Tagged with 'steroids'

Two-Stage Winner Tossed from Tour de France

Published: July 18, 2008

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Italy’s Ricco Claims EPO-Positive Test is Natural Three and counting. That’s what the Tour de France has become, and with Italy’s Ricardo Ricco being disqualified, doubt is hovering over every rider left. A winner of two previous stages, Ricco is the biggest name to be caught using performance-enhancing drugs this year. He was detained by [...]

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Another Tour de France Rider Derailed for Steroids

Published: July 17, 2008

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Spain’s Nevado Ousted After Positive EPO Test The people behind the Tour de France don’t play around. They are hell-bent on cleaning up the sport of cycling and have done a pretty good job of it this summer. Another competitor has been arrested and thrown out of the race following a positive test for performance-enhancing [...]

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Robby Robinson Still Waging War at 62

Published: July 14, 2008

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“The Black Prince” Throws Barbs at Arnold and Weider, Steroids in Bodybuilding and Baseball To be considered one of the pioneers and a legend in your sport is something that can never go away. Even if he never picked up a weight again, Robby Robinson would always be one of the elite bodybuilders of all [...]

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Beltran Booted from Tour de France for EPO

Published: July 12, 2008

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Cycling Anti-Doping Police Continue to Come Down on Steroids with Help from the Real Police Manuel Beltran of Spain not only has been disqualified from the Tour de France, he was physically removed by French police after testing positive for EPO, a performance-enhancing drug used for energy, endurance and recovery. Although unconfirmed, it was also [...]

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Josh Hamilton: Success Without Steroids

Published: July 10, 2008

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Baseball’s Feel-Good Story is Clean in More Ways Than One If there ever was a perfect ‘back from the dead’ story, it occurred last summer. An outfielder that was out of baseball and presumed finished lit up the sky with a miraculous comeback and breathed life into himself and his team. There was nothing that [...]

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NFL Steroids Dealer: Murder-Suicide

Published: June 6, 2008

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M.E. Labels Investigation Dave Jacobs, the convicted steroids dealer who was giving NFL investigators names of players that he sold to, appears to have committed a murder-suicide, as opposed to foul play and a third party involved. Jacobs and his fiancee, Amanda Earhart-Savell, were found shot to death on Thursday. The Dallas County Medical Examiner [...]

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NFL Steroid Whistle-Blower Found Dead

Published: June 5, 2008

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Jacobs and Fiancee Shot at Home A 35 year-old Plano, Texas man and his 30 year-old fiancee were both found dead from apparent gunshot wounds Thursday morning by police after concerned relatives could not reach the couple. David Jacobs was scheduled to meet with NFL officials after agreeing to tell them which players he supplied [...]

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By George, the Numbers Don’t Add Up

Published: June 5, 2008

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Mitchell Report Sampling Can Go Either Way Perusing the telephone book commonly known as ‘The Mitchell Report,’ it is hard to say if the baseball players that allegedly used performance-enhancing drugs benefited or not. Going by the raw numbers, some did and some didn’t. Now keep in mind that the report included only the time [...]

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Setting the Bar

Published: June 2, 2008

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Muscle Mags from Yesteryear Paved the Way for Today’s Giants If you ever have the opportunity to purchase one of the vintage muscle magazines, I totally recommend doing so. If you search on eBay, it’s pretty easy to find them, and for the most part, they will be in good condition. For a complete list [...]

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Hot Stuff or Hot Air?

Published: May 30, 2008

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Supplement One of the Better, But Not Gear The rumors were running rampart back in 1990s. Did the guys making Hot Stuff put steroids in it to make it work? One of the stories was that the creator, Tom Ciola, included methyltestosterone (an inexpensive oral form of test) along with the smilax and yohimbe. We [...]

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