NBA players have agreed to offseason testing for performance enhancing drugs for the first time as part of the new labor deal that is being balloted.
During its July-September offseason, the NBA previously did not test players.
From Guardian.co.uk:
The memo was less clear about testing for human growth hormone, saying only that a committee would study the [...]
February 8, 2012 | Posted in
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In some circles, the University of Waterloo’s athletic director administered a lethal injection to the football team of his school.
Bob Copeland accepted keen applause from his contemporaries and from a Texas-based anti-doping crusader after he put student-athlete safety ahead of wins and losses.
From Therecord.com:
It was Copeland’s “courageous” act, to order mandatory team testing, which [...]
January 20, 2012 | Posted in
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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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The number of drug tests conducted by Major League Baseball rose 3 percent in the past year when Colorado Rockies catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was the only big leaguer suspended for use of a performance enhancing substance.
Alfonzo was banned for 100 games and there was just one positive for PEDs among 3,868 tests that [...]
January 6, 2012 | Posted in
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Two House Democrats have urged Major League Baseball and the players union to implement testing for human growth hormone and ban chewing tobacco by players in uniform and in public view.
Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Frank Pallone of New Jersey made those requests in a letter to Commissioner Bud Selig and Michael [...]
December 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Players from Major League Baseball have been sent warning by the league to avoid the use of Deer Antler spray or face suspension for using a league banned substance.
The spray that is an alternative to steroids has been added to the MLB list of”potentially contaminated nutritional supplements.”
From Inquisitr.com:
At the center of the controversy is [...]
October 5, 2011 | Posted in
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A state appeals court has reinstated felony charges against five operators of a former Florida pharmacy who were implicated in a network of steroid distribution.
The 3-2 decision released Thursday by the midlevel Appellate Division of state Supreme Court reverses the decision of Albany judge for disqualifying Albany County District Attorney David [...]
September 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Suspension could await baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, in the wake of his admission about use of steroids, according to Baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
Selig said to USA Today, “It was against the law, so I would have to think about that,” Selig told the newspaper. “It’s very hard. I’ve got to think about all [...]
September 6, 2011 | Posted in
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MLB will not ban A-RodAccording to Major League Baseball officials, injured Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will not be suspended over illegal poker allegations.
“Even if it is determined that he was [playing illegal poker], he will not be suspended at this time for this infraction,” a source said. “He will be warned again [...]
August 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Authorities broke up a suspected steroid ring in Florida that was accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle building drugs to professional athletes.
Officials said at least eight people were arrested in Florida, New York, and Texas.
From Reuters.com:
“There are celebrities involved in the case as consumers,” Albany District Attorney David Soares told reporters in [...]
July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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