Roy “Big Country” Nelson believes he may be have been tested more times for anabolic steroids than any other mixed martial artist (MMA) in the world. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight thinks he may be targeted for steroid testing because, of all the MMA athletes out there, his physical appearance most suggests that he has never taken any type of performance-enhancement drug. [Read more…]
Archives for January 2012
Jan
30
College Cheerleader Pressured to Use Steroids to Be a Model
A University of Georgia cheerleader claimed that she was pressured to use anabolic steroids in order to obtain a fitness modeling contract. Anna Watson alleged that her modeling agent recommended the “legal steroid” Anavar to help her achieve her goal of gaining fifty pounds of muscle. Watson was tempted but ultimately declined because she considered her body a “temple.” [Read more…]
Jan
29
Mexican Steroid Pharmacy Costs Google Half Billion Dollars
Google executives knowingly allowed a Mexican pharmacy to advertise anabolic steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to customers in the United States according to the government informant used to set up the bust. Federal prosecutors alleged that this was the case of a corporate entity, and not merely a couple of rogue customer service employees, making the decision to promote illegal pharmacies. Google paid a $500,000,000 forfeiture, the largest in history, when they entered into a nonprosecution agreement with the government. [Read more…]
Jan
28
“King Mo” Lawal Admits Taking Steroid-Containing Supplements
“King Mo” Lawal has admitted using a combination of two different synthetic steroids that were ingredients in a product marketed as a dietary supplement. Lawal and his manager are attributing his positive steroid test result (for Masteron) to the consumption of a tainted supplement product. [Read more…]
Jan
27
Minor League Baseball Player Tests Positive for Three Different Steroids
Dustin Richardson was an obscure, 26-year old left-handed pitcher who most recently played in Minor League Baseball. Sure, he played 29 games in the Major Leagues for Boston Red Sox in 2009 and 2010. But that probably won’t be what makes him famous in the annals of baseball history. Even the fact that he tested positive for steroids isn’t too unusual in the minor leagues. However, the spectacular manner in which Richardson failed the steroid test may give him some notoriety. [Read more…]
Jan
26
West Germany Accepted Steroids as Necessary Evil in Sports
Researchers at Humboldt University and the University of Muenster have completed a 500-page historical report about the use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs by Olympic athletes in West Germany. The findings have concluded that the West Germany government knew and accepted steroids as a necessary evil to compete at the international level. [Read more…]
Jan
25
Steroids Easier to Obtain Than Chewing Gum in Singapore
Two undercover reporters discover how easy it is to illegally obtain anabolic steroids in Singapore. Joyce Lim and Shaffiq Alkhatib of Singapore’s “The New Paper on Sunday” recently published the results of a steroid expose. They reported the not-so-shocking news that Singapore is no different than any other country where the recreational use of steroids by bodybuilders is illegal – the average gym-goer still has no problems finding steroids in health clubs. [Read more…]
Jan
24
Biggest College Steroid Users May Be Lacrosse Players According to Bloomberg
It is not often that lacrosse and steroids are mentioned together in the same news story. But lacrosse players may be the biggest users of anabolic steroids in college sports according to a Bloomberg report regarding the latest survey results of athletes participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) 23 sanctioned sports. Or lacrosse player may simply be the greatest users of marijuana and cocaine. We’re not exactly sure. [Read more…]
Jan
23
Jacked Up French Cyclist Tests Positive for Seven Steroid Metabolites
Alexandre Dougnier, an amateur French cyclist, tested positive for at least 12 banned substances, including at least 7 steroid metabolites, at a race in Aubervilliers (France) in May 2011. The teenage cyclist was banned for three years from competition in what may be a record for an athlete caught using the most banned substances. [Read more…]
Jan
22
Ryan Braun Accepts MVP Award Under Adversity of Steroid Cloud
Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun accepted his National League Most Valuable Player Award at the annual Baseball Writers Association of America awards dinner in spite of the fact that he faces a 50-game suspension for using anabolic steroids. He has positioned himself as a victim of a false positive and claims the steroid test result is “B.S.” Braun is fighting the results in arbitration. [Read more…]
