There’s a great article in the Washington Post about the latest round of Congressional hearings on the steroids in baseball issue. It is written by the guys at Reason website and is critical of Congress’ interference in the business of a private sports league. The uncomfortable truth is that illegally obtained muscle-rebuilding treatments exist on a […]
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Steroids in Baseball Facts and Assumptions
Matt Welch of the Reason blog tells us about a new steroids in baseball website that critically examines assumptions, particularly those in the Mitchell Report, about steroids and performance-enhancing drugs as they related to Major League Baseball. Eric Walker’s stated goal behind the website: The purpose of these pages is to methodically dissect those claims […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Bigger Stronger Faster”
Unfortunately, Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to be interviewed by director Christopher Bell for his steroid documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster*.” But “Bigger Stronger Faster” nonetheless has some great scenes featuring Arnold. I had the opportunity to ask Chris Bell about Arnold Schwarzenegger in a recent interview: Arnold is an American hero. He’s a great success story. He […]
Movie Posters for Steroid Documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster”
I’ve been staying in touch with director Chris Bell since I first learned he was making a steroid documentary. I have talked to several of the “stars” of the movie such as William Llewellyn, Rick Collins, and John Romano regarding their interviews and their appearances in “Bigger Stronger Faster.” I have interviewed Chris about the steroid documentary […]
Sylvester Stallone Explains Therapeutic Benefits of Growth Hormone
Sylvester Stallone appeared on the Today Show with Matt Lauer last Friday to promote his new movie, Rambo. Matt Lauer asked Stallone if he used growth hormone to “pump up”. Stallone proceeded to explain that growth hormone was in a completely different category of drugs than anabolic steroids. This is self-apparent to most readers of […]
Rep. Henry Waxman in Steroid Documentary ‘Bigger Stronger Faster”
I interviewed the Chris Bell, the director of “Bigger Stronger Faster” on the eve of the world premiere of his acclaimed steroid documentary last night at the Sundance Film Festival. There are a lot of interesting comments about anabolic steroids. But I thought readers of the Steroid Report would be particularly interested in Chris’ observations […]
World Premiere of Steroid Documentary “Bigger, Stronger, Faster”
Last night was the world premiere of Christopher Bell’s steroid documentary, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster – Is It Still Cheating if Everyone is Doing it?” at the Sundance Film Festival. I hope it wins the prize. It features dozens of people, both pro-steroid and anti-steroid, including Rick Collins, William Llewellyn, and John Romano. I just interviewed […]
Let’s Accept Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Competitive Sports
This is the best and most convincing argument that I’ve ever seen as to why “we should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Those advocating the position that anabolic steroids, growth hormone, etc. should be permitted in sports were: Radley Balko – senior editor and investigative journalist for Reason magazine, Norman Fost, M.D., M.P.H. – […]
Permitting Anabolic Steroids in Competitive Sports
Wow! This is the most impressive panel of intellectuals arguing that performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids and growth hormone, should be accepted in professional sports. An Oxford-style debate presented by Intelligence Squared US and sponsored by the Rosenkranz Foundation debated the motion, “We should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Panelists for the debate […]
Athletes Using Steroids and Amphetamines for Legitimate Medical Conditions
I’ve written a lot about the loophole of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) that allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, growth hormone, amphetamines, etc. for a competitive advantage. I used the 2006 Tour de France as a prime example, where 60% of drug-tested riders had a TUE for some banned substance. The […]