Doping

North Korean Shooter and Vietnamese Gymnast Fail Doping Tests

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 08.15.2008 | Home


BEIJING — A North Korean shooter was stripped of his two medals and expelled from the Beijing Olympics along with a Vietnamese gymnast Friday af...

U.S. Swimmer Jessica Hardy Withdraws From Games

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 08.02.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Swimmer Jessica Hardy will try to have her possible two-year suspension "reduced substantially" after a failed drug test cost her ...

Seven Russian Olympians Suspended In Doping Scandal

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


BRUSSELS, Belgium — With only one week to go before the Beijing Olympics, Russia suddenly has its own version of a BALCO doping scandal involvin...

Olympic Swimmer Jessica Hardy Tests Positive For Banned Substance, Contests Results

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Jessica Hardy's first trip to the Olympics could be over before it began. The swimmer tested positive for a banned substance, leav...

Doping and Dissent: Achilles Heels of the Beijing Olympics?

Jamie Metzl | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Jamie Metzl

The average American Olympic viewer will be surprised at the magnificent story of China's rise, and the message will get through that America has a global competitor for the first time in twenty years.

I Want One of Those Suits!

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 07.05.2008 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

As the world prepares to meet in Beijing for our quadrennial festival of sport, it seems clear that years of training and clean living will mean nothing without one of those terrific mega-swimsuits.

Bulgaria Withdraws 11 Weightlifters For Doping

AP | Veselin Toshkov | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home


SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria's weightlifting federation will withdraw its team from the Beijing Games after 11 lifters tested positive for a steroid, t...

Congress Begins Baseball Investigation: Wants Manuel Tejada Probed

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 01.15.2008 | Home


Congress began its public examination of the Mitchell Report into baseball's steroids era by calling Tuesday for the Justice Department to look into w...

Scattered Preliminary Observations on the Mitchell Steroids Report

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 12.13.2007 | Entertainment


Shayana Kadidal

Lack of a broad sample of outside sources or players willing to talk means that the most interesting questions remain unanswered. Here are my initial impressions after a quick read.

Bonds, Baseball and the Drug War

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


Anthony Papa

Is it ethical and morally right to sentence someone to a lengthy prison term for putting substances in their own bodies?

Study: Average Steroid User Not Athlete, But Regular Guys Trying To Look Good

Time | MICHAEL D. LEMONICK | Posted 10.13.2007 | Home


Anyone who follows the news probably has a picture of the typical steroid user: an elite athlete -- a home-run hitter, say -- trying to get an edge on...

Track Star In Doping Scandal Returns Olympic Medals

AP | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home


Marion Jones has given up the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics, days after admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs. It wasn't immedia...

Marion Jones Pleads Guilty To Lying About Steroid Use

Associated Press | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 10.05.2007 | Home


For years, Marion Jones angrily denied using steroids. On Friday, she admitted it was all a lie. The three-time Olympic gold medalist pleaded guilty...

Track Star Marion Jones Admits Doping Ahead Of 2000 Olympics

Washington Post | Amy Shipley | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home


Track star Marion Jones has acknowledged using steroids as she prepared for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney and plans to plead guilty tomorrow in New ...