The Waterloo football player caught with thousands of vials of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH) will likely face trial next year according to his lawyer. Nathan Zettler was arrested in March 2010 after he was implicated in a series of burglaries with his roommates Eric Legare and Matthew Valeriote. [Read more…]
Steroids in Football
Aug
19
NFL Football Player Shawne Merriman Denies Smuggling Anabolic Steroids
Patrick Moran, of the Buffalo Sports Daily, reported that Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman was caught smuggling anabolic steroids across the United States – Canadian border. Moran, citing a “reliable source close to the situation”, claims that Merriman was detained by United States Customs and Border Patrol in the early morning hours of July 28, 2011 during which anabolic steroids were found on his possession. Moran further claimed that Merriman was not arrested because steroid possession was “not technically illegal”. [Read more…]
Aug
17
hGH Use in the NFL is a Problem According to Football Players
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez believes there is a serious “hGH problem” in the National Football League (NFL). Accordingly, he welcomes the administration of the human growth hormone (hGH) blood testing in the NFL. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, every player is tested for hGH use once every year along with random and unannounced out-of-competition testing. [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
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
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…]
Jul
29
Canadian Football Player Suggests Media Misrepresented Facts in Steroid Case
Jordan Matechuk publicly apologized to the Canadian Football League, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats franchise and his friends and family a few days after pleading guilty to the possession of anabolic steroids and marijuana. Matechuk was arrested after customs officials busted him in possession of 543 steroid tablets and 263 milliliters of injectable steroids. His attorney advised him to avoid answering questions while his legal case was still pending. Matechuk, hoping to rehabilitate his image, nonetheless decided to answer a few questions in an interview with the Associated Press. [Read more…]
Jul
23
Canadian Football League Yawns as Player Pleads Guilty to Steroid Possession
Canadian football player Jordan Matechuk has pleaded guilty to the possession of anabolic steroids and marijuana after being busted with significant quantities of steroids by the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at the United States – Canada international border. Matechuk faces up to two years imprisonment on the felony steroid count and up to one year on the misdemeanor marijuana count. [Read more…]
Jun
20
Christian Anti-Steroid Company Allegedly Spikes Supplements with Methyltestosterone
United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel in Missouri awarded $5.4 million to a professional football player in a case involving a “tainted” dietary supplement. St. Louis Ram linebacker David Vobora filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the Ultimate Sports Spray alleging that a “velvet deer antler” supplement caused him to test positive for methyltestosterone metabolites. Methyltestosterone is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NFL Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substance. [Read more…]
Jun
07
Canadian Football League Player Busted Importing Large Quantities of Anabolic Steroids
A player for the Canadian Football League (CFL) was busted with significant quantities of anabolic steroids by the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Jordan Matechuk played four years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team as a long-snapper. He was returning to Hamilton (Ontario) from Alberta when he was stopped for a secondary inspection while attempting to cross the International Bridge in Sault Sainte Marie (Michigan). He was busted with 543 oral anabolic steroid pills and 262 milliliters of injectable anabolic steroids in his possession. Many people will question why he was taking this quantity of steroids back to Hamilton, the home of the Tiger-Cats football team. However, the big question is ‘why did he come into the United States if he was traveling from one Canadian province to another?’ [Read more…]
