There was a time when many sports supplement retailers would offer practically any popular supplement for sale in their stores regardless of the legality of its contents. It didn’t matter if the supplement contained illegal synthetic steroids. The owner of the supplement store operated under the assumption that the company that made the supplements would ultimately hold all responsibility for its ingredients. Supplement retailers didn’t ask why the supplements they sold gave their customers all of the side effects of illegal anabolic steroids. They often didn’t care because they didn’t think they were liable. That has clearly changed.
Archives for August 2012
Aug
19
Jamaican Dominance in Sprinting Will Lead to More Steroid Testing
Usain Bolt, the two-time Olympic champion in the 100-meters and 200-meters, has been suspected of using anabolic steroids by several people. There has been no evidence to suggest he used steroids. But in the midst of today’s steroid hysteria, every remarkable athletic performance is under suspicion. And it’s not just Bolt but the performances of the entire squad of Jamaican sprinters. [Read more…]
Aug
18
Baseball Hall of Fame Makes Its Anti-Steroid Position Official
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown has made its anti-steroid position official. It has launched an anti-steroid education exhibit called the “Be A Superior Example” (BASE) Program this month. Nonetheless, a Hall spokesperson claims that the Hall will remain neutral when it comes to honoring baseball players who have used anabolic steroids. [Read more…]
Aug
17
Belarusian Shot Putter Claims Former Coach Framed Her for Olympic Steroid Positive
Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk has accused a former coach of “framing” her for a positive steroid test at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Ostapchuk won the gold medal in the women’s shot put but her victory was short-lived after she tested positive for metenolone. Metenolone or methenolone is more commonly known as Primobolan or Primobolan Depot by athletes and bodybuilders. [Read more…]
Aug
16
Melk-Maids Disappointed Over Steroid Positive for Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera, a 27-year old Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, tested positive for the use of the anabolic steroid testosterone. Testosterone is the primary androgen produced by the human body. Cabrera was suspended for fifty games as a result of his first violation of the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program steroid testing program. [Read more…]
Aug
15
Olympic Gold Medalist Shocked That She Was Caught Using Steroids
Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal for winning the women’s shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The results of anti-doping tests containing the steroid positive arrived shortly after the two-week Olympic games concluded. Ostapchuk was the first Olympic medalist to test positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug (PED). [Read more…]
Aug
14
Malcolm Gladwell Disappoints in Latest Steroid Discussion
Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, provided an uncharacteristically disappointing discussion of anabolic steroids in sports with Nicholas Thompson for the New Yorker Magazine. Gladwell and Thompson chatted about various sports issues during the 2012 London Olympics. Both Gladwell and Thompson suggested that doping was not an issue for endurance sports and that steroid use was likely limited to shorter sprint events. [Read more…]
Aug
13
Chinese Swimmer Points to Racism in Steroid Accusations
Another Chinese swimmer has set a world record at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. And another Chinese swimmer has been accused of using anabolic steroids or performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Sun Yang wonders why amazing performances by Chinese swimmers raise suspicion but those of American swimmers don’t. [Read more…]
Aug
12
Baseball Hall of Fame Loses Credibility If Steroid Users Not Included
Rafael Palmeiro thinks that the Baseball Hall of Fame loses credibility if it fails to include two baseball players linked to anabolic steroids. Palmeiro would consider it a great honor if he were elected to the Hall of Fame but he has accepted that he will likely never be inducted into Cooperstown because of his positive steroid test for Winstrol. But he thinks that two players, who were also linked to steroids, played on an entirely different level than he did. And they should be inducted, steroids or not. [Read more…]
Aug
11
Chinese Steroid Doctor Suspects Michael Phelps Used Steroids
Chen Zhanghao, a former top physician for the Chinese Olympic team, told the international press that he has long suspected Michael Phelps of using anabolic steroids. But given the complete lack of evidence support such a suspicion, he has kept quiet until now. Zhanghao decided to break his silence after 16-year old Chinese swimming prodigy Ye Shewin was accused of steroid use by a prominent American swimming coach. [Read more…]
