Science of HGH Testing »
So yesterday I commented on the news of rugby player Terry Newton receiving a two-year ban because he tested positive for growth hormone. Now I’ve had twenty-four hours to look the story up I figure its time to discuss the actual test itself.
Growth hormone has long thought to be untraceable due to its incredibly short [...]
HGH test leads to ban of rugby player »
It has just been reported on ESPN’s website that the first successful test for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) has been used to ban a rugby player. With this test now being available for use in all anti-doping arena’s I don’t expect this to be the only athlete caught using HGH. I guess the big question [...]
New York Times reports: McGwire trying to look forward »
By HARVEY ARATON
Published: February 17, 2010
JUPITER, Fla. — The time for tears has apparently passed for Mark McGwire, even as he admitted that the need for remorse will be forever. Saying that he is ready to turn his recent steroid confession “into a positive thing,” McGwire suited up with the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday [...]
Amid Fiery Tempest, McGwire’s Rhetoric Boils Down to Protecting the MLB System »
Mark McGwire will no longer discuss his use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in baseball, so says a spokesperson for the St. Louis Cardinals, according to www.sportingnews.com.
And I say, Thank God. In my 50 years as a Missourian, I cannot recall a public persona capable of tainting this state like McGwire [...]
Mark McGwire comes clean about being dirty. »
This doesn’t come as a big surprise to anyone in the steroid industry but it’s certainly something to write about. I think its interesting that McGwire is willing to talk about his steroid use now (that he is getting a job back in baseball), seemingly after the statute of limitations would have run out for [...]
Major Steroid Busts Linked Together »
Late last night steroid author Anthony Roberts posted the following information in his blog (http://www.anthonyroberts.co.za) about the biggest steroid busts over the last few years being connected.
“The two largest steroid busts ever, Operation Which Doctor (February 26, 2007 – $30m dollars and 24 defendants nationwide) and Operation Raw Deal (September 24th, 2007 – $6.5m dollars [...]
Is there no supply, or is it just no one is talking? »
Its been almost 2 years since Operation Raw deal went down, and frankly, being just an “Average Joe” within the steroid world for the most part, I haven’t really noticed much changing in terms of being able to source gear. I cant say that I was actively hunting for AAS, since I sustained a [...]
Bonds lawyers say the prosecution is relying on hearsay »
Barry Bonds’ lawyers are restating their position that federal prosecutors are attempting to “obtain a conviction based on hearsay” by asking an appeals court to allow alleged positive steroid tests into evidence at his perjury trial. They have asked the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to uphold the decision to bar [...]
Alleged (unconfirmed) list of all MLB players to fail 2003 drug test leaked »
Rotoinfo.com is reporting an unconfirmed list of Major League Baseball players who have tested positive in the 2003 drug tests:
1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric [...]
Say it ain’t so, Sosa (Is anyone Sosa-prised?) »
Yet another one bites the dust…
Sammy Sosa, who joined with Mark McGwire in 1998 in a celebrated pursuit of baseball’s single-season home run record, is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.
The disclosure that Sosa tested positive makes [...]
