Performance Enhancing Drugs

NYPD Arrests 'The Ghost'

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.18.2012

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NEW YORK -- A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was kno...

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Is Pot A Performance-Enhancing Drug?

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Video, Australian Rules Football, Marijuana Sports, Marijuana, Pot Sports Rules, Pot Performance Enhancing Drug, Marijuana Australia, Marijuana Performance Enhancing Drug, Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, Sports News

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia's major sporting organizations have called for marijuana to be removed from the list of performance-enhancing drugs....

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Suspended Broncos Players Call Foul

AP | By ARNIE STAPLETON and PAT GRAHAM | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Video, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Ryan Mcbean, Broncos Drug Suspension, Steroids in Football, Suspended Broncos Players, Broncos Faild Drug Test, DJ Williams, Denver News

DENVER -- Two Denver Broncos players are suing the NFL seeking to overturn their drug suspensions. The lawsuit filed in Denver District Court contend...

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Baseball, Values, and Justice

Jess Coleman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Derek Jeter, Hank Aaron, Philadelphia Phillies, Doug Glanville, Sports Drugs, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Ryan Braun, Teen News
Jess Coleman

Sports is about putting all sorts of people in the spotlight. It's about proving that you don't need a fancy degree or rich father to catapult yourself to fame -- you just need talent and a good attitude.

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Len Berman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Tim Tebow, Dwight Howard, NFL Playoffs, Denver Broncos, Bud Selig, Bowling, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Jorge Posada, Baseball Hall of Fame, New York News
Len Berman

I guess the odds makers aren't Tebowing. Denver goes into New England a 13 1/2 point underdog tomorrow night. I don't bet or advocate sports betting, but Tim Tebow has proved just about everyone wrong.

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Len Berman | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Baseball Hall of Fame, Mark Sanchez, Joe Namath, Justin Tuck, Syracuse, New York News
Len Berman

If you think the world revolves around sports, think again. Lady Gaga has the most followers on Twitter, approaching 18 million. You have to go down to 17th place to find an athlete, Brazilian soccer star Kaka, 7.9 million.

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Len Berman | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Big East, Terrell Owens Injury, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Rocky Marciano, Cecil Fielder, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Painkillers, Michael Boley, Atlanta Braves, Michael Boley Touchdown Celebration, Peyton Manning Neck Injury, Boston Red Sox, New York News
Len Berman

With the news that Colts quarterback Peyton Manning underwent stem cell treatment in Europe for his neck, comes word that free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens is in Korea for the same kind of treatment on his knee.

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Rockies Hit By First MLB Steroid-Use Suspension

AP | ARNIE STAPLETON | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Mlb Suspension, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Colorado Rockies, MLB Steroids, Hgh, Mlb, Mike Jacobs, First Mlb Suspension, Human Growth Hormone, Denver News

DENVER — Mike Jacobs has become the first player suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive HGH test under the sport's minor league drug ...

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Not Furlong: Anti-Bleeding Medication Banned

Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Breeders Cup, Horse Bleeding, Horse Drugs, 2012 Breeders? Cup, Horses, Lasix, Furosemide, Horse Racing, American Graded Stakes Commitee, Sports News

The United States is one of the last places in the world where horse trainers can treat their horses with the anti-bleeding medication Furosemide, kno...

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Len Berman | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: The Wave, Adam Scott, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Hgh, Steve Williams, Colorado Rockies, Tiger Woods, New York News
Len Berman

Fascinating stuff with caddie Steve Williams. After getting dumped by Tiger Woods, he carried Adam Scott's bag, and Scott won yesterday's tournament. That's the short version.

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Floyd Landis Alleges Lance Armstrong Drug Use

Graham Bensinger | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Steroids, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Tyler Hamilton, Greg LeMond, Illegal Drugs, George Hincapie, Tour De France, Epo, Blood Doping, Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, Cycling, Doping, Chris Carmichael, Jeff Novitzky, Balco, Victor Conte, Cheating, Roger Clemens, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong, Sports News
Graham Bensinger

2011-07-20-landis.jpgThe 2006 Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, tells me about the doping scandal that ruined his career and delves into the alleged drug use by his former teammate, Lance Armstrong.

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Is Authenticity Becoming Passé?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Plastic Surgery, Authenticity, Cosmetic Surgery, Real Self, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Personal Authenticity, Authentic Self, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Does anyone else question authenticity the way I do these days? Does doubt about what is "real" versus "enhanced" interfere with the trust we once had in the people we admire and applaud?

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Is Praying Before Football Games Cheating?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intercessory Prayer, Football, Super Bowl, Biblical, Performance Enhancing Drugs, World Cup, Praying, Sports News
Valerie Tarico

NFL football doesn't have a prohibition against or a penalty for pre-game prayers, even though they do penalize certain other attempts to enhance neurotransmitters and fast twitch muscles.

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Zero Tolerance for Performance Enhancing Drugs in MMA

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Ufc, Mma, Chael Sonnen, Mixed Martial Arts, Sports News
Dr. Johnny Benjamin

The performance-enhancing drug problem in mixed martial arts is bigger than many may appreciate. It is time for Olympic-style testing including random year around sampling and blood testing in elite MMA.

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ClemensGate: Why Liars Make Us So Upset

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Liars, Andy Pettitte, Fear, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Lying, Trust, Fight or Flight Response, Honesty, Houston Astros, William Blake, Survival, Bonds, Tribe, Mark Twain, Clemens, Amygdala, Sosa, Sports News
David Ropeik

Down in the hard wiring and chemistry of the brain's survival instincts, if you show someone a picture of Roger Clemens and talk about the charges that he lied, it's like showing them a picture of a snake.

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Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Lindsay Lohan Drugs, Celebrity Rehab, Talent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Life-in-the-Fast-Lane, Sleep Deprivation, Celebrities, Rehab, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan Rehab, Tiger Woods Rehab, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Matthew Edlund, M.D.

Every week another celebrity shows up in Rehab. The addicted star has been a staple of plays, then movies, now unreality television. Are there any ways to present this massacre of talent?

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We Won, Dad, But I'm Lost: Lessons from Tiger, Lance, and Andre

Robert Lipsyte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Little League, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi Book, Andre Agassi, Children Sports, Tiger Woods, Sports News
Robert Lipsyte

Tiger comes to mind every Father's Day when I start to think about the complex impact dads and their dreams, even obsessions, about sports success have on their sons (and ever more often now, on their daughters).

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Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Mets, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Hgh, Tiger Woods, Butler-Bulldogs, Gordon Hayward, Butler Basketball, Albert Pujols, New York News
Len Berman

Can you imagine if Gordon Hayward's shot had dropped from half court for Butler to beat Duke? We would have been watching reruns of Hoosiers ad infinitum. And rightly so.

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Floyd Landis Is Positively Lying

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Epo, Dave Zabriskie, Testosterone, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Anti-Doping, Professional Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Floyd Landis, Sports News
Bob Cesca

Floyd has inexplicably decided to put his utter absence of veracity up against the classiest, most popular riders in the world today. Good luck with that, Floyd.

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Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alex Rodriguez Steroid Use, Steroids in Baseball, Steroids, Performance Enhancing Drugs, New York News
Len Berman

Having lived in both New York and Boston I'm always bemused by the fixation Sox fans have over the Yankees. It's not a two way street. Sorry, Red Sox fans, Yankee fans are just not that into you.

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Carlton Fisk: Mark McGwire's Claims That Steroids Didn't Affect Home Runs 'A Crock'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pudge, Chicago White Sox, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Mark McGwire Steroids, Mark McGwire, Red Sox, Steroids in Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Barry Bonds, Baseball Feuds, Carlton Fisk, White Sox, Steroids in Sports, Chicago News

Former Chicago White Sox catcher and Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk had some not-so-nice things to say about steroid abusers in baseball Tuesday, calling ...

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Muscles From a Bottle: Take a Pill and Hit a Home Run?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Athletes, Anabolic-Steroids, Androgens, Testosterone, Steroids in Baseball, Cholesterol, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

So, besides the risks of being caught, having athletic records expunged, and being disgraced, what are the medical downsides of anabolic steroid abuse?

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A Sports Fan's Guide To Drug Testing

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Testing, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Drugs, Steroids, Steroid Testing, Sports News

We examined antidoping policies of 22 major sports or governing bodies and gave them a "clarity quotient" based on the presence of a policy, its acces...

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Mark McGwire: Tears, Admissions, and the Continuing Steroid Fraud

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Louis Cardinals, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Sports Media, Mark McGwire Admits Steroids, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Mcgwire, Mcgwire Steroids, Steroids, Steroids in Sports, Sports News
Ed Berliner

It continues to amaze me how every time the sordid tale of Mark McGwire and steroids surfaces, the bottom line in this story is continually missed. Mark McGwire did not break one single rule of baseball.

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Is the PGA Tour's Anti-Doping Policy Effective?

Ben Eagle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doug Barron, Shaun Micheel, Anti-Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Pga Tour, Sports News
Ben Eagle

Doug Barron, the first PGA tour player suspended for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, asked a federal court to lift his suspension. Not only is he right to ask for the ban to be lifted, the PGA should comply, and quickly.

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