Former American cyclist Tyler Hamilton claimed that he used anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs along with Lance Armstrong and other cyclists at the time. Hamilton makes the allegations in an interview broadcast on the American television news program “60 Minutes“. Last year, Hamilton was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating Lance Armstrong and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport of cycling. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2011
May
20
India National Anti-Doping Agency Reports Powerlifters and Bodybuilders Use A Lot of Steroids
The use of anabolic steroids in powerlifting and bodybuilding is generally thought to be pervasive in the sports. In the United States, few major sporting leagues implement steroid testing protocols compliant with the Anti-Doping Code published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The National Football League, Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association have all adopted some form of anti-doping for their athletes but none approximate the “gold standard” of testing published by WADA. Also, WADA-type testing is usually only reserved for sports featured in the Olympic Games. [Read more…]
May
19
Two Men Plead Guilty in MuscleBear Steroid Case
Two individuals pleaded guilty as co-defendants in “a large international conspiracy” involving the distribution of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs according to federal prosecutors in Western Pennsylvania. Paul Matthews and Ronald Sales admitted doing business with an internet steroid source know on bodybuilding forums as “Musclebear”. Musclebear had been a popular internet source for anabolic steroids and ancillary bodybuilding drugs for over a decade. [Read more…]
May
18
Spain Operación Dama Shuts Down International Doping Ring
The Spanish National Police have announced the bust of ““the largest international organization operating in Spain” responsible for trafficking anabolic steroids, growth hormone and doping substances in Europe in an investigation codenamed Operación Dama (or Operation Lady in English). The codename alludes to the famous pre-Roman Iberian sculpture named the Lady of Elche.
The international doping ring was reportedly led by British expatriates residing in the Spanish beach communities of Denia and Marbella. The arrests of the British expats preceded several additional arrests around the country including the manager of a masters cycling team as well as six individuals in Elche, Spain. Search warrants in Elche ultimately led to a secret laboratory in the attic of a house. [Read more…]
May
17
Golf Forced to Seek Credibility of Anti-Doping World
The PGA Tour, the organization that runs the men’s professional golf tournaments in North America, is being forced to adopt the anti-doping protocols of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in advance of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem told the New York Daily News that they are already performing several anti-doping tests that are pointless when it comes to professional golf performance. After all, only one professional golfer in the history of the PGA Tour has been banned for a doping violation.
Nonetheless, Finchem acknowledges that the PGA Tour is being forced to implement WADA-type testing just so that the PGA Tour anti-doping program has the “credibility” of the anti-doping world. [Read more…]
May
16
Steroid Harm Reduction Clinics in Scotland Allow Steroid Users to Avoid Junkies
A harm reduction clinic catering specifically to users of anabolic steroids has opened in Scotland. Steroid use is decriminalized in the United Kingdom and government officials recognize that steroid users are demographically different from traditional recreational drug users. The steroid harm reduction clinic was designed for this distinct group of individuals who use performance and physical appearance enhancing drugs. [Read more…]
May
15
Cyclists Suspected of Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs
The French sports newspaper L’Equipe published a secret list of cyclist names with the corresponding probability that they are using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The International Cycling Union (UCI) categorized their assessment of various cyclists from the 2010 Tour de France rating cyclists on a 10-point scale as to their likelihood of using performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids or erythropoietin (EPO). [Read more…]
May
14
College Football Players in Canada Use Anabolic Steroids
Two college football players at the University of Laval were suspended after testing positive for anabolic steroids adding to the list of football players that have recently been suspended from Canadian universities. Linebacker Michaël Abraham and offensive lineman Steeve Vachon were suspended for two years for doping violations.
Athletes from the University of Waterloo, McGill University, Acadia University and the University of Windsor have all been caught using steroids over the past several months. The use of anabolic steroids by football players clearly is not restricted by geographic boundaries. [Read more…]
May
13
Shane Mosely and Floyd Mayweather Steroid Accusations Against Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao has repeatedly been accused of using anabolic steroids by his opponents and his many detractors. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his good friend rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson have taken to Twitter to accuse Pacquiao of steroid use.
“50 Cent” had accused boxer Manny Pacquiao of using anabolic steroids in a series of messages posted on Twitter in March while hanging out with Floyd Mayweather to promote his new film, “Things Fall Apart”, at the Miami Film Festival.
A much anticipated “super fight” between Mayweather and Pacquiao was originally delayed last year after Mayweather insisted on “Olympic-style” steroid testing. Mayweather has repeatedly avoided fighting with Pacquiao often citing some version of his steroid accusations as his reason. [Read more…]
May
12
Drug Counselor Thinks Police Officers Pumped Up On Steroids and Out of Control
An activist and drug counselor wrote a letter to the California Attorney General Kamala Harris suggesting that Stanislaus County law enforcement officers might be “pumped up on steroids and out of control” on the streets shooting people. County substance abuse counselor John Mataka expressed concern that recent shootings by police, including one currently being investigated as a murder/manslaughter case, may have been done under the influence of anabolic steroids. [Read more…]
