The regular denials by athletes accused of using anabolic steroids and growth hormone has become relatively commonplace and quite boring. So, I didn’t expect much from Mike Wallace’s 60 Minutes interview of baseball player Roger Clemens (who was accused by trainer Brian McNamee of using testosterone and growth hormone in the Mitchell Report). But I […]
Roger Clemens Will Be Crucified in the Media
The Roger Clemens interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes will turn out to be a disaster for Clemens. Attorney Rusty Hardin should be fired for advising him and speaking out for him in the press. Hardin told the press recently that Clemens received multiple injections throughout his career. He even compared the use of, […]
ResearchLabSupply.com to Plead Guilty to Distribution of Drug Paraphernalia
Byron Parker, owner of ResearchLabSupply.com, entered a plea agreement in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode Island on December 27, 2007. He has agreed to plea guilty to distribution of drug paraphernalia “which were primarily designed and intended to be used in the converting, preparing, injecting, and ingesting of anabolic steroids, Schedule III controlled substances” […]
Paypal on Steroids
Paypal has been placing temporary and permanent account limitations on “steroid information websites” who Paypal determines are in violation of their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). “Account limitations” is a euphemistic way of saying that you no longer have access to your money in Paypal. The Paypal service may not be used for activities that, among […]
“Got Milk?” Steroids in Baseball Parody
The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), better known as the producers of the “Got Milk?” campaigns, has decided to re-release two of the five “Got Milk?” spoofs of the steroids in baseball scandal. This was timed to take advantage of the heightened media coverage and public awareness resulting from the recent allegations of steroid use […]
Victor Conte, BALCO and Contextual Ads
If anyone thinks that the federal government, the anti-doping authorities, and the media have made an example out of the person who many consider to be architect of the largest anabolic steroid scandal in sports history, think again. Victor Conte (owner of BALCO) bought a new silver Bentley Continental GT this year, his SNAC business […]
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi Arrested
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after arriving from Narita Airport (Tokyo) on December 8, 2007. Hide recently spent five weeks in his home country of Japan. He is currently being held at the North County Correctional Facility in Saugus, California […]
Congress Wants to Add Growth Hormone and DHEA to Controlled Substance Act
As expected, Congress’ kneejerk reaction to the spectacle of drugs in sports is to have more hearings, introduce more legislation, spend more money enforcing additional civil and criminal penalties for sale and possession of performance-enhancing drugs. The reliable anti-steroid warriors Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] and Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] have introduced bills to […]
Steroid News Stories and Contextual Ads
Google has made millions of dollars from companies selling steroids through Google’s contextual ad service. But Google was assisted by mainstream news outlets like NYTimes.com and CNN.com who displayed the ads offering “steroids for sale.” Michael Arrington recently commented on this at TechCrunch: The problem with automated advertising on news sites has always been the […]
“Therapeutic Use Exemption” Loophole
Major League Baseball claimed, in the Mitchell Report, that they have not issued “therapeutic use exemptions” (TUE) for growth hormone (GH). The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) describes these medical exemptions as follows: Athletes, like all others, may have illnesses or conditions that require them to take particular medications. If the medication an athlete is required […]