[Aug 05 2006]
Pensacola's Justin Gatlin is racing to clear his name from shame
Pensacola's Justin Gatlin is racing to clear his name from shame, By: Reginald T. Dogan August 3, 2006 After years of reporting on and writing about the rise and fall of all kinds of people and places great and small, I'd become desensitized to things tha...
[Aug 05 2006]
Lincicome: To tell the truth? Outlandish excuses rule
Lincicome: To tell the truth? Outlandish excuses rule August 4, 2006 It is assumed that sports will get better drugs; what it really needs is better excuses. My all-time favorite drug excuse has to be, not from Floyd Landis who has tried several already, ...
[Aug 05 2006]
NFL message: Stay away from steroids
NFL message: Stay away from steroids, By: Jim ThomasAugust 5, 2006 CANTON - Pro Football Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz said one of his friends once had a hard time convincing a group of guys that Muñoz was not on performance-enhancing drugs. “I busted it in...
[Aug 05 2006]
Masseur denies rubbing steroid cream on Gatlin
Masseur denies rubbing steroid cream on Gatlin 08/02/06PORTLAND, Ore. -- A massage therapist drawn into the Justin Gatlin doping scandal denied an accusation that he rubbed testosterone cream on the sprinter's body to trip a positive drug test. Gatlin's c...
[Aug 01 2006]
Steroids news cycle keeps spinning
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Steroids news cycle keeps spinningJuly 30, 2006 What? You mean the winner of the Tour de France -- a guy who came out of nowhere to stun the field -- is being accused of doping?What's next? Will somebody tell us figure-skating judges ha...
[Jul 31 2006]
Brackins May Have Failed Banned Substance Test
Brackins May Have Failed Banned Substance Test, By: Roy Cummings 07/31/06 LAKE BUENA VISTA - The decision to cut second-year receiver Larry Brackins may have been the result of more than a need to free up a roster spot.Brackins, drafted in the fifth round...
[Jul 31 2006]
100-metre record-holder Gatlin positive for steroids
100-metre record-holder Gatlin positive for steroidsJuly 29, 2006New York - US sprinter Justin Gatlin, the co-holder of the world record and world and Olympic champion in the 100 metres, announced Saturday that he has tested positive for steroids. He said...
[Jul 31 2006]
Why I now loathe this sporting life
Why I now loathe this sporting life, By: Geoffrey WheatcroftBungs, drugs and wholesale cheating are now the norm in all major sports, leaving true fans in despair July 30, 2006'Say it ain't so, Joe.' When the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the...
[Jul 31 2006]
Steroid scandal hangs over '07 Hall ballot
Steroid scandal hangs over '07 Hall ballot July 31, 2006, USA TODAY COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. — Bruce Sutter, the newest addition to baseball's Hall of Fame, refused to pass judgment Sunday on players who'll be on next year's ballot and are tied to the steroid s...
[Jul 29 2006]
Landis' Medical Condition Often Linked to Steroid Use
Landis' Medical Condition Often Linked to Steroid Use, By Joy VictoryJuly 27, 2006Earlier today, Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was suspended from his cycling team after he tested positive for an unusually high amount of testosterone/epitestosterone i...