The owners of the MedXLife anti-aging website were the lucky recipients of a get-out-of-jail-free card from Albany County Judge Stephen W. Herrick. In 2007, Greg Trotta and Brian Schafler had pleaded guilty to felony third-degree diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions, primarily involving anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH). Fast forward five years to 2012 and they still had not been sentenced. [Read more…]
Archives for August 2012
Aug
30
Tyler Hamilton to Release Book with Steroid Allegations Against Lance Armstrong
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton will soon release his tell-all book containing allegations that Lance Armstrong used testosterone, steroids, erythropoietin (EPO) and other prohibited blood boosting techniques. “The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs” is set to be released by the publisher on September 5, 2012. The publication date was announced after Armstrong revealed he would not fight the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) decision to strip him of his seven Tour de France titles for doping. [Read more…]
Aug
29
Lance Armstrong Loses Seven Tour de France Titles in One Day
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has decided to end his fight against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit against the anti-doping organization. Armstrong had been accused by USADA of using anabolic steroids, erythropoietin (EPO) and other prohibited performance-enhancing methods. As a result, USADA stripped Armstrong of all seven Tour de France titles including prize money. Armstrong has been banned for life from competing in sports. [Read more…]
Aug
28
Victor Conte Says Half of Baseball Using Anabolic Steroids
Victor Conte, the infamous founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), continues to stay in the news with his estimates of steroid use in Major League Baseball (MLB). Conte recently told USA Today that as many as fifty percent of MLB players are using the anabolic steroid testosterone. Of course, such widespread use of steroid would blow the lid off any conjecture that baseball’s “steroid era” ever ended. [Read more…]
Aug
26
Floyd Landis, Steroid Lies and Avoiding Jail Time
Former professional cyclist Floyd Landis has the opportunity to avoid jail time after lying about his use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Landis was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title after he tested positive for the anabolic steroid testosterone. Landis initially denied using steroids; he solicited money from donors to help pay for his legal defense against the charges. But Landis later admitted using a wide variety of PEDs, including steroids, during his career. [Read more…]
Aug
25
ESPN’s Skip Bayless Accuses Derek Jeter of Using Steroids
Skip Bayless believes that New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter is using anabolic steroids or human growth hormone. Bayless’ comments were broadcasted on the ESPN2 talk show “First Take” in a debate with his co-host Stephen A. Smith last week. Making unsupported steroid accusations against athletes who perform well has unfortunately become a popular past-time for sports commentators. [Read more…]
Aug
24
Professor Charles Yesalis Enjoyed the Olympics In Spite of the Taint of Steroids
Charles Yesalis, one of the leading experts on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs, recently admitted to the New York Times that he enjoyed the 2012 London Olympics in spite of the likely use of steroids by many of the athletes. Yesalis knows the truth about steroids in sports and he knows that steroid use is still widespread regardless of what you may hearing from anti-doping administrators. [Read more…]
Aug
23
San Francisco Giants Baseball Player Creates Fake Website to Explain Steroid Positive
Melky Cabrera, the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, was caught using the anabolic steroid testosterone. But he was still desperate to escape a 50-game suspension as a result of his first violation of the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. After all, he was in the midst of a break out year with the San Francisco Giants. And his team was depending on him. So he created an elaborate hoax to explain the positive steroid test result. [Read more…]
Aug
22
Bartolo Colon Suspended for Steroids and Linked to Steroid Dealer
Bartolo Colon, currently a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, was suspended after testing positive for the anabolic steroid testosterone. He was suspended for fifty games for violating the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. One sportswriter has suggested that Colon may have a long history of steroid use. [Read more…]
Aug
21
Anabolic Steroids Seized in Australia NOT Intended for Prostitutes
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper accused traffickers of anabolic steroids of pumping up prostitutes in Bangladesh. Four men boarding a Singapore Airline flight to Bangladesh at the Sydney International Airport were in possession of a significant quantity of the anabolic steroids testosterone (Primoteston Depot) and oxandrolone (Anavar) and approximately one million dollars in cash. The newspaper shockingly suggested that they were part of an international conspiracy to inject prostitutes with the muscle-building drugs. [Read more…]
