Unattributed article circulating on the Internet: The current approach of the international agency responsible for fighting the use of drugs in sport will drive innocent athletes out of the Olympic Games, according to an article in the new International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching edited by Dr Simon Jenkins from the University of Bath….
Is there a burgeoning epidemic of little girls taking steroids to tone up? The Associated Press says there is, but the truth may surprise you. Read the papers and you’d think that there’s a massive army of juiced-up prepubescent girls terrorizing the playgrounds of America. We can credit Associated Press (AP) reporter Linda A. Johnson…
By the time the torch was extinguished and the dust of Athens had settled at the end of the summer Olympics, a total of 24 athletes had been thrown out of the Games for cheating by the use of performance-enhancing drugs, double the previous record of 12 from the Los Angeles Games in 1984. And…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 26, 2005 – Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the Commerce, Trade & Consumer Protection Subcommittee, today outlined his new bill entitled the Drug Free Sports Act. In a press release yesterday, he stated that young athletes emulate their role models in professional sports, including steroid usage, and called for stronger anti-doping standards…
