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(Newser) - Pre-race World Championship blood tests on super South African runner Caster Semenya revealed testosterone levels three times typical female rates, a source tells the Telegraph. The results of the tests, carried out in South Africa, contributed to a decision by sports officials to call for "gender verification" tests on... More »

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gender • Berlin • South Africa • testosterone • anabolic steroids • East Germany • World Championships • blood tests • gold medal • gold medalist • gender confusion • women athletes • Caster Semenya • gender test

opinion

 Let Steroids Users  
 Into Hall of Fame  

Baseball should allow performance-enhancing drugs

Jun 20, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Hall of Fame has become baseball’s weapon of last resort against players who’ve used performance-enhancing drugs. Baseball writers can’t ban drug users from the sport or take away their money—but they can deny them a spot in Cooperstown. This crusade is senseless, writes Zev Chafets... More »

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sports • steroids • MLB • anabolic steroids • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire


 Wrestler's 
 Steroid Dealer 
 Busted—for Steroids 

Actor had bit part in film

Feb 20, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - In a case of life imitating art, the actor who plays a steroid dealer in The Wrestler was busted for dealing steroids, the New York Daily News reports. Investigators had Scott Siegel under surveillance for steroid trafficking, and arrested him Wednesday night after a car chase that ended with Siegel... More »

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steroids • anabolic steroids • celebrity • drug dealing • arrest • actor • The Wrestler

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 A-Rod: 'I Knew We Weren't Taking Tic-Tacs'

Star to tell more about his steroid use

Feb 17, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A-Rod faced reporters in New York today to, in his words, “take my medicine.” He said he was injected by his cousin, with a substance that was legal in the Dominican Republic. “It was very amateur hour,” he said. “We probably didn’t even take... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • performance-enhancing drugs

A-Rod Juiced but Fellow Players Will Pay

Endorsements dry up as advertisers avoid risky baseball stars

Feb 16, 09 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A lot of people will pay for Alex Rodriguez’s admission that he used steroids—and A-Rod isn’t one of them, writes Jeremy Mullman in Advertising Age. A-Rod’s already shallow pool of endorsements isn’t likely to dry up, but by bringing steroids back into the spotlight,... More »

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steroids • advertising • marketing • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • endorsement • performance-enhancing drugs

 Tejada Pleads Guilty 
 to Lying to Congress 

Shortstop caught it claim he knew no onein baseball who used steroids

Feb 11, 09 11:09 AM CST
(AP) - All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty today to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs, a plea that stemmed from denying to House investigators that he knew anyone in baseball who used steroids. Tejada’s 2005 assertions were contradicted by evidence that he had talked to an Oakland... More »

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Congress • drugs • MLB • anabolic steroids • Miguel Tejada • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

 President 
 Slams 
 A-Roid 

News of drug use 'tarnishes era'

Feb 10, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has weighed in on the latest chapter of baseball's burgeoning steroid scandal, condemning Yankees star Alex Rodriguez for his use of performance-enhancing drugs and setting a bad example for children, reports CBS News. In his first prime-time news conference, Obama called confirmation of A-Rod's steroid use "depressing,... More »

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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

A-Rod Tested Positive
for Steroids: Report

During MVP 2003 campaign

Feb 7, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids during his 2003 MVP season, sources tell Sports Illustrated. A-Rod was one of 104 players to test positive that year, in a survey test conducted to determine whether the league needed tougher drug policies. Asked about the results this week, Rodriguez... More »

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steroids • MLB • Texas Rangers • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

(AP) - Federal prosecutors say they will prove personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied Barry Bonds with the steroids that led to a positive test in November 2000, the offseason before the slugger hit a record 73 home runs. In a court filing today, prosecutors say they have two documents showing that Bonds... More »

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In Pursuit of Bonds, Feds Put Screws on Trainer's Family

Anderson long mum in baseball steroids case

Aug 29, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities are still trying to get Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ former personal trainer, to testify about the baseball star’s steroid use, the New York Times reports, and may prosecute his wife and mother-in-law on tax charges to coerce him. “I have never heard anything like this,”... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • tax evasion • BALCO • Greg Anderson • baseball • federal prosecution

 McNamee Selling Clemens
 Mementos on eBay

'Break-up' memorabilia profits go to juvenile diabetes group

Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the... More »

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sports • steroids • Roger Clemens • online auction • anabolic steroids • auction • Andy Pettitte • Jose Canseco • memorabilia • human growth hormone • sports memorabilia • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

Feds Claim To Have Second Positive Bonds Drug Test

As files reopened in wake of court order

Mar 1, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of Judge Susan Illston's order that Bonds' 2003 grand jury testimony be unsealed, following her critical deconstruction of the government's case, the Feds will be forced to rebuild their indictment against him. One thing they may reveal when they do is their claim of a second positive... More »

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MLB • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • BALCO • baseball

Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe

Bipartisan letter wants to look at star's steroids denials for perjury

Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A congressional committee today asked the Justice Department to examine Roger Clemens’ denials under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs and determine if they constitute perjury, the AP reports. In the letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis cite the pitcher's statements contradicting those of... More »

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steroids • MLB • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Tom Davis • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Michael Mukasey • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Cone Denies Conversation With McNamee

Ex-pitcher said he never talked about drug testing in baseball

Feb 14, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - David Cone said last night he never had a conversation with Roger Clemens' former strength coach Brian McNamee about drug testing in Major League Baseball, reports the New York Times. During testimony before Congress yesterday, McNamee was asked about a conversation he said he had with Cone in 2000 that... More »

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'Roids Dealer in Mitchell Report Gets Probation

Radomski's cooperation helped avoid jail time for 10 years of dealing

Feb 8, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Kirk Radomski was sentenced to five years probation today for selling speed, steroids and HGH to baseball's top tier from 1995 to 2005, the AP reports. The former Mets clubhouse employee avoided a possible 6 months of jail time because of his extensive cooperation with George Mitchell’s report on... More »

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MLB • New York Mets • anabolic steroids • Kirk Radomski • baseball • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation

Jose Canseco: Tell-All Author, Extortionist?

Sources inside MLB claim foul play over offer to keep Tigers' Ordonez name out of new book, for a fee

Jan 24, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Jose Canseco offered Tigers' outfielder Magglio Ordonez an offer he could refuse, say sources within baseball: invest millions in a film project, and be kept clear of allegations of steroid use in Canseco's follow up to tell-all biography, Juiced. MLB referred the case to the FBI, but Ordonez declined to... More »

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steroids • MLB • anabolic steroids • Magglio Ordonez • Jose Canseco • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Juiced • Vindicated

Steroids Probe Entangles
50 Cent, Blige

Anti-aging claims lure entertainers to illegally prescribed HGH

Jan 14, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - To the list of celebs implicated in steroids investigations, add 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige. The Albany-based probe that has already fingered major pro athletes also involves entertainers, the Albany Times Union reports, indicating steroid use has grown far beyond the realm of sports. Other stars who received the... More »

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steroids • Barry Bonds • Roger Clemens • 50 Cent • anabolic steroids • human growth hormone • Tyler Perry • Timbaland • baseball • Mitchell Report • Mary J. Blige • Wyclef Jean

Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

Provided evidence he'd disposed of drugs

Dec 14, 07 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An unnamed player who was found to have purchased anabolic steroids managed to keep his name out of George Mitchell's scathing 400-page report on drug abuse in baseball, the New York Times reports after interviewing the former senator. Contacted by Mitchell's investigative team, the player and his lawyer provided evidence... More »

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MLB • Henry Waxman • George Mitchell • anabolic steroids • human growth hormone • baseball

OPINION

Charges Against Bonds 'Absurd'

New York Sun columnist calls the case a 'public relations ploy'

Nov 16, 07 9:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Barry Bonds undoubtedly lied through his teeth when he denied all things steroid in front of a grand jury, writes New York Sun columnist Tim Marchman, but the charges against him are nevertheless "absurd." The case hinges on proving that Bonds knowingly took the drugs and talked about... More »

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San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • anabolic steroids • BALCO • Greg Anderson

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