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BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 |
"We're as Good as the Bad Guys" Scientist Don Catlin says drug testing can be "just days" behind the people designing new performance enhancers for athletes. |
Outside July 2005 Brian Alexander |
The Awful Truth About Drugs in Sports Drug-testing expert Don Catlin is the doping detective who helped break the BALCO scandal wide open- and the man who's about to launch a radical new campaign to finally solve the problem of drugs in sports. |
Chemistry World February 8, 2010 Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
To catch a cheating athlete As the athletes take center stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition. |
Reason April 2007 Ronald Bailey |
Testing Your Strength The World Anti-Doping Agency is developing tests for a form of cheating that doesn't exist yet. The agency banned gene doping, the alteration of genes to enhance athletic performance. |
Chemistry World June 22, 2006 |
Ethicist Approves Performance Enhancing Drugs A leading ethicist has questioned the value of banning some of the sports drugs listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. It's a view rejected strenuously by former Olympian Linford Christie, who tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in 1999. |
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2009 Allen St. John |
Alex Rodriguez's Drug of Choice: A Close Look at Primobolan and Its Effects Since the shocking report of Alex Rodriguez using performance-enhancing drugs, there has been little of how he might have benefited. Here's a closer look at the drug that was discovered in A-Rod's urine samples. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
New drug test misses Olympic deadline A biomarker-based test has been developed to detect athletes that have used banned drugs long after the compounds themselves become undetectable - but it won't be approved in time for the Beijing Olympics. |
AskMen.com Jose Espinoza |
Only Drug Testing Can Save Boxing The sport needs a drug-testing regimen to save itself financially. "...the fight that was "supposed to save boxing" was canceled because both sides couldn't agree on a fair drug-testing schedule." |
Wired January 2007 Mark McClusky |
The Righteous Fury of Dick Pound As head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this man is on a crusade to rid elite sports of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's making a few enemies along the way. |
Outside November 2003 Stuart Stevens |
Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back. |
Sports Central November 29, 2011 Diane M. Grassi |
MLB's HGH Test More Smoke and Mirrors Major League Baseball's latest feat of extended "labor peace" with the Major League Players Association was reached on November 22, 2011. |
Chemistry World January 23, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Outwitting the doping cheats of the future Biochemists at the German Sport University in Cologne have developed an anti-doping test for a drug candidate in early development that may counteract muscle fatigue and potentially enhance athletic performance. |
Outside January 2010 Brian Alexander |
Good Cop, Bad Cop A growing number of critics contend that WADA, the international agency that oversees drug testing in sports, has become overzealous and arrogant, sometimes trampling the civil liberties of athletes in the process. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Steroid Excuses Athletes are known for their physical gifts and not their intellectual aptitude, which explains why there have been so many far-fetched steroid excuses over the years. These top 10 steroid excuses have been used by many athletes. |
Reason January 2003 Dayn Perry |
Pumped-Up Hysteria Forget the hype. Steroids aren't wrecking professional baseball. |
AskMen.com January 7, 2004 Steve Seepersaud |
Steroid Use In Sports If the guys around you are using supplements, the pressure is high to keep up with them. For pro athletes, high-profile jobs and very high incomes are at stake. |
Chemistry World July 2, 2012 Michael Stow |
Protecting the spirit of competition With the London 2012 Olympics now upon us, the issue of doping in sport is once more in the media spotlight. As new therapies emerge from the pharmaceutical industry, we must be vigilant for new doping threats and new and improved detection methods are continually investigated and developed. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Steroids 101 If you are considering taking steroids, you first have to decide if that's a risk worth taking. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Victor Conte Interview We caught up with Victor Conte, possibly the most infamous non-athlete associated with steroids, to find out if the next generation of athletes are destined to raise the bar by juicing, just as snowboarders and tennis players do by continuously getting improved equipment? |
Chemistry World March 8, 2007 Jessica Ebert |
How to Catch an Insulin-Doping Athlete A growing number of athletes reportedly take insulin to boost their performance illegally, but controlling insulin abuse has gone largely unchecked. Now, a urine test designed by German and Belgian scientists could be set to change all that. |
AskMen.com |
Steroids It is important to understand the dangers associated with steroid use -- dangers that not all men are aware of. |
Wired September 2000 Andrew Tilin |
Ready, Set, Mutate! International jock police should forget about controlling technology's impact on sports. It's the 21st century - let the augmentations begin. We've compiled a cutting-edge athlete's duffel of techno-enhanced clothing, equipment, and drugs that will help the world's athletes mine gold... |
AskMen.com Abraham Morgentaler |
5 Testosterone Myths Despite its unsavory associations, testosterone is a key hormone that has numerous important and beneficial functions in men. |
Outside July 2008 Michael Hall |
There Will Be Blood. Clean Blood. Team Slipstream thinks it can save cycling with a drug-testing program unlike anything else in sports. I wasn't so sure -- until I wound up living with their team captain at the Tour of California. Pass the remote. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2012 |
Chemistry and the Olympics Emma Davies looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic and Paralympic games |
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Baseball's worst-kept secret Now the worst-kept secret is out: Steroids have a firm footing in the game and they do enhance performance... |
Sports Central September 26, 2005 Chris Cornell |
Baseball's Big Embarrassment If those in charge of the sport don't change what is happening to their game in an appropriate manner, they will lose their fan base permanently. |
Sports Central February 10, 2005 Piet Van Leer |
Should Jose Canseco Be Believed? Yes, we've been here before with Canseco, and odds are if we buy enough books, he'll make other shocking claims in later editions. But should he be ignored? |
Fast Company November 2009 David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
AskMen.com James Fell |
Are Steroids Addictive? I recommend that you avoid them from a health perspective (as well as a legal one), but I won't condemn anyone who chooses to ignore this advice. |
Chemistry World July 2, 2012 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
It's not all about winning Our 'Chemistry and the Olympics' feature, looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic games, in particular in relation to the work of the anti-doping labs and the science behind sports drinks and swimsuits. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Jim Mueller |
3 Stocks to Play Biotech Three promising ideas for investing in this exciting area. |
Reason April 2009 Anderson & Jackson |
Putting Stars Behind Bars How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense? |
Sports Illustrated August 3, 2000 |
IOC to target EPO dopers ...the International Olympic Committee will conduct tests for the cutting-edge performance enhancer erythropoietin... |
Chemistry World February 23, 2006 Henry Nicholls |
Mind-Altering Drugs at the Olympics As further evidence of performance-enhancing drug use at the Winter Olympics in Turin emerges, researchers have unveiled the first study to quantify the psychological effects of taking recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on endurance athletes. |
Sports Illustrated March 9, 2001 Tim Layden |
Hunter's acquiescence smacks of guilt Track athletes need to do more to prove they are clean... |
Reason June 2005 Aaron Steinberg |
In Defense of Steroids Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice: A book review of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big, by Jose Canseco. |
AskMen.com October 4, 2000 Mark Simmons |
Olympic Drug Scandals Ah, the beautiful Olympic games: great athleticism, camaraderie and professionalism. But come every four years, the not-so-glamorous drugs also make their unwanted appearance... |
Sports Illustrated September 13, 2000 Frank Deford |
A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles. |
American Family Physician March 1, 2001 Dale M. Ahrendt |
Ergogenic Aids: Counseling the Athlete Numerous ergogenic aids that claim to enhance sports performance are used by amateur and professional athletes. If physicians can guide athletes away from disproven and dangerous supplements, while maintaining honest lines of communication, then serious health risks may be prevented... |
Sports Central April 16, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Survey Says: Steroids Don't Matter The Associated Press and AOL Sports polled 1,001 adults about their thoughts on professional baseball today. The results are interesting, if not startling. |
Outside July 2010 Joe Lindsey |
Whistle. Blown. We all know Floyd Landis is a liar. But is he telling the truth this time with his allegations of drug abuse? |
Sports Central February 19, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
Looks Like Lance, Inc. Too Big to Fail For nearly a two-year period, the U.S. Department of Justice invested untold millions of dollars, at taxpayer expense, for various investigations pertinent to Lance Armstrong. |
AskMen.com Andrew Tilin |
Doping And The Tour de France Maybe Lance Armstrong should tell the truth about his past. Or maybe people should learn a bit about the history of doping and lay off Lance. |
Sports Central February 5, 2009 Sean Crowe |
Taking a Stand on Performance-Enhancing Drugs Is it really fair to tarnish Barry Bonds for doing something we're pretty sure a large percentage of the pitchers he was facing was also doing? |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Brian Orelli |
When One Patent Means So Much The loss of patents on genes could have far-reaching consequences for drug companies. |
Outside June 2004 Heil & Bradley |
Spinning in Their Graves The Tour's new scandal: Elite cyclists are mysteriously dropping dead. |
AskMen.com October 30, 2013 Michelle Magnan |
The Difference Between Usain Bolt And You: The point that David Epstein explores at length in The Sports Gene, is that no two people respond to sports training the same way, because no two genomes are the same. |
Sports Central March 14, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Gambling With Steroids Olympic athletes who try to bend the rules are ousted and excommunicated. Baseball players who have steadily used steroids in the past should go the same way. |
Outside February 2006 Bill Gifford |
Is California Dreamin'? The Golden State gets set to host America's richest bike race ever. |