After the unmitigated disaster that was former Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire’s testimony in front of Congress on steroids and other performance enhancing drugs three years ago, the first baseman completely dropped off of the face of the earth, at least in terms of his relation to the game. Now, per USA TODAY, he’s instructing […]

With many of the Olympic sports we watch every four years on the TV under scrutiny thanks to Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, and many others, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has introduced blood testing for doping at the Olympic trials for track and field this weekend and will use them for swimmers next week as well, […]

A study to be published today in the JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY completed by a respected lab in Copenhagen shows that the test for EPO (used in endurance sports, like the Tour de France cyclists and marathons) used by the World Anti-Doping Agency does not work in WADA’s own labs.

(Maybe WADA thinks they’re testing for […]

After the crackdown on amphetamines, and the increasingly harsh consequences of being caught, MLBers are turning elsewhere to keep *sharp* for their long, hot summer.
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One trend that has surfaced, as reported by NEWSWEEK, is the increased use of Ritalin, Adderall, and other drugs normally used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

A convicted steroids dealer who had been working with the NFL over some players’ suspected drug use has been found dead in his Texas home.

THE SCORES REPORT passes along news from the DALLAS MORNING NEWS that police discovered the bodies of David Jacobs and his girlfriend in his Plano, Texas, home Thursday morning. The NEW […]

The Olympic festival now has a slightly different format than previous Games. As always, the Olympics will take in their two weeks of glory, followed by the Paralympics. After that, though, a new set of Games will begin that you may be capable of participating in: the World Mind Sports Games. (After […]

You probably know by now that Jose Canseco is trying to get people to take a swing at him in the ring. He’ll be fighting former NFLer Vai Sikahema on July 12 in Atlantic City.

(At least his Bluetooth hasn’t shrunk an unprecedented amount)
Bernard Fernandez of the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, bless his heart, somehow churns out […]

A baseball blogger points out that home runs per at bat in April decreased for the second consecutive year.

The reasons for the decrease aren’t as obvious as you might expect.

Austrian downhill skier Hans Knauss found himself bounced from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games after a 2004 positive test for 19-norandrosterone found in a supplement sold to him by a ‘friend’ affiliated with Ultimate Nutrition, a U.S.-based company. This ingredient, however, did not appear on the contents list on the package.

(No, don’t eat the […]

Reid Cherner of USA TODAY’s GAME ON blog reminds us of grandstanding politician Dan Burton browbeating Brian McNamee during his show trial congressional appearance last February, saying that McNamee “lied and lied and lied and lied“:

Speaking of liars, think this news has a few folks on Capitol Hill relieved these days?