Three summer movies with overly-muscled protagonists played by actors who gained enormous amounts of muscle in a relatively short period of time inevitably lead to questions about the use of anabolic steroids to achieve their muscular physiques. Jason Momoa in “Conan the Barbarian”, Chris Evans in “Captain America: The First Avenger” and Chris Hemsworth in “Thor” all made dramatic transformations in their physique and have been forced to deflect or deny the media questions regarding steroid use. [Read more…]
Aug
11
Random Steroid Testing on Any Given Sunday in the NFL
Players in the National Football League (NFL) will be subject to random in-season testing for anabolic steroids during the upcoming season. The game day steroid testing will begin on September 8, 2011 when the New Orleans Saints visit the Green Bay Packers for the first preseason game of the NFL season.
Adolpho Birch, the NFL senior vice president of law and labor policy, provided additional details to the new anti-doping procedures that will be implemented as part of the most collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players’ Associatoin (NFLPA). [Read more…]
Aug
10
Alabama Doctor Indicted for Selling Anabolic Steroids from an Underground Lab
Alabama doctor Mark Peter Koch, D.O. pleaded not guilty to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Koch was indicted on federal charges along with three other men. Koch appears to be the connection between the three men. He apparently bought the steroids from one co-defendant and shared them with the other two co-defendants. [Read more…]
Aug
09
Methyltestosterone and IGF-1 Concerns Lead Major League Baseball to Ban Velvet Deer Antler
Major League Baseball has warned major and minor league baseball players to avoid any dietary supplements and sprays containing “deer antler velvet extract”. The ban on velvet deer antler follows reports that athletes have tested positive for the anabolic-androgenic steroid methyltestosterone after using “Ultimate Sports Spray“. [Read more…]
Aug
08
Buffalo Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Selling Steroids
A prison guard at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia pleaded guilty to one count of “distribution and possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids” on August 8, 2011. Richard Lazzaro was a federal contract employee working as a detention officer in the Buffalo prison when he was busted selling steroids.
Aug
07
Ineffective Blood Test for hGH to Make Its NFL Debut
The National Football League (NFL) became the first major professional sports league in the United States to start blood testing for human growth hormone (hGH). Major League Baseball (MLB) currently randomly tests players in the minor leagues for hGH but has resisted testing players in the major leagues. [Read more…]
Aug
06
Chael Sonnen Jokes About His Steroid Use
Chael Sonnen joked about steroids and his steroid-related suspension while answering questions by UFC Fight Club members who were in Philadelphia for UFC 133. Sonnen tested positive for anabolic steroids (testosterone) at UFC 117. Sonnen was originally suspended for one year. However, Sonnen appealed to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) last year claiming that he used testosterone as part of a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) program prescribed by his physician. The CSAC accepted Sonnen’s HRT defense but did not entirely exonerate him because he failed to follow the proper protocol for notifying the CSAC of his medical condition (hypogonadism). [Read more…]
Aug
05
Steroid Use by Rugby Players at Coca-Cola Craven Week
The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport reported that 8.5% of 17 and 18 year-old rugby players tested positive for anabolic steroid use at the Coca-Cola Craven Week rugby tournament in Kimberley in July.
Khalid Galant, the CEO for the Institute for Drug-Free Sport, announced that only 47% of rugby players were subjected to anti-doping tests. Galant reported analytical positives for 4 athletes out of this limited sample of participants. [Read more…]
Aug
04
North Korean Government Provides Steroids to Its Athletes
The North Korean government manufacturers and supplies its athletes with anabolic steroids according to a North Korean defector. The anonymous defector was interviewed by the Chosun Ilbo. The Chosun Ilbo is the largest daily newspaper in South Korea. High-ranking officials within the Physical Culture and Sports Ministry allegedly oversee the covert manufacture of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs at two facilities in Pyongyang. The plants outwardly appear to manufacture sports drinks but in reality they specialize in doping products. [Read more…]
Aug
03
Former NBA Basketball Player Busted with Eight Bottles of Steroids
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Samaki Walker was found in possession of eight vials of injectable anabolic steroids when police officers pulled him over during a traffic stop in Kingman, Arizona. As Department of Public Safety officers approached his 2002 Mercedes-Benz, Walker was trying to eat marijuana in order to conceal it from authorities. [Read more…]
