Skip Bayless believes that New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter is using anabolic steroids or human growth hormone. Bayless’ comments were broadcasted on the ESPN2 talk show “First Take” in a debate with his co-host Stephen A. Smith last week. Making unsupported steroid accusations against athletes who perform well has unfortunately become a popular past-time for sports commentators. [Read more…]
Steroids in Sports
Aug
24
Professor Charles Yesalis Enjoyed the Olympics In Spite of the Taint of Steroids
Charles Yesalis, one of the leading experts on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs, recently admitted to the New York Times that he enjoyed the 2012 London Olympics in spite of the likely use of steroids by many of the athletes. Yesalis knows the truth about steroids in sports and he knows that steroid use is still widespread regardless of what you may hearing from anti-doping administrators. [Read more…]
Aug
23
San Francisco Giants Baseball Player Creates Fake Website to Explain Steroid Positive
Melky Cabrera, the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, was caught using the anabolic steroid testosterone. But he was still desperate to escape a 50-game suspension as a result of his first violation of the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. After all, he was in the midst of a break out year with the San Francisco Giants. And his team was depending on him. So he created an elaborate hoax to explain the positive steroid test result. [Read more…]
Aug
22
Bartolo Colon Suspended for Steroids and Linked to Steroid Dealer
Bartolo Colon, currently a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, was suspended after testing positive for the anabolic steroid testosterone. He was suspended for fifty games for violating the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. One sportswriter has suggested that Colon may have a long history of steroid use. [Read more…]
Aug
19
Jamaican Dominance in Sprinting Will Lead to More Steroid Testing
Usain Bolt, the two-time Olympic champion in the 100-meters and 200-meters, has been suspected of using anabolic steroids by several people. There has been no evidence to suggest he used steroids. But in the midst of today’s steroid hysteria, every remarkable athletic performance is under suspicion. And it’s not just Bolt but the performances of the entire squad of Jamaican sprinters. [Read more…]
Aug
18
Baseball Hall of Fame Makes Its Anti-Steroid Position Official
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown has made its anti-steroid position official. It has launched an anti-steroid education exhibit called the “Be A Superior Example” (BASE) Program this month. Nonetheless, a Hall spokesperson claims that the Hall will remain neutral when it comes to honoring baseball players who have used anabolic steroids. [Read more…]
Aug
17
Belarusian Shot Putter Claims Former Coach Framed Her for Olympic Steroid Positive
Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk has accused a former coach of “framing” her for a positive steroid test at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Ostapchuk won the gold medal in the women’s shot put but her victory was short-lived after she tested positive for metenolone. Metenolone or methenolone is more commonly known as Primobolan or Primobolan Depot by athletes and bodybuilders. [Read more…]
Aug
16
Melk-Maids Disappointed Over Steroid Positive for Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera, a 27-year old Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, tested positive for the use of the anabolic steroid testosterone. Testosterone is the primary androgen produced by the human body. Cabrera was suspended for fifty games as a result of his first violation of the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. [Read more…]
Aug
15
Olympic Gold Medalist Shocked That She Was Caught Using Steroids
Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal for winning the women’s shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The results of anti-doping tests containing the steroid positive arrived shortly after the two-week Olympic games concluded. Ostapchuk was the first Olympic medalist to test positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug (PED). [Read more…]
Aug
14
Malcolm Gladwell Disappoints in Latest Steroid Discussion
Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, provided an uncharacteristically disappointing discussion of anabolic steroids in sports with Nicholas Thompson for the New Yorker Magazine. Gladwell and Thompson chatted about various sports issues during the 2012 London Olympics. Both Gladwell and Thompson suggested that doping was not an issue for endurance sports and that steroid use was likely limited to shorter sprint events. [Read more…]
