bob Schieffer moderated. "The arbitrators don't ever rule for the athletes. Quite frankly the system is set up against the athletes. ... Unfortunately for him, I don't think he did it. That's always been my position and still is today, but I'm not sure that's he going to get a ...
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Benoit Developments
2007-07-04 03:00:00
Steroid Nation hit the road to Connecticut, missing some developments on the Benoit case. 1.  Benoit's doctor faces federal charges on the amount of steroids he apparently prescribed the wrestler.  This link to the Edmonton Sun and the AP.  The seven-count indictment said Dr. Phil Astin, physician to wrestler Chris Benoit, dispensed drugs including Percocet, Xanax, Lorcet and Vicoprofen between April 2004 and September 2005. The recipients were identified in the indictment by the initials O.G. and M.J.; Benoit’s initials were not listed. A separate criminal complaint made public Monday said Astin had written prescriptions for about one million doses of controlled substances over the past two years, including “significant quantities” of injectable testosterone cypionate, an anabolic steroid. The complaint by Drug Enforcement Administration agent Anissa Jones said the amount of prescriptions was “excessive” for a medical office with a sole practitioner ...
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Do political connections makes pro wrestling (WWE) untouchable?
2007-06-30 18:40:00
How can Vince McMahon survive yet anther wrestler's death, yet more steroid and PED scandals, and more lame and sick story lines.  He has untold political connections that's how.  As CNN/SI notes McMahon already sat through a trial accusing him of distribution of anabolic steroids: If steroids are common in pro baseball and football, then the drugs are rampant in pro wrestling, which places an enormous emphasis on the size of its athletes. Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura  admitted to using steroids when he was in the WWE andHulk Hogan has admitted to taking steroids for 13 years. In 1993, McMahon was charged with conspiring to distribute steroids to his wrestlers, one of whom testified that McMahon had directed him to use steroids. McMahon was acquitted by a jury in U.S. District Court the following year. Moreover, Bruno Sammartino refused to be inducted into the wrestling hall of fame in 2005 because he believed wrestlers were pumping themselves with ste...
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German cyclist admits to Operation Puerto doping
2007-06-30 14:12:00
The Ledger.com carries the story of  a top German cyclist finally admitting to blood doping. Joerg Jaksche has become the first rider to admit using blood doping prepared by a Spanish doctor in the Operation Puerto scandal. Jaksche told Germany's Spiegel magazine that he used performance-enhancing drugs since 1997, while riding for a number of teams. "I believe it's important for the future of the sport that someone comes out and says, 'OK, this is how it happens here'," Jaksche told Spiegel. The magazine released the text of its article in advance to other news media Saturday. Jaksche, a German who lives in Austria, was suspended by his team - Tinkoff Credit Systems - in May for suspected involvement in Operation Puerto.The Operation Puerto investigation, the European BALCO for cycling, continue in fits and spurts on the continent.  However, this might be one huge break in the case.Jaksche said he began using blood doping prepared by the Spanish doctor Eu...
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Formula 1 Grand Prix racing to test drivers for doping this weekend
2007-06-30 13:44:00
u·biq·ui·tous       (yōō-bĭk'wĭ-təs)  Pronunciation Key  adj.  Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: "plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook" (Joseph Heller). Doping appears to be ubiquitous.  The latest news comes from the world of auto racing.  Formula One drivers will undergo drug testing this weekend in France.  In the past, Grand Prix drivers tested positive for marijuana and cocaine, but not for PEDs.  Now, suspicious of EPO use, F1 officials plan anti-doping testing this weekend in France.  From DueMortori.com: A selection of F1 drivers will be randomly drug-tested at French GP venue Magny Cours this weekend. The sport's governing body adopted World Anti-Doping Agency standards a couple of years ago but it is believed that this weekend's tests will be the first in 2007 so far. Motor racing is perceived as a 'clean' sport, with the...
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"Bonecrusher' Kyle Williams gets 37 years in the slammer for assault
2007-06-29 22:19:00
Several years ago, Kyle 'Bone crusher' Williams came out of Bollingbrook Illinois as one of the top outside linebackers in America.  He was slated to start school at Iowa, and move right into the weak-side OLB spot his first year with the Hawkeyes.  Bonecrusher lasted all of one week in pre-season football camp, then hightailed it out of Iowa City.  He later ended up in West Lafayette, where he compiled an 'outstanding' year for the Purdue Boilermakers, on the field. Off the field was another story.  Bonecrusher attacked, and attempted sexual assault on at leas 2 woman in West Lafayette.  Yesterday Indiana courts sentenced Williams, who left Purdue after his freshman year to 37 year sin prison for the assaults.  Story here in the Indy Star. A former Purdue University football player who randomly attacked and beat up two women on campus was sentenced Thursday to 37 years in prison. Kyle D. Williams, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill., was convicted by a jury ...
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