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Link QB Couch
to Steroids

Source accuses 1999
No. 1 draft pick of using performance enhancers

Aug 29, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Jaguar Tim Couch ingested human growth hormone and anabolic steroids to recover from a shoulder injury and help him bounce back from a three-year hiatus with the NFL, charges a source close to the quarterback's  former nutritionist . Documents outlining Couch's drug regimen were obtained by Yahoo Sports. More »

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Yahoo • NFL • steroids • Jacksonville Jaguars • Cleveland Browns • anabolic steroids • Tim Couch • Brian Yusem • human growth hormone

Great Heights Indeed for Ukraine Giant

8-foot-5 former veterinarian is world's tallest living man

Aug 9, 07 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonid Stadnik knows how the weather is up there. The 8-foot-5 Ukrainian was declared the planet's tallest man by Guinness World Records yesterday, the AP reports, displacing a 7-9 Mongolian. Stadnik is 6 inches short of the all-time mark, held by an American. More »

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China • growth hormones • world record • height • Ukraine • Leonid Stadnik • human growth hormone • Guinness World Records

Player Charges PGA Drug Use

Gary Player says at least 10 golfers are
using enhancers

Jul 19, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former British Open champion Gary Player said yesterday he knows "for a fact" some players on the PGA Tour have used performance-enhancing drugs. "Whether it's HGH, whether it's creatine, or whether it's steroids," the 1968 Carnoustie winner lamented, "we're dreaming if we think it's not coming... More »

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Tiger Woods • LPGA • anabolic steroids • British Open • PGA Tour • Carnoustie Golf Links • Gary Player • creatine • USGA • human growth hormone

Australia Cuts Stallone Down to Size

Action star draws fine for importing drugs without a prescription

May 21, 07 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muscle-bound "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone was hit with nearly $10,000 in fines and court costs today after being convicted of bringing body-building hormones into Australia without proper documentation. Customs officials busted him with human growth hormone and testosterone in February while he was promoting "Rocky Balboa" en... More »

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film • steroids • Australia • Sylvester Stallone • hormones • trial • Rocky • Rambo • human growth hormone • actor • movies

HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

Hyped as the next big doping scandal, there's not much evidence it even works

Mar 27, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crusaders against performance enhancing drugs should lighten up about Human Growth Hormone: In the sports version of the war on drugs, anabolic steroids are heroin and HGH is marijuana, writes Daniel Engber. Studies haven't shown any definitive increase in athletic abilities resulting from taking HGH, and they have minimal harmful... More »

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medicine • sports • War on Drugs • steroids • drugs • hormones • athlete • human growth hormone

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