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Daily Steroids Dose, July 4th Edition
Steroid Nation | July 4th 2008 by Gary G
1. Morgan Hamm takes shot in the dark; corticosteroid shot may not be OK. (San Fran Chronicle) (LA Times) 2. Toronto cops in trouble for large drug ring, including steroids. (CTV) (UPI) 3. Former 100M world record holder and BALCO cheat Tim Montgomer read more
Doping in swimming: Gary Hall vents
Steroid Nation | June 29th 2008 by Gary G
The Washington Post, with other outlets, reports on HOF swimmer Gary Hall's thought about doping in swimming. Hall displays a pragmatic viewpoint of the topic. Gary Hall Jr. realizes that new technology in swimsuit design will receive much of the cre read more
Daily Steroids Dose
Steroid Nation | June 28th 2008 by Gary G
1. Will anyone enjoy track again? (ESPN) 2. Drug-cheat Dwain Chambers runs as low as 10.06; prepares to fight lifetime Olympic ban (The Sun) 3. A little older story on Brian Roberts and his faith overcoming steroids taint. (Lancaster Online) 4. Ex-dr read more
The CourierMail claims 'Australian Mastermind' behind giant dopin…
Steroid Nation | June 27th 2008 by Gary G
In a very secretive story, the Australian newspaper the CourierMail says an 'Australian mastermind' lies behind a huge conspiracy to export steroids out of China. Story Here: AUTHORITIES fear an Australian expatriate in China is the mastermind of an read more
The Justin Gatlin gun fires off appeal after appeal
Steroid Nation | June 26th 2008 by Gary G
World class sprinter Justin Gatlin went back to court -- again -- yesterday and today in Georgia, in another attempt to obtain permission, or contrition to run at the US Olympic Trials in Oregon. (AHN has the story) Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin file read more
BALCO player Kelli White achieves MBA degree
Steroid Nation | June 23rd 2008 by Gary G
Two runners tied together by BALCO PED drug cheating traveled separate paths. One - Marion Jones -- serves time in jail for lying to investigators; the other -- Kelli White -- graduated from with a MBA. The Denver Post looks at them: In meetings less read more
Viva Viagra: A rise for athletic peak performance or an impotent…
Steroid Nation | June 22nd 2008 by Gary G
Is Viagra getting top athletes up for peak performance? Or is ithe frug one more impotent PED placebo sham? Recent stories concerning the use of Viagra by multi-drug cheat Roger Clemens and others raises the question: Does Viaga stimulate athletic pe read more
Baseball’s Massacre
Me and My Dodo | June 20th 2008 by threio
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was fired today to complete a three-manager sweep of baseball skippers this week. Willie Randolph of the New York Mets, started the rolling of heads on Tuesday, John McLaren of the Seattle Mariners had his exple read more
NFL prospect Heath Benedict died of irregular heartbeat; enlarged…
Steroid Nation | June 20th 2008 by Gary G
Heath Benedict, a small college big time football player found dead at his home last March, appears to raise many questions. At 6-6 and 320 pounds, any NFL prospect draws attention to possible steroid use, An early death compounds the concerns. At th read more
Feds target Greg Anderson's wife - Nicole Gestas; Steroid curse o…
Steroid Nation | June 19th 2008 by Gary G
ESPN came out with a piece saying that when Greg Anderson -- Barry Bonds's trainer -- was released form prison where he rotted away for a couple years keeping mum about Bonds, the Feds sent letters of inquiry to his wife. Ouch! For more than a year, read more
Spygate and BALCO Case Are Similar
Sports of Boston | June 17th 2008 by KC
I know this commentary on the topic is much behind the time, but it’s still important to note the similarities in how sportscasters and the general populace have reacted. Spygate, BALCO and the Tim Donaghy betting scandal all have a lot of simi read more
Balk? Did MLB officials -- Fehr and Selig -- fib before Congress
Steroid Nation | June 10th 2008 by Gary G
ESPN reports that California House member Henry Waxman is none too pleased with Bud Selig and Don Fehr's 2005 testimony before his committee investigating steroid use in baseball.] Henry Waxman, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee cha read more
Playing hard
Ugueth Urbina is Burning | June 10th 2008 by ugueth urbina is burning
According to this New York Daily News article, Viagra is the latest performance-enhancing craze. That’s right, the world famous boner pill is thought to improve athletic (and its intended purpose, sexual) performance. Taking Viagra is believed read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | June 8th 2008 by Gary G
1. Which juicer is more obnoxious: Clemens or Bonds? (Deseret News) 2. Saying Winstrol is used to enhance appetite in horse, Big Brown's vet dismisses steroid withdrawal (great logic; by this logic because Vioxx was used for arthritis, it cannot have read more
A Smaller Barry Bonds?
The Oriole Post | June 7th 2008
Without a contract for 2008 and with time to perhaps reflect or whatever, Barry Bonds does look considerably smaller in this video from ESPN.Well, on Friday, he pleaded not guilty to 15 federal charges of lying to a grand jury about his performance-e read more
waste; trial: [USA vs. Bonds]
Me and My Dodo | June 7th 2008 by threio
Entry: 1waste Pronunciation: \ˈwāst\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo-French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wa read more
Bonds pleads not guilty to federal charges, trial date set (500th…
statface | June 6th 2008 by Derrick
San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Baseball's home run king was back in court on Friday, as Barry Bonds again pleaded not guilty, this time to 15 refiled federal charges of lying to a grand jury.The not guilty pleas were entered in an early morning read more
Slugger Barry Bonds in court today
statface | June 6th 2008 by Derrick
Bay City News Service and Associated PressBaseball star Barry Bonds will be arraigned before U.S. magistrate Bernard Zimmerman in San Francisco on 14 counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice stemming from 2003 grand-j read more
Antonio Pettigrew to return Olympic gold medal; Barry Bonds next?
Steroid Nation | June 4th 2008 by Gary G
Eight years later, and only after a federal investigation exposed the cheating, Olympic track star Antonio Pettigrew made the moral decision to return the tainted gold medal he won in the 400 x 4 relay at the Sydney Olympics. (CNN with the story) Don read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | June 3rd 2008 by Gary G
1. Great run-down of the Trevor Graham trial (and much more on this site, which is one of the best on the Web) (Science of Sport) 2. Myth busting on Oscar Pistorius (Science of Sport) 3. Jim Rice says steroids tainted baseball, but players are cleane read more
New 100M world record: Usain Bolt sprints into controversy
Steroid Nation | June 2nd 2008 by Gary G
Might is be possible that a sprinter delivers two of the fastest three 100M times in his only 5 100M races, running clean? Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt faces that controversy following his world record time over the weekend, prompting papers like the read more
Sugar Shane Mosely taking a little juice with that sugar
Steroid Nation | May 31st 2008 by Gary G
Boxing champ Sugar Shane Mosley seems to be using more than sugar on his Cheerios...perhaps some EPO. Moseley's trainer, and Mosley's PED dealers BALCO ace Victor Conte attest to Mosley's EPO use before a title fight. San Jose Mercury: Boxer Sugar Sh read more
Trevor Graham: BALCO liar liar pants on fire...who's next?
Steroid Nation | May 29th 2008 by Gary G
Trevor Graham -- "the original whistle blower in BALCO" -- was convicted of being one more liar (pants on fire) in the BALCO investigation today. Graham lit the BALCO fire by throwing an anonymous syringe on Victor Conte's steroid kindling in 2003. A read more
Preliminary reports on Trevor Graham verdict indicate deadlock on…
Steroid Nation | May 29th 2008 by Gary G
Reports from the AP leaked out of the Trevor Graham trial indicating the jury leans toward 'convicting' Graham on one count, however remains deadlocked on others. To the AP: Federal jurors deliberating the fate of track coach Trevor Graham reached a read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | May 28th 2008 by Gary G
1. Roger Clemens adds more charges to his (?futile) lawsuit against Brian McNamee. Wants trail held in Texas (well duh!). (Houston Chronicle) 2. Florida needs to rework steroids tests for high schools. (Orlando Sentinel) 3. Is Barry Bonds paying atte read more
Not all Trevor Graham's athletes doped: No Country for Clean Athl…
Steroid Nation | May 27th 2008 by Gary G
Last week before the Memorial Day break, the Trevor Graham BALCO/perjury trial in San Francisco chilled track and field fans as the athletes spun tales of EPO, HGH, and other hormonal PEDs However, one athlete appeared clean above the fray -- Duane R read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | May 25th 2008 by Gary G
1. Trying to determine what is doping and what is artificial and what is not in the Olympics (San Jose Mercury-News) 2. Kelley Blair pumped himself up as source of steroids for Clemens, Pettitte, and Bagwell (NY Daily News) 3. Prison guard sold durgs read more
Blueprint for running sub-10 100M: HGH and EPO
Steroid Nation | May 23rd 2008 by Gary G
Coach Trevor Graham's sprinting prodigies seem to be running the ex-coach down these days. Or perhaps they are running on empty. During the Graham perjury trial Thursday and Friday, former sprinters like Dennis Mitchell provided insight into Graham's read more
Will the USA lose the 2000 Sydney Olympics Gold post Pettigrew ad…
Steroid Nation | May 23rd 2008 by Gary G
See the US 4x400 Gold medal relay team from the 2000 Olympics? See the gold vanish now that Antonio Pettigrew admitted to Olympic doping -- with HGH and EPO. (to AFP) Antonio Pettigrew's doping admission in the perjury trial of athletics coach Trevor read more
Graham Trial Day Four: Justin Gatlin worked undercover for the FB…
Steroid Nation | May 22nd 2008 by Gary G
Apparently working hard to cut his suspension for a positive testosterone urine, Justin Gatlin worked some double secret undercover against his old coach Trevor Graham. So says an FBI agent on Day 4 of the Great Trevor Graham Perjury Trial and dope e read more
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