States test student athletes to curb steroids
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NEW PROVIDENCE, New Jersey  - Two U.S. states are initiating random testing this week to try to stop the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in high school sports.
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Members of the Coalition for Intercollegiate Athletics endorsed a wide-ranging reform proposal Friday that would protect time for classes by limiting sports seasons and fight academic fraud by monitoring student-athletes' courses and grades.
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Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA  and NHL will join forces with the United States Olympic  Committee (USOC) to combat the use of performance enhancing  drugs in sport.
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Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, a move that would pre-empt congressional intervention.
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New JerseyÂs groundbreaking program to randomly test high school athletes for performance-enhancing drugs is already drawing criticism as being inefficient and ineffective in preventing steroid use.
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Without a scientific test for H.G.H., players now can simply use it to enhance their performance rather than risk testing positive for steroids.
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Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, but there is still plenty of work to be done.
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Two more people linked to a nationwide investigation into the illegal sale of steroids were arraigned Tuesday on drug-related charges as a published report implicated more athletes, including the winner of the Ohio bodybuilding competition named for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Athletes were involved as customers of an illicit steroid distribution network that led authorities to raid two pharmacies in Orlando and arrest four company officials, a New York prosecutor said.
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Steroids have long been sold in gyms and locker rooms, through the mail and at weight-lifting competitions. It appears teenagers can now purchase them by browsing their favorite social-networking Web site.
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If Gov. Rick Perry approves a bill sent to him Monday, Texas public high school athletes would face mandatory random steroid testing.
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At virtually every racetrack in America and in the barns of some of the sportâs most successful trainers, there are horses who have been treated with anabolic steroids.
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When talking with high school or college athletes one of the reoccurring themes that tends to pop up is how they happen to have come from athletically minded families.
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Warnings to students about the dangers of steroid use should start in grade school, a panel commissioned by Congress and professional sports leagues is urging.
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DENVER -- Gov. Bill Owens weighed in Monday on steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, warning Colorado could enact its own rules for players visiting Coors Field.
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CONCORD, Mass. -- The Champions Tour will follow the PGA's policy on steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
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Major league baseball players agreed to a stricter policy for steroids and other drugs that will include more tests and tougher penalties.