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Jay McGwire – The Seed of Steroids in Baseball?

Published: January 22, 2009

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Jay McGwire, the younger brother of former slugger Mark, is whoring his sordid tome to any and all takers. The former bodybuilder, who is estranged from his brother, has been hawking “The McGwire Family Secret: The Truth About Steroids, a Slugger and Ultimate Redemption,” to publishing companies looking for a quick payday while hiding behind [...]

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Patrick Arnold – Victim of Feds/Baseball Alliance

Published: January 20, 2009

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Over the years, there have been strange bedfellows. The latest is Major League Baseball and the federal government. Whatever Bud Selig wants, he gets with immediate results. Only a few weeks after Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero claimed that his positive test was caused by using 6-OXO, DEA agents raided the Ergopharm offices. The supplement company [...]

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HGH Urine Test Almost a Reality

Published: August 8, 2008

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Drug Screening Could Pose Problems to Users A Virginia research company may become the thorn in the side of athletes that have been using human growth hormone and getting away with it. Due to the heavy drug testing for performance-enhancing drugs, anabolic steroids have become virtually impossible to use. Many have turned to HGH, which [...]

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Pettitte Losing Focus as Clemens Trial Looms

Published: July 6, 2008

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Inconsistency Plagues Pitcher as Yanks Need Ace At the start of the 2008 baseball season, Andy Pettitte seemed to be pitching with his mind elsewhere. Although his numbers weren’t all bad, the inconsistency that was rarely a part of his game seemed to be the only thing consistent during April and May and the beginning [...]

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Expect Steroid Ban in Horse Racing

Published: June 20, 2008

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Hearings on Capitol Hill Should Hasten Rule Across the Board by 2009 By next year, horse racing will become just another sport with a ban on anabolic steroids. During the Congressional hearings on Thursday, a common theme was that everyone was in agreement that the ban should take place. According to Jockey Club President Alan [...]

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Come Clean, Roger… Even If You Aren’t

Published: May 27, 2008

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More Reasons To Show Clemens Used PEDs and Lied About It Sergeant Joe Friday would implore “All we want are the facts, ma’am,” in what seemed to be nearly every episode of “Dragnet.” That is precisely what we all want in the Roger Clemens steroids scandal. While there may never be that proverbial ‘smoking gun’ [...]

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