Shot-putter Carl Fletcher has received a suspension of four years after being convicted of trafficking anabolic steroids by UK Anti-Doping.
Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in prison at Liverpool crown court for drug offences including the supply of a number of anabolic steroids, including testosterone, human growth hormone, and Trenbolone, all of which are banned [...]
A few suspected steroid users, including Rafael Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez, are on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. They will be joining Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, both having fallen just short in last year’s vote.
Former Most Valuable Players Jeff Bagwell and Larry Walker, and former Rookies [...]
Anthony Forgione, a former police officer who was implicated in an Albany-based investigation of steroid trafficking, has pleaded guilty to a 15-count federal indictment for similar crimes.
The ex-cop faces a maximum potential sentence of life in prison for his guilty plea last Friday in U.S. District Court in Palm Beach County, Fla.
From Timesunion.com:
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Sylvester Stallone, the 60-year-old American actor, has been charged with importing banned human growth hormone (HGH) vials into Australia.
The Hollywood had been in the country to promote his latest film, Rocky Balboa.
From Guardian.co.uk:
Lawyers for Stallone represented him in a Sydney court today, where prosecution documents allege that he had marked “no” on a customs [...]
Attorney General Paula Dow was called on by the deputy speaker of the Assembly for investigating the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone among the law enforcement officers and firefighters of New Jersey.
Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex), citing the findings of seven-month investigation by The Star-Ledger, asked the attorney general to explore if criminal [...]
The name of Rick Ankiel, the outfielder of St. Louis Cardinals, has been added to the list of athletes associated with a Florida-based investigation into steroids.
Rob Manfred, Baseball’s executive vice president of labor relations, hesitated to go into the details of involvement of Ankiel but said it will be looked after.
From [...]
Charlie Samuels, longtime clubhouse manager of the Mets, has been handed over a suspension after the team found out about his links with law-enforcement investigation into illegal gambling. The finding was revealed by a lawyer briefed on the matter and a law-enforcement official.
Samuels had been suspended indefinitely without pay, according to [...]
Eighty nine 89 Major League Baseball players, including Roger Clemens were linked with the use of performance enhancing drugs by a report by former senator George J Mitchell.
The report used informant testimony and supporting documents to provide a richly detailed portrait of what Mr. Mitchell described as “baseball’s steroids era.”
From NYTimes.com:
Mr. Clemens, a [...]
The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, recently said that he is in favor of expanding the regular NFL season to 17 or 18 games over the next few years. This means that every team will get a chance to get an extra home game and they will also be playing one more [...]
Lance Armstrong, champion cyclist, was accused by Floyd Landis, the former team-mate, of using performance boosting drugs.
In an email sent to Stephen Johnson, the president of USA Cycling, Landis alleged that Johan Bruyneel, Armstrong’s team director since 1999, told him about ways of using steroid patches, human growth hormone, and blood [...]