Suspected steroid ring busted

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 [...]

Anderson was the source of steroids for Bonds

Randy Velarde, the former Major League Baseball player, recently testified that he used drugs he believed were human growth hormone obtained from home run king Barry Bonds’ personal trainer, Greg Anderson.
Velarde told of meeting trainer Greg Anderson in parking lots where Anderson injected him in the arm when called by prosecutors as a witness in [...]

Barry Bonds accused over drugs

One of the biggest stars of the United States of America, Barry Bonds, has been charged with lying under oath about taking steroids.
The home run record holder of Major League Baseball has been charged with perjury and obstructing justice.
From Telegraph.co.uk:

Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, vowed to rid the sport of illegal [...]

Suspension for two minor league pitchers

Two minor league pitchers, Joselito Adames and San Lazaro Solano, were suspended by the Major League Baseball. Both the pitchers were suspended for 50 games by the MLB for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
The suspension will be effective at the start of the 2011 season.
From Miamiherald.com:

Two minor league pitchers were handed 50-game suspensions for [...]

Questions raised by Congress on testimony

MLB (Major League Baseball) and union officials may have misled the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in context of the amount of steroid use among players, according to a report by the New York Times.
The testimony of Major League Baseball officials was completely accurate, as per Deputy Commissioner Rob Manfred.
From Espnstar.com:

“It’s clear that [...]

Less demand for players from Dominican Republic after MLB scrutiny

Introduction of new rules to curtail steroid use and age fraud among baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic has led to a sizeable decline in the number of elite Dominican teenage players being signed to contracts by Major League Baseball teams and the size of their signing bonuses has reduced.
Some clubs have lost [...]

Use of steroids admitted by Mark McGwire

The retired US baseball star, Mark McGwire, has made an admission that he did make use of steroids during his illustrious career and this time included the period when he broke the home run record.
The confession by McGwire was seen by many as a follow-step after Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees in 2009 confessed about [...]

McGwire named as Cardinals’ new hitting coach

Tony La Russa surprised everyone last Monday by announcing that Mark McGwire, one of the controversial baseball players of all time will join St. Louis Cardinals as his hitting coach.
La Russa agreed to return on a one-year contract with the Cardinals as manager. All of his coaches will also return except for Hal McRae, whom [...]

Congress initiating examination of supplements with steroids

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently told the Congress that it had limited powers for inhibiting the sale of dietary supplements with steroids from hitting the market shelves.
From News.Yahoo.com:
“FDA generally cannot identify violative products before they enter the marketplace,” said Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s division of new drugs and labeling compliance, at [...]

Release of MLB names continue to be an issue

In 2003, survey testing without penalty, among Major League baseball players, took place. There was an agreement made between the association of baseball players and Major League Baseball, six years ago.
Two companies conducted the test, the Comprehensive Drug Testing Inc. (CDT) of Long Beach, California and the Quest Diagnostics Inc. of Teterboro, New Jersey.
Under the [...]