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NEWS ABOUT: drugs in sports

drugs in sports stories: 12 news summaries

 Manny to Dodgers: Sorry   


May 15, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manny Ramirez met with his Dodgers teammates today to personally apologize for flunking a drug test and drawing a 50-game suspension, the Los Angeles Times reports. Team management had encouraged the outfielder to talk with the squad. “He knows he made a mistake. I forgive him,” third... More »

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MLB • Manny Ramirez • Joe Torre • Los Angeles Dodgers • apology • Casey Blake • sports doping • baseball • drugs in sports

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t have many options in dealing with confirmed doper Manny Ramirez, Sean Gregory writes in Time. Manny’s 50-game suspension is governed entirely by the drug agreement between the players association and Major League Baseball. There is no contract clause allowing the Dodgers to cancel... More »

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MLB • Manny Ramirez • Los Angeles Dodgers • contract • sports doping • drugs in sports

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 Steroids Didn't Kill 
 21 Polo Horses: Vet 

21 animals lost in mystery affliction

Apr 20, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of 21 horses in Florida for the US Open Polo Championship yesterday remains a mystery, but a veterinarian for the Venezuelan team that owned the horses said it was unlikely they were killed by a bad reaction to steroids, the Palm Beach Post reports. "Almost certainly they... More »

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sports • steroids • horse • death • animal • polo • drugs in sports

But Wait, A-Rod Wasn't Alone

Jackson, Schilling wonder why no one's divulging the other 103 steroid users from '03

Feb 9, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid all the questions about Alex Rodriguez's alleged steroid use, two big ones have been overlooked: Who are the other 103 players who tested positive in 2003, and why have no other names surfaced? Yankees legend Reggie Jackson brought this up to the New York Post, and perhaps surprisingly, Boston's... More »

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Curt Schilling • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • drug test • Reggie Jackson • drugs in sports

 Do Vast Lungs Equal 
 a Monster High? 

Phelps' super-size lungs help him absorb THC quickly

Feb 4, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Phelps' lungs—those that secured him enough Olympic gold to start a mint—are made for a stupendous high, reports Slate. They hold twice the smoke of an average human's, speeding up his THC absorption. But at his size (6-foot-4 and 195 pounds), Phelps needs a lot more weed... More »

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sports • Michael Phelps • drug use • marijuana • drugs in sports • weed • Olympics • THC

Painkillers Dragged Ex-NFL Player to His Grave

Tom McHale overdosed after battling addiction

Nov 9, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The drug-fueled depression of 9-year NFL veteran Tom McHale crept up on friends who considered him a font of generosity and enthusiasm, the Washington Post reports. His upbeat post-football life, running restaurants and working in real estate around Tampa, Fla., seemed unlikely to end in an accidental overdose. But the... More »

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NFL • cocaine • drug abuse • Oxycodone • drugs in sports

Canseco Busted With
'Roids-Reversing Drug

Juiced author charged with smuggling testosterone booster

Oct 15, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former baseball player Jose Canseco was charged yesterday with bringing a mislabeled drug from Mexico into the US, TMZ reports. The drug, human chorionic gonadotropin, helps boost testosterone in men who have used steroids and can reverse some of their, ahem, shrinking effects; it’s illegal in the US without... More »

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steroids • MLB • Mexico • Jose Canseco • drugs in sports • human chorionic gonadotropin

OPINION

 Without Doping,
 Where's the Fun?

Nowhere, if this year's Tour de France is any sign

Jul 25, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doping in sports makes some fans uncomfortable, but it keeps others on the edges of their seats, writes Joel Stein in the LA Times. Case in point: This year's largely shenanigans-free Tour de France has been an exercise in boredom. “Before you argue that your favorite sport has to... More »

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cycling • drug use • Tour de France • performance-enhancing drugs • drugs in sports

New Doping Scandal
Taints Tour de France

Second rider this year tests positive

Jul 16, 08 9:40 PM CDT
(AP) - Just when the race was getting interesting at the Tour de France, another doping scandal erupted. The 11th-stage victory today by Norwegian veteran Kurt-Asle Arvesen took a back seat to the arrest of Spain's Moises Duenas Nevado after he tested positive for the banned performance enhancer EPO in the second... More »

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France • Tour de France • bicycling • drugs in sports

 Olympians Adjust to
 Tougher Drug Tests 

Athletes must keep agency up to speed on their whereabouts

Jul 1, 08 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many US professional athletes aren't accustomed to giving blood and urine samples during their off seasons, but with the Olympics approaching, that's all been changing, writes USA Today. The US Anti-Doping Agency requires all potential competitors to comply with a "whereabouts program" and submit to random screenings for HGH... More »

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basketball • soccer • 2008 Beijing Olympics • human growth hormone • sports doping • USADA • blood tests • baseball • drugs in sports

BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying

Coach of Marion Jones found to deceive feds on ties to steroid dealer

May 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco jury convicted track coach Trevor Graham today of lying to federal investigators when he told them he had ended his contacts with a steroids dealer, the Chronicle reports. Jurors deadlocked on two other counts against the former coach of Olympians Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery; he faces... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • track and field • Marion Jones • BALCO • Trevor Graham • Tim Montgomery • drugs in sports

 Early Retirement 
 Raises Questions 

Henin's abrupt departure can't help but spark drug debate

May 18, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a 25-year-old tennis star quits at the top of her sport, at least one columnist thinks it's tough not to wonder if drugs were somehow involved. That's Rick Morrissey's reaction to Justine Henin's abrupt retirement this week. Henin has no link to drugs, but in the current sports world... More »

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tennis • Justine Henin • Martina Hingis • women's tennis • drugs in sports

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