DESPRES STILL DISMAYED OVER SUSPENSION
Serge Despres cannot hide his dismay over the suspension that was ruled by the Canadian Centr for Ethics in Sports for having detected nandrolone in his urine during a routine blood test in 2008. The bobsleigh pilot who competed in Turin, Italy in the 2006 Winter Olympics said the decision was unfair and he felt [...]
MARTIN’S AUTOPSY TO BE RELEASED SOON; MCMAHON SHOULD PREPARE
Wrestler Andrew “The Test” Martin’s death rocked the World Wrestling Entertainment on March 13,2009 when his body was found lifeless in his apartment in Tampa Bay, Florida. In a week or two his autopsy will be released and Vince McMahon will have his hands full, of the media that is. If Martin’s autopsy proves that [...]
GATLIN AIMS TO PROVE HIMSELF AMID TALKS OF STEROID USE
Track and field star Justin Gatlin is back on the tracks preparing for another shot at his career after being suspended for four years after being tested positive on steroids in 2006. The 27-year-old sprinter said that prior to the testing steroid cream was applied on him by a masseuse as an act of vengeance. [...]
SURVEY REVEALS FRENCH ATHLETES USING STEROIDS
Reports released by the French Anti-Doping Agency confirms strains of steroids in hair samples taken from 138 athletes. 22 of them were tested positive. Sports officials sounded the alarm that use of performance enhancing drugs had permeated even their stringent measures of regulating the use of the drug. Dr. Pierre Rochcongar said he was shocked [...]
HELLING BECOMES MLBPA SPECIAL ASSISTANT
Fehr hires a special assistant to represent the Major League Baseball Players’ Association and he sees Rick Helling to be the best man for the post. Helling’s professional career was spent with the Texas Rangers. His career was not particularly outstanding, he scored innings alright but he was not at par with baseball stars like [...]
LANSLEY SIMON PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIMINAL CHARGES
Lansley Simon, boyfriend of Melbourne celebrity lawyer, Zarah Garde-Wilson, pleads guilty to the criminal charges for spraying Versace handbags in its shop in Crown Casino. It was caused by an argument he had with the staff over a repair of a Versace suit. Simon is also charged with possession of steroid vials in his apartment [...]
WADA SAYS DRUG TESTS REMAIN INFALLIBLE
World Anti-Doping Agency said that the gene variation discovered to possibly effect the absorption of testosterone in the urine will not affect the results of the drug tests conducted in the Olympics to find out if the athletes were using steroids. The gene variation, UGT2B17, varies the testosterone and epi-testosterone (t/e) in urine samples depending [...]
BUTKUS “I PLAY CLEAN” CAMPAIGN AGAINST STEROIDS
Dick Butkus can’t stand sports and steroids to mentioned in the same breath. He says it disgusts him. In the midst of the steroid controversy in the Major leagues he took the initiative of starting the campaign to clean up sports of the performance enhancing drug. His campaign “I Play Clean” targets high-school students. Especially [...]
STEROID PARAPHERNALIA MIGHT INDICT CLEMENS OF PERJURY
Performance enhancing drug paraphernalia was said to have been tested positive for Roger Clemens DNA. This was the report released by the authorities that strengthens trainer, Brian McNamee’s, allegations that Clemens, together with his teammates, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, had been using steroids.
If the evidence would stand in court, the DA can charge Clemens [...]
SELIG CONTINUES TO JUSTIFY HIS ACTIONS
Or lack of them over the use of performance enhancing drugs in the MLB. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bob Selig is still making excuses for the steroid issue go out of hand. It has also dismayed those in the baseball community that it is the players who bring in the trophies that take the blame [...]