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NEWS ABOUT: steroid use

steroid use stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - The FDA has issued a serious warning urging consumers to steer clear of bodybuilding supplements advertised as containing steroid-like substances, the Los Angeles Times reports. The products are unapproved drugs, not dietary supplements as claimed, and adverse effects include kidney failure and major liver damage, officials warn. More »

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FDA • steroids • weight lifting • steroid use • bodybuilding • dietary supplement

(Newser) - The Baseball Writers’ Association of America—which decides the annual Hall of Fame class—has voted down an attempt to make new guidelines for players implicated in steroid use, the AP reports. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander had suggested a committee be formed to create new rules that acknowledged the... More »

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steroids • voting • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire • sports doping • baseball • steroid use • juicing • Rick Telander

OPINION

 To Cash In, 
 Jose Canseco 
 'Saved Baseball' 

His steroid stories prompted investigations of ignored problem

Jul 5, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Sometimes it takes a jerk to change the world,” and for baseball, Jose Canseco is that jerk, writes Jonathan Eig in the Washington Post. Canseco’s confessions and finger-pointing have helped expose widespread steroid use in the big leagues, and thus have “saved baseball.” His 2005... More »

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steroids • MLB • Jose Canseco • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • steroid use

(Newser) - Roger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an... More »

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New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • New York Daily News • baseball • Brian McNamee • steroid use • investigative journalism • Nathaniel Vinton • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez’s troubles have less to do with what he’s done than who he is, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports. “We all know he is desperate to be liked,” Rosenberg writes. “And yet, everything he does to be liked makes people hate him.”... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • public relations • baseball • public image • steroid use

Witness Says She Saw Bonds Being Injected

Family friend, ex-Giant catcher to testify at slugger's perjury trial

Feb 14, 09 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Prosecutors say they have a witness who saw Barry Bonds being injected by his trainer, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Kathy Hoskins, a personal assistant and friend of Bonds' since childhood, is expected to be a key witness at the slugger's perjury trial along with former Giants teammate Bobby Estalella,... More »

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steroids • MLB • San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • perjury • BALCO • Greg Anderson • steroid use

 Selig: A-Rod 'Shamed the Game' 

MLB boss, powerless to impose penalty, scolds player over drug use

Feb 13, 09 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Bud Selig slammed Alex Rodriguez yesterday for "shaming the game" by using steroids, reports the AP. Angry words may be the only thing the MLB commissioner can use to punish the Yankees player, however, since his positive test was meant to be anonymous and took place years before the... More »

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steroids • MLB • Bud Selig • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • steroid use

 Madonna 
 Fumes as 
 A-Rod Turns 
 to Ex-Wife 

Singer wants him back, bad

Feb 12, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Will the drama never end? Alex Rodriguez should have known Madonna would be "pissed" when he ran back to ex-wife Cynthia as he did damage control after Saturday's steroids bombshell, the New York Daily News reports. “To Madonna, this is the ultimate dis,” says an insider, adding... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • baseball • scandal • steroid use

 Besieged A-Rod 
 Runs Back to Ex 

Wife who dumped
him for cheating is
at his side again

Feb 11, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez made a quick about-turn from partying to the arms of his ex-wife as the steroids scandal broke last weekend. The defamed Yankee was partying in the Bahamas when news of his steroid use broke, but arrived at Monday's confessional with Cynthia Rodriguez in tow, the Daily News reports.... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • infidelity • Madonna • cheating • celebrity divorces • steroid use

 Jamaican 
 Hurdlers Linked 
 to Steroids 

Drugs sent through Internet network, Sports Illustrated discovers

Sep 3, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Jamaican Olympic hurdlers received shipments of banned performance-enhancing drugs in 2006 and 2007, according to documents obtained by Sports Illustrated. The drugs were sent to addresses linked to Delloreen Ennis-London and Adrian Findlay, both members of the Jamaican team in Beijing. Findlay denied using steroids, while Ennis-London was unreachable.... More »

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steroids • Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • performance-enhancing drugs • hurdles • steroid use

 Documentaries: 
 Box Office Wimps 

Even with critical acclaim, they can't draw decent audiences

Jun 20, 08 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although big-name documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth and Sicko have raised the genre's profile, recent ones just aren't pulling in audiences, the Los Angeles Times reports. The critically acclaimed steroid film Bigger, Stronger, Faster has grossed only $164,000 since its release three weeks ago, and the Oscar-winning Taxi ... More »

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Hollywood • movie industry • steroid use • documentary film

movie review

 Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc 

Bigger, Stronger, Faster sifts through the pharmaceutical enhancements

May 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster is drawing raves for its clear-eyed, nuanced look at the world of steroid users. Christopher Bell, a bodybuilder and onetime juicer, directs and narrates an "incisive and compulsively watchable look at America's love affair with steroids," Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly writes. More »

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steroids • movie review • documentary • Bigger, Stronger, Faster • Christopher Bell • steroid use • documentary film

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