Performance Enhancing Drugs

Steroids' Shadow: 2009 AP Sports Story Of The Year

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 12.23.2009 | Sports


Alex Rodriguez joined the list of cheaters this year, and Manny Ramirez and David "Big Papi" Ortiz are forever tainted now, too. Five years after Maj...

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

Ben Eagle | Posted 11.17.2009 | Sports


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.

A Sports Fan's Guide To Drug Testing

Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports


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...

Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment


Graham Bensinger

He retired from the game just before the Steroid Era came to light. While he previously denied illegal performance enhancing drug use, those denials stopped when under penalty of perjury.

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Should Resign After Making Mockery of MLB Anti-Doping

Brian Ross | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment


Brian Ross

Selig is making a mockery of the rule book used for more than a century, in my opinion. The tug of war between the union and ownership is the primary concern for him. The game is getting lost.

Pettitte's Monumental Occasion Lost in Imperfection

Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


Eugene Michael Santiago

I am willing to bet any Yankees fan worth a pint of pinstripe blood would want Andy Pettitte on the mound in a do or die start situation with the current rotation.

9 Ways for Red Sox Parents to Explain David Ortiz and His PEDs

Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy


Patrick Sauer

There's been a lot of "teachable moments" in Beantown this week and the revelation that Ortiz's name is on a list of players that was meant to be confidential with anonymous testing shouldn't be wasted.

Extreme Exercise, Extreme Mistake?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


Arthur Rosenfeld

Many years ago, my kung fu master warned me that I was over-training. "I show you something and you practice it 5,000 times," he said. I swelled with pride at my teacher's comment, figuring it was a sign he recognized how tough I was, and how dedicated and disciplined too. It took me a long time to realize that his remarks were actually a call to moderation.

This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

A Note on George Carlin about Steroids and Sports from a Practical Idealist

Carol Smaldino | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Carol Smaldino

Battle and competition have become not only endemic to the sports of our times but to how we see the world and how we teach our children.

Severance Packages and Steroids

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

It is really not complicated: cheating is wrong. But more importantly, once you get caught there are negative consequences.

Attention Athletes: Eat Your Vegetables

Rip Esselstyn | Posted 04.01.2009 | Living


Rip Esselstyn

The secret to hitting fifty home runs, to stealing a hundred bases, to pitching a perfect game, doesn't involve needles or pills -- the secret's in the produce section.

Clubhouse Chorale: "Steroids, The Breakfast of (Cheating) Champions"

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.15.2009 | Living


Rick Horowitz

Steroids...will make you so strong,/ Steroids...will help you last long,/ Steroids...they'll do you no wrong,/ And as easy to swallow as to sing this song.

New Formula Adjusts Historical Baseball Stats for Drug Inflation; Boosts Ruth's HR Total to 1,030

The Sportsman's Daily | Posted 03.14.2009 | Comedy


The Sportsman's Daily

Next Monday, two professors from the University of Chicago will hold a press conference to announce an explosive new paper.

Lance Armstrong's Trainer Speaks

Graham Bensinger | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment


Graham Bensinger

Chris Carmichael: Well, let me tell you. Lance is not going back to the Tour de France to finish second. It's obviously a very big challenge and he recognizes that, but his standard is winning.

The Tour de Juice

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

Cyclists are drawn to EPO and other substances almost as a matter of survival. The Tour has responded with serious testing and disqualifications mid-race. Should we condone the use of the "juice?"

Riccardo Ricco Out Of The Tour De France After Doping Scandal

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


NARBONNE, France — With the competition reduced to an afterthought, the Tour de France was rocked by another drug bust Thursday that left cyclin...

What Does Floyd Landis Owe Oscar Pereiro?

Dave Hollander | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment


Dave Hollander

Floyd Landis would be the first cyclist to forfeit a Tour title because of doping. It would also be the first time in the 105-year history of the race that a winner has been stripped of the title.

Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' Trainer, Brings 7-Years-Old Bloody Syringes And Vials To Congressional Hearing

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Congress's sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal ...

Roger Clemens Arrives At Congress For Steroid Testimony

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Roger Clemens arrived to give private, sworn testimony Tuesday to congressional lawyers about whether he used performance-enhancing drugs, pausing br...

New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte Meets With Congress To Discuss Steroid Use

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — Not one of Roger Clemens' flat-out denials about using steroids or human growth hormone was delivered while he spoke under oath. No...

Massive Failure Of Journalists Allowed Steroid Culture To Fester

NY Daily News | STEVE KETTMANN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Maybe I was just paying more attention than others as an age-group swimmer in California at the time, but I can recall being wowed by the guts U.S. sw...

Roger Clemens: Trainer Only Injected Me With Legal Drugs

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts rele...

Roger Clemens Posts Video Denying Steroid Use, Agrees To "60 Minutes" Interview

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Roger Clemens posted a video repeating his denials of steroids use and will interview with "60 Minutes" to answer questions about allegations against ...

Schilling: Clemens Should Prove Innocence Or Give Up Awards

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has called on Roger Clemens to give up four of his Cy Young Awards if he cannot clear his name after allegations...