Recently, federal prosecutors have dropped all the remaining charges against Barry Bonds, days after a judge upheld conviction of the slugger on an obstruction of justice count.
The U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco filed court papers informing U.S. District Judge Susan Illston it was dismissing the three charges of making false statements [...]
January 19, 2012 | Posted in
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According to Dr. Stephen M. Pastores, the jury is still out on whether patients with acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome derive any benefit from the use of corticosteroids.
“This is probably the most controversial topic in acute lung injury and ARDS,” Dr. Pastores of the department of anesthesiology and [...]
January 18, 2012 | Posted in
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Liza Hunter-Galvan, the double Olympian, would not make an effort for the London Olympics despite an international court ruling clearing the way for those who have served doping bans.
“I’m not sure if I have good or bad feelings about the ruling, because I don’t care any more,” the marathon runner said.
From Nzherald.co.nz:
The 42-year-old won the [...]
January 17, 2012 | Posted in
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Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings faces a ban for lifetime after being found guilty of doping by a three-member disciplinary panel.
Mullings did not attend the hearing and could not be reached for comment.
From Espn.go.com:
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission found him guilty of ingesting furosemide, a banned diuretic and masking agent, at the sprinting powerhouse’s national [...]
January 16, 2012 | Posted in
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The World Anti-Doping Association is confident it is getting better at catching the cheats and revealed that it is aware of the rampant use of micro-dosing, testosterone patches, and sample manipulations.
“Nothing surprises me,” director-general David Howman said. “There are many examples of athletes being stupid because they know there’s going to be a [...]
January 14, 2012 | Posted in
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Andy Parkinson, the chief executive of UK Anti-Doping, has given its backing to the probable attempt by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to settle its increasingly bitter dispute with the world anti-doping authority at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.
Parkinson emphasized on the need for a speedy settlement with the London Olympics [...]
January 13, 2012 | Posted in
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Two serving Merseyside policemen who were involved in a plot to pedal body building steroids to fellow officers have been jailed for eleven years.
After being rumbled by an undercover colleague, detective Constable Paul Fletcher and Sergeant Paul Hornby of Merseyside Police pleaded guilty to nine drug offences.
From Clickliverpool.com:
Police suspended the rogue officers [...]
January 12, 2012 | Posted in
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Suspended sentences of 31 months have been imposed on Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.
The retired sprinters were guilty of making false statements about an alleged motorcycle accident they had cited as the reason for missing drugs tests on the eve of the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital.
From Nzherald.co.nz:
Kenteris, who emerged [...]
January 11, 2012 | Posted in
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Matt Hardy has been released from the Moore County detention center in North Carolina, according to a report by The Wrestling Globe Newsletter.
The former WWE and TNA Wrestling star was sent to the detention center after he failed to clear a breathalyzer test while in WWE-sponsored rehab earlier this month.
From Wrestleheat.com:
Hardy [...]
January 10, 2012 | Posted in
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Two people from Newfoundland and Labrador have been arrested in an interprovincial drug bust against the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
Scott Hutchings, 41, from Bell Island and Jocelyn Dunn, 26, from St. John’s were the two accused.
From Thetelegram.com:
The accused are 41-year-old Scott Hutchings from Bell Island and Jocelyn Dunn, 26, from St. John’s. The [...]
January 9, 2012 | Posted in
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