We’ve learned a few things from the Congressional hearings on Roger Clemens and anabolic steroids. Roger Clemens is not very smart. And his attorney Rusty Hardin is an idiot. From the very beginning, I thought that Hardin should be fired. Hardin allows Clemens to wait several days before responding to allegations of steroid and growth […]
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Congress Shows Partisan Support in Roger Clemens Steroid Debate
Several commentators noted the partisan debate at the Roger Clemens versus Brian McNamee Congressional steroid hearings. Republicans supported Clemens; Democrats supported McNamee. After reading the transcripts, I agree. Mike Fish of ESPN noted: Committee members from the Republican side of the aisle at times fawned over the seven-time Cy Young Award winner and tore into […]
Seattle Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Dealing Steroids
Howard Levine, M.D. of Northwest Lifestyle Medicine was sentenced to almost two years in prison for dealing anabolic steroids out of his Seattle medical office. According to court documents, Levine sold approximately FIFTY – 10mL vials of anabolic steroids (including nandrolone decanoate, stanozolol, testosterone enanthate, trenbolone acetate as well as oxymetholone tablets, human growth hormone, […]
How Worldwide (BJBowden) Was Busted
Did you ever wonder how an internet source gets busted? It’s often a textbook process by the feds in many cases. Most sources are not particularly sophisticated. And you usually have a couple of low level sources and partners who flip the bigger internet source. These guys are richly rewarded by our criminal justice system. […]
“The Priest” Allowed Feds to Use His Online Identity
Jeff Beaty aka “The Priest” pleaded guilty on Friday, February 15, 2008 to the charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids. Beaty was arrested and indicted as part of Operation Raw Deal. Newspapers have identified Jeff Beaty of Nashville, Tennessee as an MMA fighter. He trained at Nashville MMA. His […]
More Important Things for Congress to Do Than Investigate Steroids in Baseball
The DailyKos chastised Representative Henry Waxman for wasting time (and taxpayer money) investigating anabolic steroids in baseball. Since Congress is having a difficult time determining our nation’s priorities, Kos offered a list of “100 things Congress could do that matter more than steroids in baseball.” This could have have just as easily been a list […]
Targets of the Federal Steroid Investigation in Texas
Federal authorities have shifted significant resources to investigation of steroid trafficking within the United States and internationally. Given the prevalence of steroid use in professional bodybuilding, many observers felt it was only a matter of time before the federal investigations reached the sport of bodybuilding. When David Jacobs was arrested in May 2007 on steroid […]
Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi Returns to Japan After Revocation of Travel Visa
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi recently had all felony steroid possession and distribution charges against him dismissed; he pleaded guilty to only a misdemeanor count of possession of Viagra without a prescription. Nonetheless, this was enough to result in the revocation of his O-1 travel visa granted to foreign athletes who have extraordinary ability and […]
UGL TexStar Labs and Phalco Labs Plead Guilty to Steroid Distribution
Kenneth Herbert, one of the principals behind the anabolic steroid underground labs TexStar Labs, Phalco Labs and Nassau Pharmaceuticals, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and has agreed to cooperate with federal authorities. In exchange, prosecutors will drop 28 other counts listed in the federal […]
Steroid Dealer Gets Probation for Helping Feds Catch Steroid Users
Kirk Radomski, steroid dealer to professional baseball players, avoided jail time when he received 5 years probation. He pleaded guilty to distributing anabolic steroids and money laundering charges in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. He cooperated closely with federal prosecutors, particularly with investigators involved with the Mitchell Report, in naming almost 30 current and […]