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February 27, 2008
Al Sharpton Weighs In On The Issues
Al Sharpton Weighs in on the issues - February 27, 2008 Baseball Cards or Race Cards? I ve been waiting to write this particular Injected piece for a long time. Actually, ever since Barry Bonds got indicted, I was waiting for someone to bring this up preferably not Bonds himself, because he s been crying about it ever since he got his first 7-figure...
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February 22, 2008
Cheerleader on Steroids
I knew it was only a matter of time before it happened. Actually, I knew it was happening, but really I'm talking about it becoming a news story. It's pretty simple math really.
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January 29, 2008
THE NEW YORK TIMES CURSE
Look... I'm not superstitious... but I think the NY Times is cursed - well, if you're a bodybuilder, anyway.
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January 24, 2008
UNSPOKEN RULES
It's difficult to enforce rules on people who don't want them in the first place. Trying to keep steroids out of sports is proving to be no exception.
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January 23, 2008
ADDING ASTERISKS
Steroid.com JANUARY 23, 2008 ADDING ASTERISKS * This record has been deleted due to cheating. So we stripped Ben Johnson and Marion Jones of their medals because they tested positive for anabolic steroids. Naturally, you have to take away someone s medal if they cheat, right? Certainly you have to take away someone s accolades if they cheat, right? It s a given that...
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January 21, 2008
MARION JONES - 6 MONTHS FOR LYING?
Steroid.com JANUARY 21, 2008 MARION JONES... Six months for lying??? Alright we ve all lied in our lives. If you say you haven t then just add that to the list of lies you ve already told. But for most of us, we don t have to go to jail for any of those lies (unless you ve been lying to the IRS). Marion...
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January 18, 2008
Steroid.com interviews Dr. Charles Yesalis
Steroid.com JANUARY 18, 2008 STEROID.COM INTERVIEWS... Anthony Roberts interviews Dr. Charles Yesalis I saw Mark MacGwire hit his record setting home run in my friend s apartment. That is, the home run was hit, and I was in my friend s apartment, not that Mark hit it while he was in my friends apartment. Mark MacGwire has never been, to my knowledge, in my...
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January 16, 2008
A FOSTIAN BARGAIN?
Steroid.com JANUARY 16, 2008 A FOSTIAN BARGAIN? Source of athletic advantages the problem for most The term faustian refers to a wider interpretation of the events of a story titled Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In part one of Goethe's Faust, the protagonist s pact with the devil allows him to have energy, life and youth unless he becomes so entranced by the...
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January 14, 2008
Anabolic steroids being used by actors, entertainers...
Newsflash – People other than athletes use anabolic steroids! Whoa! Stop the presses! This just in! Athletes aren't the only people who use anabolic steroids!
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January 11, 2008
BOOK REVIEW: JUICING THE GAME
Steroid.com JANUARY 11, 2008 BOOK REVIEW: JUICING THE GAME As you already know, part of my job here on steroid.com is to read everything that I can about anabolic steroids. This isn t limited to medical journal articles, but extends to periodicals (every day) and even books about steroids in specific sports. That s what brought me around to reading Juicing the Game ,...
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January 10, 2008
THE LAST ACTION HERO
Steroid.com JANUARY 10, 2008 THE LAST ACTION HERO... Despite claims to the contrary...he will not be back What s the last action movie you saw? If you re anything like the projected average demographic of steroid.com (and by this, I m talking about my own estimation), you re likely a male, under the age of 40 (the largest group of people researching anabolic steroids...
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January 9, 2008
STEROIDS IN MOVIES
Steroid.com JANUARY 9, 2008 STEROIDS IN MOVIES Hollywood's portrayal of steroids misleading Although we (I) like to blame the mainstream media for many of the misconceptions that exist about anabolic steroids, the truth is that it s not just the news organizations. A couple of weeks ago, this column (yes, the newly started Injected series) was referenced on Fox News, nationally. Naturally, I wasn...
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January 8, 2008
GENERATION GAP
Steroid.com JANUARY 8, 2008 GENERATION GAP No validity in comparing athletes over the decades One of the things that irks me is the comparison made between athletes from other generations with athletes with this generation. Specifically, the thing that irks me is that the comparison between athletes of yesteryear (I hate that word) and the athletes of today. What s really bothering me are...
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January 3, 2008
IMPLICATIONS OF OPERATION RAW DEAL
Steroid.com JANUARY 3, 2008 IMPLICATIONS OF OPERATION RAW DEAL A lack of steroid conversations is now apparent The dust is starting to settle on the largest steroid bust in United States history and now some very obvious trends are emerging. I can t comment on all of them, but I can comment on one of them that I find most disturbing. That trend naturally...
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December 26, 2007
STEROIDS ARE THE NEW TWENTY
Steroid.com DECEMBER 26, 2007 STEROIDS ARE THE NEW TWENTY The positives behind a decade of usage In case you didn t get the memo, today (I m writing this on Christmas Day, 2007) I turned 30. All day I ve been hearing that thirty is the new twenty and nonsense like that. I ve probably heard that nonsense from my friends as much as...
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December 20, 2007
OTHER DRUGS IN BASEBALL
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com OTHER DRUGS IN BASEBALL DECEMBER 20, 2007 It's terribly disappointing to have faith in someone as a role model and have them turn out to be tainted. -Gladys Roost, 80, Dodger fan It is a damn shame that these guys can't depend on their talent to see them through. -Shirley Murphy, 33, Orioles Fan Making that kind of money, they...
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December 19, 2007
Steroid Testing in Texas High Schools
Steroid.com DECEMBER 6, 2007 STEROID.COM GETS PROACTIVE Steroid testing in Texas high schools For anyone who is unaware, I recently moved from Long Island, New York- where I had been living at the military academy that I was employed as a coach, to Houston, Texas. This move was initially meant to be a vacation, but while I was vacationing here, steroid.com offered me full...
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December 19, 2007
The Myth of Steroid Drug Testing
Steroid.com DECEMBER 7, 2007 THE MYTHS OF STEROID DRUG TESTING, SANTA CLAUSE AND THE EASTER BUNNY Texas putting money into wrong priority with steroid drug testing By my estimation, people fall into one of two categories, which is displayed by their response to learning that there is no Santa Clause: 1. The type that says yeah, I suspected that 2. The type who says...
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December 19, 2007
Operation Raw Deal Examined
Steroid.com DECEMBER 12, 2007 G's up, Bro's down Operation Raw Deal examined During the Depression, a peculiar breed of movies became very popular the gangster movie. They glorified a life that was unattainable to most people, and ergo, were very sexy to the average person. The gangster typically operated outside the confines of the law, and as a reward for his actions usually lived...
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December 19, 2007
THE MITCHELL REPORT COVERAGE
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE MITCHELL REPORT Check back for future updates Steroid.com JANUARY 25, 2008 One thing that I have questioned ever since the Mitchell Report came out was the fact that the authorities seemed to ONLY have gone DOWN the food chain. I mean usually, when a drug dealer of any sort is caught, they ask who he was getting his supply from...
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December 19, 2007
PART 1 - THE MITCHELL REPORT
THE MITCHELL REPORT By Anthony Roberts Senior Editor, Steroid.com PART 1 DECEMBER 14, 2007 Yesterday at 2pm EST, the entire country was treated to a report on performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball called the Mitchell Report. While that report was being released to the public via a press conference, we here at Steroid.com were downloading the full 400-page version and printing it...
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December 19, 2007
THE FIVE W'S OF THE MITCHELL REPORT...
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com THE FIVE W'S OF THE MITCHELL REPORT... DECEMBER 17, 2007 By now, I m sure you ve seen the Mitchell Report being reported on by every major news outlet. And 100% of the time, it follows a pretty simple formula the one they teach you in every journalism class in the country. In high school, I was on the school...
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December 19, 2007
MITCHELL REPORT: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS DECEMBER 18, 2007 Usually, when I see experts on television answering questions about anabolic steroids, I feel like I m watching a contestant go through the first round of questions on Who Wants to be a Millionaire . You probably know what I m talking about the questions, which typically go something like this: For one...
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December 19, 2007
I DIDN'T INHALE - AND OTHER TALL TALES OF DRUG USE
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com I DIDN'T INHALE - AND OTHER TALL TALES OF DRUG USE DECEMBER 19, 2007 Now that the Mitchell Report has been released to the public, and names have been named we have a pretty good idea of who has bought steroids from Kirt Radomski. We also have records from compounding pharmacies and prescribing doctors, which only tells us that the...
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December 19, 2007
MITCHELL REPORT: CLEMENS ON THE OFFENSIVE
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com DECEMBER 27, 2007 CLEMENS ON THE OFFENSIVE MLB superstar hires team to clear his name New Jersey, in addition to being one of the top 5 states in the nation for illegal steroid use, is also the number one state for diners both per capita as well as per square mile. If you re from New Jersey you ve spent...
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December 19, 2007
THE OTHER MITCHELL REPORT
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com JANUARY 2, 2008 THE OTHER MITCHELL REPORT I m constantly amazed at how things are taken totally out of context. As an example, the first time I d ever heard of George Mitchell was when the Mitchell Report came out. Granted, he was a Senator previously, but I can t actually name many Senators (can you?), nor too many Congressmen...
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December 19, 2007
Roger Clemens and Congress
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com JANUARY 7, 2008 CLEMENS AND CONGRESS I have a confession to make and it s actually a little bit embarrassing. I ve never actually watched an entire baseball game; in fact, even though the only baseball team I like is the New York Yankees (because I grew up in New Jersey, a state without a team per se), the only...
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December 19, 2007
THE MITCHELL REPORT AND CONGRESS
THE MITCHELL REPORT Steroid.com JANUARY 15, 2008 THE MITCHELL REPORT CONGRESS No arrests, no indictments? With all of the evidence against various baseball players, I can t imagine why the average person isn t asking themselves why have there been no arrests? . One theory is that the Department of Justice didn't prosecute players because the evidence against them was incredibly weak. That theory,...
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December 19, 2007
THE MITCHELL REPORT: MITCHELL'S LADDER
There's plenty of blame and arrests to go around on this one... but it's not going to go anywhere near where they should.
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December 11, 2007
Devil Without a Clause
Steroid.com DECEMBER 11, 2007 DEVIL WITHOUT A CLAUSE Testosterone and lifespan I ve always thought that the idea of selling your soul to the devil was an interesting idea in theory. Two separate guitar players (Jimi Hendrix as well as Robert Johnson) were rumored to have struck a pact with the devil, as well as several comic book characters- (notably Ghost Rider of Marvel...
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December 10, 2007
WHEN DOING THE RIGHT THING ISN'T
Steroid.com DECEMBER 10, 2007 WHEN DOING THE RIGHT THING ISN'T Jaksche nearing the end of his suspension from cycling Sports doping scandals can come in many different flavors in the Tour de France. They can be based on drug use (Floyd Landis) as well as based on no drug use (Lance Armstrong). In Floyd s case, the scandal was based on a positive doping...
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December 5, 2007
Steroids with Attitude
Steroid.com DECEMBER 5, 2007 STEROIDS WITH ATTITUDE Examining recent studies on steroid users attitudes towards physicians, the media, etc... There s a genre of movies which fall under the nobody-believes-me heading. I m thinking about movies like the recent Flight Plan movie with Jodie Foster (where nobody believes that she had her daughter with her on a plane) but also the older ones like...
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December 4, 2007
A Tragedy Unrelated to Steroids is Still a Tragedy
Steroid.com A TRAGEDY UNRELATED TO STEROIDS IS STILL A TRAGEDY... DECEMBER 4, 2007 There is a bar in New York City that I enjoy drinking at called McSorleys Ale House, which lays claim to being the country s oldest ale house. It s a real sawdust on the floor Irish ale house, where you can only buy ale (available in either light or dark...
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December 3, 2007
New Steroid on the Black Market
Steroid.com NEW STEROID ON THE BLACK MARKET A synthesis of Anavar and Trenbolone is it possible? DECEMBER 3, 2007 I m going to let you in on a HUGE secret, ok? But you have to promise that if you keep reading, you ll read the whole article, alright? There s a new steroid on the black market. It s a synthesis of Trenbolone and...
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November 30, 2007
The Anabolic Steroid Control Act defined...
Steroid.com THE ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT DEFINED... NOVEMBER 30, 2007 Yesterday I was going over a piece being written for steroid.com by one of our other authors. Yes, we employ authors other than me it would be a bit silly for me to be called a Senior Editor if there were nothing for me to seniorly edit, right? In any case, the word I...
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November 29, 2007
Employment Opportunities: Blackwater Security
Steroid.com EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: BLACKWATER SECURITY NOVEMBER 29, 2007 According to a lawsuit filed on Monday, a quarter of Blackwater security guards in Iraq use steroids and other judgment-altering substances. I don t know how steroids became judgment-altering substances necessarily, but this is what the lawsuit alleges. Blackwater denies the charges. More specifically, Blackwater denies that their employees, who are essentially paid to kill people...
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November 28, 2007
Book Review: Steroid Nation
Steroid.com BOOK REVIEW: STEROID NATION NOVEMBER 28, 2007 I have to admit I wanted to like this book. I still want to like this book. I m struggling to remember parts of it that I actually did like, and trying to weigh them against the parts I didn t like, and come out with an overall favorable opinion on the book. I really tried...
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November 27, 2007
New Steroid on the Market: Rhymes with "Libido"
Steroid.com NEW STEROID ON THE MARKET: RYMES WITH LIBIDO NOVEMBER 27, 2007 Alright, so there s a new steroid on the market. I think that the name is supposed to vaguely rhyme with libido but I m not totally sure. It would make sense, since it s an absurdly long acting version of Testosterone, which at the recommended dose only requires one shot every...
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November 26, 2007
STEROIDS AND THE CHRIS BENOIT TRAGEDY
Steroid.com STEROIDS AND THE CHRIS BENOIT TRAGEDY NOVEMBER 26, 2007 Steroids are one of those strange elements in a person s public life that have the ability to impact how virtually everyone perceives them. Oddly, it doesn t actually matter whether you take them or not. Here s what I mean: In the case of a guy like Barry Bonds, the fact that he...
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November 21, 2007
DIABETES: NOT JUST FOR WILFRED BRIMLEY ANY MORE...
Steroid.com DIABETES: NOT JUST FOR WILFRED BRIMLEY ANY MORE... NOVEMBER 21, 2007 When I first started my career, I was only interested in which anabolic steroids did what, and how they work. I was usually forced to be creative in my research, and try to fill in blanks that the medical/scientific community had left out. I wasn t interested in why they seemed to...
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November 20, 2007
John Cena's Least Favorite Letters: CNN
Steroid.com JOHN CENA'S LEAST FAVORITE LETTERS: CNN NOVEMBER 20, 2007 Ok I realize that technically, the title of this article doesn t make sense on many levels. Firstly, although CNN is three letters long, it actually only contains 2 letters (C and N). And I also realize that it s implausible that John Cena has either favorite or least favorite letters and further that...
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November 16, 2007
The Real Reason Barry Bonds Was Indicted
Steroid.com THE REAL REASON BARRY BONDS GOT INDICTED NOVEMBER 16, 2007 Barry Bonds was just indicted on several charges but really, the crime he s committed is that he s just a jerk. He did the same thing as several other Major League Baseball players (use anabolic steroids), but let s be honest he was a jerk about it. Technically, Bonds is charged with...
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