Competitive bodybuilder Phil Musson was caught trying to import anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) into New Zealand last month. The steroid bust would have been bad enough on its own. However, the bodybuilder was already facing 291 counts of possession and distribution of performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PEIDs) from earlier in the year. [Read more…]
Nov
07
Woman Gives Partner’s Steroids to Police During Domestic Dispute Investigation
A Texas man may be facing anabolic steroid possession and/or distribution charges after his partner turned over several vials of injectable steroids to law enforcement officers during a domestic disturbance investigation. [Read more…]
Nov
05
United States Postal Service Cyclist Describes Being Offered Steroids Prior to Lance Armstrong’s Arrival
Scott Mercier was a professional cyclist for the United States Postal Service team prior to the arrival of future, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Mercier claims there was a culture of doping that was already firmly in place at U.S. Postal. His claim significantly weakens attempts by anti-doping organizations to use Armstrong as a scapegoat for the doping problem in pro cycling. [Read more…]
Nov
04
Oakland Athletics Re-Sign Bartolo Colon After Steroid Positive
The Oakland Athletics re-signed pitcher Bartolo Colon to a one year contract worth $3-6 million. Colon failed the steroid test for testosterone in August 2012. He was suspended for fifty games under the rules of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment steroid testing program. [Read more…]
Nov
03
Tennis Stars Cave in to Hysteria and Jump on Steroid Testing Bandwagon
The anti-steroid hysteria has spread from professional cycling to the sport of tennis. Several pro tennis players have jumped on the bandwagon. They have called for increased anti-doping testing in the sport. The world’s top three tennis players joined the chorus of anti-doping advocates in the sport. Number one ranked Novak Djokovic, number two ranked Roger Federer and number-three ranked Andy Murray all expressed their support of more steroid testing. [Read more…]
Nov
02
Stephan “The American Psycho” Bonnar Tested Positive for Masteron Steroid Metabolites
Stephan “The American Psycho” Bonnar tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone in an anti-doping urinalysis administered after a fight on October 13, 2012. Drostanolone propionate is an esterified version of drostanolone found in the popular steroid known as Masteron. Bonnar accepted the steroid positive and acknowledged using a banned substance according to a statement released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). [Read more…]
Nov
01
Did Everyone Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs on Lance Armstrong’s Team?
The United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by Lance Armstrong and the United States Postal Service professional cycling team gave the impression that everyone on the team used PEDs. The report compiled evidence and rider testimony that implicated Armstrong and his teammates in the systematic use of PEDs such as erythropoietin (EPO), anabolic steroids (testosterone) and human growth hormone (hGH). [Read more…]
Oct
31
Police Officer Used Status as Cop to Smuggle Steroids Into Canada
Geoff Purdie, a constable with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS), has pleaded guilty to smuggling anabolic steroids from the United States into Canada. The estimated street value of the drugs involved was reported to be $580,000. Purdie entered the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara in Buffalo, New York. Purdie avoided the more serious charge of “conspriacy to export controlled substances with the intent to distribute.” Still, the steroid smuggling offense carries a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment. [Read more…]
Oct
30
Tennis Star Andy Murray Says Steroids Not as Big a Problem in Tennis as Other Sports
Tennis superstar Andy Murray has been sensitive to the criticism his sport has received incidental to the cycling doping scandals. He readily admits that tennis could do more about doping to ensure that tennis is completely clean of steroids and related performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). But he really doesn’t think that the use of drugs such as anabolic steroids is a problem in tennis. [Read more…]
Oct
29
World Record Holder Patrick Makau Denies Story Linking Him to Steroids and EPO
The fastest marathon runner in history has responded to doping allegations made by the German press. Patrick Makau, the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:03:38, did not explicitly deny using anabolic steroids, erythroipoietin (EPO) or any other performance-enhancing drug (PED). But Makau denied the specific allegations made by German journalist Hajo Seppel. [Read more…]
