Jose Canseco, former professional baseball player and steroid whistleblower, has reported having nightmares about steroids. Specifically, he experiences nightmares regarding the fallout from the revelations in his book “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. The autobiographical account told of widespread steroid use in Major League Baseball. [Read more…]
Steroids in Sports
Feb
28
Steroid Testing Officer Responds to Ryan Braun’s Sabotage Allegation
Dino Laurenzi, Jr., the drug testing officer who collected the urine sample that resulted in a positive steroid test result for Ryan Braun, has responded to allegations that he sabotaged the doping sample. Laurenzi vehemently denied tampering with Braun’s sample. Furthermore, the WADA-accredited laboratory that analyzed the sample has confirmed that there was no evidence of tampering. [Read more…]
Feb
24
Ryan Braun Suggests His Sample Was Sabotaged with Steroids
Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun has impugned the character of drug testing officer Dino Laurenzi in order to protect himself from being tainted by a positive steroid test result. Braun suggested Laurenzi may have sabotaged the urine sample he submitted immediately after Game 1 of the 2011 National League Division Series. [Read more…]
Feb
23
Ryan Braun Escapes Steroid Suspension on Technicality
Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun promised that there would be “highly unusual circumstances” that would explain his positive steroid test. He had tested positive for an elevated testosterone-epitestosterone (T:E) ratio in October 2011. An elevated T:E ratio is a putative indicator of exogenous testosterone use. Unfortunately, we may never hear about those “highly unusual circumstances” now that Braun has escaped the 50-game steroid suspension on a technicality. Independent arbitrator Shyam Das ruled in his favor when he side with the MLB players’ union and upheld Braun’s appeal. [Read more…]
Feb
22
Chris Brown Accuses Wrestler CM Punk of Using Steroids
Chris Brown accused World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) heavyweight champion CM Punk of using anabolic steroids and suffering from steroid-induced impotence on Twitter last weekend. “CM Punk” is the wrestling stage name used by Phillip Jack Brooks. The steroid accusation was made in response to Punk’s criticism of Brown for his brutal physical assault of Rihanna before the 2009 Grammy Awards. Chris Brown became the poster boy for domestic violence after he sent his then-girlfriend Rihanna to the hospital with multiple contusions, a bloody lip and nose and a black eye. [Read more…]
Feb
20
USADA Continues to Waste Taxpayer Money on Lance Armstrong Witch-Hunt
Federal prosecutors have ended the criminal investigation of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. The investigation examined evidence that Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service pro cycling team used anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs during the time it received government sponsorship. While the investigation may have involved steroids, its focus was on whether federal conspiracy, fraud, witness tampering and/or racketeering laws were violated. [Read more…]
Feb
17
Jose Canseco Plays Baseball in Mexico Without Steroids
Jose Canseco, the former Major League Baseball Player who exposed steroid use in baseball with his autobiographical book “Juiced”, has been invited to try out for the “Tigres de Quintana Roo” of Cancun. The Quintana Roo Tigers are the defending champions of the Mexican Baseball League. The League is the only Minor League Baseball sanctioned triple-A league outside of the United States. However, Mexican League teams are not affiliated with any specific MLB team like United States based minor league teams. [Read more…]
Feb
16
Steroid Exemptions for Testosterone Replacement Therapy Rare in MMA
Several high-profile fighters in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) have publicly acknowledged their use of anabolic steroids as part of a doctor-prescribed and medically-supervised testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), is concerned that this has created the perception that Nevada indiscriminately grants steroid exemptions that allow MMA fighters to use testosterone. Kizer attempted to dispel this perception in a interview with Ben Fowlkes of MMA Fighting. [Read more…]
Feb
15
Kirk Radomski Selling Supplements Instead of Steroids
Kirk Radomski has gone from selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to selling legal dietary supplements. Radomski is the infamous steroid dealer who named 3o current and former Major League Baseball players among his steroid-using clients after being busted by federal agents in December 2005. Now instead of offering products with names like Equipoise, Winstrol and Jintropin, Radomski is peddling products with names like “Mass Arrival X-Treme” and “High Heat”. [Read more…]
Feb
14
Canadian Football Player Busted for Steroids Gets Second Chance
Football player Jordan Matechuk has received a second chance to play professional football. The Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Matechuk to a contract this month. Matechuk, acting on the advice of his agent Fred Weinrauch, had sent a letter of apology and contrition to all the teams in the CFL after he was released from jail. He expressed his shame at being arrested for steroids. The Blue Bombers were the only CFL team to express interest in him. [Read more…]
