Michael R. Roskam’s film “Bullhead” (aka “Rundskop”) is a movie featuring two parallel stories involving anabolic steroids. It involves the story of a cattle farmer who becomes “addicted” to steroids to compensate for his sexual mutilation as a child. It also involves the story a meat inspector who was assassinated by the “hormone mafia” because he wanted to expose the illegal trafficking of anabolic steroids for use in cattle and livestock by elements of organized crime in Belgium. The two stories are not really connected but the overall message of the movie is clear. Steroids are evil. [Read more…]
Archives for February 2012
Feb
17
Jose Canseco Plays Baseball in Mexico Without Steroids
Jose Canseco, the former Major League Baseball Player who exposed steroid use in baseball with his autobiographical book “Juiced”, has been invited to try out for the “Tigres de Quintana Roo” of Cancun. The Quintana Roo Tigers are the defending champions of the Mexican Baseball League. The League is the only Minor League Baseball sanctioned triple-A league outside of the United States. However, Mexican League teams are not affiliated with any specific MLB team like United States based minor league teams. [Read more…]
Feb
16
Steroid Exemptions for Testosterone Replacement Therapy Rare in MMA
Several high-profile fighters in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) have publicly acknowledged their use of anabolic steroids as part of a doctor-prescribed and medically-supervised testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), is concerned that this has created the perception that Nevada indiscriminately grants steroid exemptions that allow MMA fighters to use testosterone. Kizer attempted to dispel this perception in a interview with Ben Fowlkes of MMA Fighting. [Read more…]
Feb
15
Kirk Radomski Selling Supplements Instead of Steroids
Kirk Radomski has gone from selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to selling legal dietary supplements. Radomski is the infamous steroid dealer who named 3o current and former Major League Baseball players among his steroid-using clients after being busted by federal agents in December 2005. Now instead of offering products with names like Equipoise, Winstrol and Jintropin, Radomski is peddling products with names like “Mass Arrival X-Treme” and “High Heat”. [Read more…]
Feb
14
Canadian Football Player Busted for Steroids Gets Second Chance
Football player Jordan Matechuk has received a second chance to play professional football. The Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Matechuk to a contract this month. Matechuk, acting on the advice of his agent Fred Weinrauch, had sent a letter of apology and contrition to all the teams in the CFL after he was released from jail. He expressed his shame at being arrested for steroids. The Blue Bombers were the only CFL team to express interest in him. [Read more…]
Feb
13
Dad Who Injected Teenage Son with Steroids Out of Prison
James Gahan, the father who infamously injected his 13-year old son with anabolic steroids to help him become an Olympic athlete, has completed his six-year prison sentence and is talking to high school athletes about steroids. Gahan had pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing anabolic steroid testosterone to a minor. He collaborated with a Florida coach and trainer to provide his son with the anabolic steroids testosterone and Deca Durabolin, human growth hormone (hGH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beginning as early as May 24, 2004. [Read more…]
Feb
12
Greco-Roman Wrestler Blames Doctor for Recommending Steroids
The dreams of a Greco-Roman wrestler who had hoped to represent Canada in the 2012 London Olympics have ended after he was caught using anabolic steroids, diuretics and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERMs). Colin Daynes had won the 74 kilogram division at the Canadian Wrestling Qualification Trials held at the University of Winnipeg on December 18, 2012. [Read more…]
Feb
11
Tour de France Winner Proves Even a Doper Can Get Sponsors
Cyclist Jan Ullrich proved that even an athlete marred by a doping scandal can still make money from sponsorships. Ullrich was the first German to win the 1997 Tour de France and was the runner-up to Lance Armstrong in five subsequent Tour de France races. He was incredibly popular in his homeland until he was linked to a major doping scandal in 2006. Ullrich retired under a cloud of suspicion in 2007. [Read more…]
Feb
10
Lindsay Lohan’s Father in Rehab for Steroid Abuse
Michael Lohan, the troubled father of the troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, is currently receiving treatment for the abuse of anabolic steroids and “co-dependency issues” at a residential treatment center in Florida according to RadarOnline.com. Palm Partners Recovery Center is overseeing Lohan’s reported rehabilitation for steroid abuse. [Read more…]
Feb
09
New York Yankees General Manager Knew Players Used Steroids According to Mistress
Louise Neathway (aka Louise Meanwell) has alleged that New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman intentionally mislead federal investigators about his knowledge of steroid use by the club’s players according to the New York Daily News. Neathway was the purported mistress of Cashman since April 2010. [Read more…]
