Roger Clemens indicted for lying about steroids! »
Roger Clemens is currently facing six separate counts in a recently filed indictment, stemming from when he testified under oath in 2008 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - he’s charged with one count for obstruction of Congress, three for false statements and two for perjury. If he’s found guilty, Clemens faces [...]
What’s with all the hCG? »
In the last year we have seen two significant positive tests in professional athletics for hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin). Although most people assume that the players were coming off a steroid cycle and had used hCG as way to jump start their own testosterone production. Not a bad assumption - but if you were to [...]
The Steroid Era: behind us? »
One of the take-aways from Bud Selig’s official statement was that he believes the Steroid Era to be behind us. I’m not so sure, but I’m no chemist. Luckily, I happen to know someone who is familar with the bleeding edge of performance enhancing drugs. I asked Anthony Roberts his thoughts on what Bud Selig [...]
Science dispute over GH isoform test »
It’s shadow boxing so far, the so-called debate over science of rhGH testing for pro athletes in America, as opponents shout from across the mat.
Staying put in one corner, the anti-doping agencies claim they stand on sound science in their current Olympic blood test for recombinant human growth hormone.
Posturing [...]
Human Growth Hormone testing comes to the Minor Leagues »
An important first step has been taken: HGH testing is coming to the minor leagues.
Over the past decade, the minor leagues have been the place where Commissioner Bud Selig has introduced new steps against the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The majority of minor leaguers are not members of the players [...]
Human Growth Hormone: FAQ »
The New York Times recently published an article announcing a new anti-doping test for HGH. This gives us an opportunity to write a Q&A post, so that you’ll all be experts on HGH doping and HGH testing.
I’m half-serious, by the way. The quality of reporting on doping issues is so terrible, [...]
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 [...]
