Every year during spring training, Donald Fehr, the executive director of Major League Baseball's Players Association, travels across the country. He starts in Arizona and ends in Florida, stopping along the way to brief every team on the key issues for the year.
By March 30, 2006, baseball commissioner Bud Selig, against the advice of many of his closest advisers, knew he had to take the risk of springing open the lid to the Pandora's box of the sport. It had been eight years since an Associated Press reporter saw andro in Mark McGwire's locker (the moment Selig described as his epiphany when it came to performance-enhancing drugs in baseball), five years since Selig pushed through a drug-testing program for minor leaguers, and three years since the major leagues adopted such tests. But when SI published an excerpt from Game of Shadows that March, yet another signal that the story and the discovery of steroids in baseball were not going to stop, Selig knew baseball could not keep running from its past.
BEIJING -- Over the course of the 2008 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee carried out the most extensive testing program for human-growth hormone to date. In the final days of competition, the IOC was on pace for more than 500 blood tests for HGH.
Trevor Graham, who rose to fame from coaching U.S. track and field stars -- none more notable than former Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones -- will be tried this week on felony charges. Federal prosecutors claim that he knowingly lied to government officials about the use, sale and distribution of steroids from the infamous Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO).
The new indictment against Barry Bonds was expected and does not represent a major turning point in the government's case against him.
Students will learn about the risks associated with taking anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to improve athletic performance.
The trial of former U.S. Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas, convicted last Friday on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, lends insight on what to expect from a likely trial of Barry Bonds.
1886 Twenty-four-year-old Welsh cyclist Arthur Linton dies during a race from Bordeaux to Paris; though the cause of death is reported as typhoid fever, he is believed to have taken trimethyl, a stimulant.
Athletes who take performance-improving drugs make all the headlines. But the culture of personal physical enhancement has pushed the use of steroids and HGH everywhere -- from Hollywood to the music industry to your next-door neighbor who doesn't want to grow old. Don't blame only the jocks.
Testosterone: Like other hormones, testosterone is produced by both men (primarily in the testes) and women (in the ovaries) -- though the average man produces 10 times more than the average woman. Testosterone is classified as an androgen, or male sex hormone, because it promotes the development of masculine characteristics, such as body hair and a deep voice. It also has anabolic, or building, effects that can increase bone density and muscle mass.
Every year during spring training, Donald Fehr, the executive director of Major League Baseball's Players Association, travels across the country. He starts in Arizona and ends in Florida, stopping along the way to brief every team on the key issues for the year.
By March 30, 2006, baseball commissioner Bud Selig, against the advice of many of his closest advisers, knew he had to take the risk of springing open the lid to the Pandora's box of the sport. It had been eight years since an Associated Press reporter saw andro in Mark McGwire's locker (the moment Selig described as his epiphany when it came to performance-enhancing drugs in baseball), five years since Selig pushed through a drug-testing program for minor leaguers, and three years since the major leagues adopted such tests. But when SI published an excerpt from Game of Shadows that March, yet another signal that the story and the discovery of steroids in baseball were not going to stop, Selig knew baseball could not keep running from its past.
BEIJING -- Over the course of the 2008 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee carried out the most extensive testing program for human-growth hormone to date. In the final days of competition, the IOC was on pace for more than 500 blood tests for HGH.
Trevor Graham, who rose to fame from coaching U.S. track and field stars -- none more notable than former Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones -- will be tried this week on felony charges. Federal prosecutors claim that he knowingly lied to government officials about the use, sale and distribution of steroids from the infamous Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO).
The new indictment against Barry Bonds was expected and does not represent a major turning point in the government's case against him.
Students will learn about the risks associated with taking anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to improve athletic performance.
The trial of former U.S. Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas, convicted last Friday on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, lends insight on what to expect from a likely trial of Barry Bonds.
1886 Twenty-four-year-old Welsh cyclist Arthur Linton dies during a race from Bordeaux to Paris; though the cause of death is reported as typhoid fever, he is believed to have taken trimethyl, a stimulant.
Athletes who take performance-improving drugs make all the headlines. But the culture of personal physical enhancement has pushed the use of steroids and HGH everywhere -- from Hollywood to the music industry to your next-door neighbor who doesn't want to grow old. Don't blame only the jocks.
Testosterone: Like other hormones, testosterone is produced by both men (primarily in the testes) and women (in the ovaries) -- though the average man produces 10 times more than the average woman. Testosterone is classified as an androgen, or male sex hormone, because it promotes the development of masculine characteristics, such as body hair and a deep voice. It also has anabolic, or building, effects that can increase bone density and muscle mass.
This is typically the most hopeful time of the year for baseball fans.
HOUSTON -- Roger Clemens' Monday news conference -- his first since the Mitchell Report revealed former trainer Brian McNamee's allegations that Clemens used steroids -- left reporters with as many questions as answers. Let's look at them.
Ten years have passed since I first held a Hall of Fame ballot in my hands, and it still ranks as one of the more awe-inspiring moments of my life. To realize that you have a say in who will be immortalized in Cooperstown -- and also who won't -- is a huge responsibility.
This is great news, really. It turns out baseball doesn't really have a steroid problem at all. Never did.
Only through a tiny keyhole could George Mitchell view the dimly lit room of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, his scope constricted by a stiff code of silence among union members and a drug policy crafted and administered by the commissioner's office and the union to be opaque where convenient rather than fully transparent. Even thus blinkered, the former U.S. senator got as roguishly ugly a glimpse of baseball as ever has been seen.
A lawyer for Roger Clemens strongly denies the seven-time Cy Young Award winner used steroids to pump up his body and his pitching statistics.
Releasing a report that links some of baseball's best to the use of performance-enhancing substances, former Sen. George Mitchell said Thursday it is critical that Major League Baseball restore the integrity of the game.
Since last summer, Sports Illustrated reporters Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim have been investigating an alleged illegal steroid distribution network that has implicated pro athletes. Earlier this year the reporters accompanied federal and state drug enforcement agents on a coordinated raid of an Orlando compound pharmacy and a Jupiter, Fla., "anti-aging" clinic that investigators allege conspired to fraudulently prescribe steroids, human growth hormone and other performance enhancing drugs over the Internet.
The man whose lab distributed performance-enhancing drugs to athletes says the policies of American professional baseball and football leagues encourage their use.
Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Curt Schilling thinks twice before giving a teammate the traditional slap on the butt for a job well-done. "I'll pat guys on the ass, and they'll look at me and go, 'Don't hit me there, man. It hurts,'" Schilling says. "That's because that's where they shoot the steroid needles."
The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat
George Mitchell's report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball has been hanging over the game for more than a year and a half now. So it's probably not surprising that, as the former U.S. Senator readies to make his findings public -- reportedly later this week, or certainly sometime before Christmas -- the overwhelming emotion around baseball is not one of fear or apprehension, but of impending relief.
Former European 1,500-meter champion Sureyya Ayhan has tested positive for doping and faces a lifetime ban.
Disgraced track star Marion Jones has returned her Olympic medals after pleading guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of steroids, U.S. Olympic chief Peter Ueberroth said Monday.
Track star Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to a federal investigator about taking banned substances.
Former Olympic and world champion sprinter Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal investigators about having taken banned substances.
Australia's sports doping agency has cleared champion swimmer Ian Thorpe of doping charges that arose last year when urine tests showed elevated levels of two banned substances.
NEW YORK (SI.com) -- The man credited with creating the performance-enhancing drug known as "the clear" said in an HBO Sports interview that Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield took the drugs provided to them by BALCO, reports the New York Times.
From his parked car, Jack, the special agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, had a clear view of the entrance to the Empress Hotel in La Jolla, Calif. It was Dec. 14, an overcast day, and Jack's men were all in place. They were hoping to arrest a key figure in Mexico's steroid industry, a pharmaceuticals executive and trained veterinarian named Alberto Saltiel-Cohen, who, according to a tip, was staying at the Empress.
What a grand spectacle it will be! On July 7 the first rider will roll down the ramp for the prologue of the Tour de France. This year's Grand Boucle, or Big Loop, begins in London. Cycling fans are advised to focus on the pageantry of the brightly costumed athletes or on the Gothic grandeur of the Palace of Westminster, not far from the starting line.
Already battered by doping allegations, cycling stands to absorb another big blow next week with the publication of the latest book by Irish investigative journalist David Walsh. Two weeks before the start of the 2007 Tour de France, Random House will release From Lance To Landis, a follow-up of Walsh's 2004 book L.A. Confidentiel: Les Secrets de Lance Armstrong, which contained allegations that the seven-time Tour winner doped, but was never published in English. This latest book will be widely released in the U.S., and could further undermine Armstrong's contention that he was a clean champion.
Larissa's Gabon striker Henri Antchouet was banned for two years by the Greek Football Federation (EPO) on Thursday after testing positive for a banned substance following last month's Greek Cup final.
Former Telekom general manager Walter Godefroot has denied having any involvement in the use of performance enhancing drugs among the team's riders a decade ago.
Dane Bjarne Riis has become the first rider to admit having used performance enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France.
Top German cyclist Eric Zabel has made a tearful confession to doping while riding for the Telekom team during the 1990s.
Since last summer, Sports Illustrated reporters Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim have been investigating an alleged illegal steroid distribution network that has implicated pro athletes.
Tour de France champion Floyd Landis told CNN that his victory in the world's most-famous bike race had nothing to do with cheating.
Barry Bond's former personal trainer was jailed on Wednesday for refusing to testify before a grand jury reportedly investigating whether the baseball star has lied about steroid use.
Joint world record holder Justin Gatlin takes aim at the fastest 100 meters ever run in the United States at the national championships starting on Thursday.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Marion Jones will compete in Europe this year after a successful 100 meters in Mexico last weekend, her manager has revealed.
Former Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones ran the year's second fastest 100 meters on her seasonal debut, clocking 11.06 seconds to defeat ex-world champion Torri Edwards at Veracruz, Mexico.
A federal grand jury is considering whether to indict San Francisco Giants baseball star Barry Bonds for perjury because of testimony he gave to another grand jury in 2003, CNN has learned.
Federal prosecutors may be pursuing a perjury case against San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds stemming from his denials of steroid use during a federal grand jury appearance in 2003, multiple sources have told CNN.
Tim Montgomery, the former 100-meter world record holder, was suspended for two years on Tuesday for doping.
Victor Conte, the man at the center of one of the biggest doping scandals in sport, was handed down an eight month prison term Tuesday for distributing illegal steroids and money laundering.
Prosecutors have requested a six-month prison sentence against Italian cyclist Dario Frigo during the final hearing relating to alleged doping at the 2001 Tour of Italy.
The director of the French national laboratory that performed urine testing for the 1999 Tour de France said Friday all details on the testing had been forwarded as of Monday to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has denied allegations reported on Tuesday in the French sports daily L'Equipe that he took the performance enhancing drug EPO during the 1999 Tour de France.
Marion Jones's agent said he was unaware of a move to bar the former triple Olympic champion and her boyfriend Tim Montgomery from competing at European meetings, because of their association with the BALCO laboratory in California.
American professional sports will have to introduce far stricter penalties for doping offenses to gain credibility in the fight against drugs, Olympic president Jacques Rogge said in Berlin on Wednesday.
Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were cleared by Greek sports officials on Friday of evading pre-Olympic drug tests.
Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire refused to answer questions about steroid use during his playing career at a congressional hearing Thursday, repeatedly telling a House committee he was "not here to talk about the past."
Former triple Olympic champion Marion Jones plans to run a full schedule of outdoor meetings, beginning with California's Mt SAC Relays in April, according to her agent Charles Wells.
Former world indoor 200 meters champion Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years on Friday after being found guilty of doping charges in connection with the BALCO scandal.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said there was nowhere left for drugs cheats to hide after confirming that athletes at the Athens Olympics will be tested for human growth hormone (HGH).
Swiss cyclist Oscar Camenzind has retired after testing positive for EPO and being thrown out of the Olympics.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones pulled out of the 200 meters final at the U.S. Olympic trials and won't defend her title in Athens next month.
Track and field's world governing body will not intervene to suspend American athletes facing doping allegations unless there is evidence they failed drug tests.
Marion Jones has attempted to distance herself further from doping allegations by releasing the results of a privately-administered lie detector test in which she denied using banned substances.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones says she will refuse to co-operate with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency unless further investigations are conducted in public.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones's lawyer asked the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday to release her testimony before the BALCO doping scandal grand jury.
World 100 meters record holder Tim Montgomery and three other U.S. athletes accused of doping violations look set to be barred from IAAF grand prix events.
U.S. anti-doping officials have presented Olympic champion Marion Jones with copies of an annotated ledger and calendar they believe may be a schedule of her steroid use, her lawyers revealed on Tuesday.
Marion Jones has pleaded with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to leave her alone and allow the triple-Olympic champion to concentrate on winning gold at Athens.
Leading cycling team Kelme have denied claims of systematic doping by a former rider on the Spanish squad.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter told CNN he was "surprised" by the growing number of players testing for banned substances, but said world football's governing body would soon approve new guidelines on drug use.
European 100 meters champion Dwain Chambers has become the first athlete to be banned after testing positive for the designer steroid THG.
San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds, who owns the Major League Baseball record for home runs in a single season, has denied taking steroids.
Victor Conte and three other men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes pleaded innocent to federal charges Friday in San Francisco and were allowed to go free.
ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) - World football's governing body FIFA is to adopt the World Anti-Doping Code in May, officials announced on Wednesday.
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