Two Olympic sprinters who have served suspensions for using anabolic steroids are seeking redemption at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. American sprinter Justin Gatlin and British sprinter Dwain Chambers hope to prove to the world that they can be legitimate Olympic champions without the use of steroids. [Read more…]
Mar
12
Two Steroid Users Make List of Most Hated Seattle Sports Figures
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper recently compiled a list of the most hated Seattle sports figures. Given the national obsession with anabolic steroids in sports, it probably comes as know surprise that two steroid users made the list. Of course, steroid use itself wasn’t the primary reason that the athletes made the list. But it obviously didn’t help.
Brian “The Boz” Bosworth and Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez were the steroid users with Seattle connections who made the Post-Intelligencer’s list. [Read more…]
Mar
11
Man Busted for Selling Steroids on Internet Classifieds Website
A Canadian man was busted after he tried to sell anabolic steroids to an undercover police officer who responded to his online advertisement on Kijiji. The 21-year old man thought that online classified advertisements would be an easy way to stimulate steroid sales. [Read more…]
Mar
10
British Rules on Steroids in Sport Better Than the Rest of the World
The spectre of British superiority has emerged as the British Olympic Association attempts to justify its violation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules. The WADA code specifies that penalties for the use of anabolic steroids and peformance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) should be uniform. The maximum penalty for a first-time doping violation is two-years under existing rules. [Read more…]
Mar
09
“Juiced” Ghostwriter Ridicules Jose Canseco for Steroid Use
Jose Canseco has fallen on difficult times. The former Major League Baseball player has become one of the most despised individuals in baseball’s “steroid era”. Canseco emerged as an unsympathetic character after he mentioned specific players as steroid users in his 2005 autobiographical book, “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big”. But if there was one person in the world left who might still be on Canseco’s side, it would have been Steven Kettman. Kettman is the man who was Canseco’s ghostwriter and co-author for “Juiced”. [Read more…]
Mar
08
Steroid Addiction Led to Corruption Says Former Cop
A former detective with the West Chester Police Department failed to convince a judge that his corruption was the result of an addiction to anabolic steroids. David Busemeyer was sentenced to six months in jail for tipping of a drug dealer to the identity of an undercover informant. Busemeyer had pleaded guilty to attempted tampering with evidence and obstructing official business. [Read more…]
Mar
07
Jose Canseco Refuses to Take Steroid Test in Mexican Baseball League
Jose Canseco has reportedly refused to provide a urine sample for steroid testing while attempting to make a comeback in the Mexican Baseball League. Canseco had been invited to try out for the ”Tigres de Quintana Roo” of Cancun. [Read more…]
Mar
06
Steroid Testers Will Try to Catch Cheaters for Eight Years
It is no longer good enough to collect a urine and/or blood sample from an athlete and test it for banned anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines now require that an athlete’s urine and blood can be stored for many years while anti-doping researchers seek new methods of uncovering covert steroid use. [Read more…]
Mar
05
MMA Fighter Must Believe “Steroids Are Bad” In Order to Fight in California
Josh “The Babyface Assassin” Barnett, a former UFC and Pride heavyweight champion, was granted a conditional license to fight again by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). Barnett had tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic steroid commonly known as Masteron in June 2009. Two urine samples tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory at UCLA confirmed the presence of drostanolone metabolites. [Read more…]
Mar
04
British Politician’s Teenage Son Subject of Steroid Cover-Up
Jonny Spelman, the teenage son of a prominent British politician, was caught with steroid paraphernalia after he bragged about using anabolic steroids on several bodybuilding chat forums. Jonny’s mother is Caroline Spelman. Caroline is a Conservative Party member who was recently appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [Read more…]
