Wide Range of Drugs Abused by Elite Athletes
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Steroids, stimulants, hormones, blood  boosters and even insulin have been combined in potentially  life-threatening cocktails by elite track athletes, according  to evidence collected by U.S. federal investigators.
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Barry Bonds and other players under suspicion of using performance enhancing drugs have been asked by Major League Baseball's lead steroids investigator to turn over medical records and submit to interviews.
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VICTOR CONTE, himself facing federal charges for selling steroids illegally, said today that doping was rife in elite sports from Olympic athletics to American football and baseball, specifically pointing the finger at US sprint stars Marion Jones and Tim
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The news is not so much shocking as sad. Surely, everyone whose eyes were open suspected that Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds had been using performance-enhancing drugs for many years.
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The list of major league baseball players linked to performance enhancing substances reads like a who's who. All-Stars and a repeated Cy Young winner are in the Mitchell report released today.
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The life of Matti Nykaenen, arguably the best ski jumper of all times, is primarily a tale of great sporting achievements, but also about ups and downs and then some more downs, as alcohol and violence ravage his existence.
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Years of ignoring or downplaying steroid use among athletes have come back to haunt baseball and Olympics officials. By STEVE WILSTEIN.
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Wade Wilson, the Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach, was suspended for five games by the N.F.L. yesterday for buying and using performance-enhancing substances.Wilson, a former N.F.L. quarterback, said he took the drugs to try to improve the quality of his life after living with diabetes for more than 20 years.Greg Aiello, a league spokesman, said Wilsonâs suspension and the suspension Friday of New England safety Rodney Harrison stemmed from an investigation by the Albany district attorneyâs office. Authorities there have been looking into an Internet ring involving performance-enhancing drugs; the case allegedly involving athletes from a number of sports.Aiello said a third N.F.L. person involved in the investigation was Dr. Richard Ryzde, one of the Pittsburgh Steelersâ doctors. He had earlier been fired by the team.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Victor Conte, the man at the centre of the biggest doping scandal to hit the sports world in years, says there are two new undetectable drugs that are currently being used by athletes.
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TURIN, Italy  - The discovery of a new, highly  sophisticated steroid designed to evade drug-testers is a  positive step in the war against doping in sport although more  illegal substances are sure to surface, says Olympic chief  Jacques Rogge.
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The ever-widening Balco scandal has sent new shockwaves through baseball, as it emerged that Barry Bonds, arguably the best player in the game, had used suspicious substances
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The West Coast had BALCO. Now the East Coast could be in the midst of its own steroid scandal. An illicit steroid distribution network, which may be responsible for Internet sales of performance-enhancing drugs nationwide, has been targeted by an upstate New York prosecutor. Customers reportedly included Los Angeles Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr., former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and former baseball star Jose Canseco.
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Even elite athletes find it tough to work out: a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma
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BEIJING -- In the fall, U.S. authorities announced a massive raid against underground suppliers of steroids, human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing drugs. Investigators had cast their net wide, arresting 124 people in 27 states.
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In an era when horse racing appears to be plagued by illegal drug use, when trainers regularly accomplish feats that defy logic, when bettors routinely factor &quot;juice&quot; into their handicapping
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Some of the biggest players in Major League Baseball, including Roger Clemens, were named in the Mitchell Report, a far-reaching investigation on performance-enhancing drugs believed to be threatening the credibility of one the most popular U.S. sports.
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It started with a missed drugs test and ended with a stripped gold medal. In between it was dominated by steroids, stimulants and diuretics.