The Real Reason Why the Barry Bonds Witch-Hunt Was a Waste of Money
If you think the government's prosecution of Barry Bonds was justified because no on is above the law,… [more]
Why Ordinary People Should Fear the World Anti-Doping Agency
Elite athletes may have little to fear from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) as doping in sports… [more]
You Can Be Healthier Doing the Tour de France on Steroids
Former professional cyclist Christophe Bassons describes a doping philosophy where sometimes it is "healthier… [more]
Anabolic Steroids for Sale on Don Catlin’s Website
Don Catlin advertises anabolic steroids for sale on his website via the Google Adsense contextual ad… [more]
Profiling Steroid Users Based on Acne
The profiling of steroid users based on various physical characteristics seems to be gaining popularity.… [more]
Why Ordinary People Should Fear the World Anti-Doping Agency
Elite athletes may have little to fear from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) as doping in sports persists unabated. However, ordinary people should be afraid of how WADA’s increasing influence in national policy affects them. The United States Government recently mandated that a sports nutrition company comply with aspects of the WADA Prohibited List as [...]
You Can Be Healthier Doing the Tour de France on Steroids
Former professional cyclist Christophe Bassons describes a doping philosophy where sometimes it is “healthier doing the Tour de France on drugs than without anything.” In an interview with CyclingNews.com, Bassons attempts to explain the larger perspective in which doping occurs in the sport of professional cycling. Bassons characterizes the doping issue as much more complicated [...]
Anabolic Steroids for Sale on Don Catlin’s Website
Don Catlin advertises anabolic steroids for sale on his website via the Google Adsense contextual ad service. When Catlin receives a check from Google, some of that money will likely be linked to sale of “anabolic steroids” generated directly from advertisements that appear on his website. It represents the height of hypocrisy for the founder [...]
Profiling Steroid Users Based on Acne
The profiling of steroid users based on various physical characteristics seems to be gaining popularity. The federal government appears prepared to use physical characteristics (e.g. changes in muscularity, etc) as indicative of steroid use in the perjury trial of Barry Bonds. Muscularity has been used as putative evidence of steroid use in order to obtain [...]
Steroids Not a Scapegoat for Rhabdomyolysis at University of Iowa
The media’s knee-jerk reaction was to blame dietary supplements and/or anabolic steroids for the highly unusual cluster of rhabdomyolsis cases recently affecting the University of Iowa Hawkeye football program. “You have muscle breakdown from intense workouts. You have dehydration and then supplements which are nephrotoxic are damaging to the kidneys directly. That’s a perfect storm [...]
Steroid Users in the NBA? OJ Mayo and Rashard Lewis
There has been another “steroid suspension” in the NBA – but it is really only for DHEA. The NBA suspended the basketbally player O.J. Mayo for after he tested positive for DHEA. The use of DHEA is a violation of the league’s SPED policy (steroids, performance-enhancing drugs and masking agents). Sportswriters are mistakenly reporting that [...]
Trenbolone Shows SARM-Like Potential in Androgen Replacement Therapy
Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) may be the current darlings of scientific research into alternative options for androgen replacement therapy, but University of Florida researchers are excited by the “SARM-like potential” of trenbolone. They suggest that the actions of trenbolone are similar to selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). Low-dose trenbolone was called “SARM-like” because of the positive [...]
Health Clinics Offering Harm Reduction Services for Steroid Users
Scotland now has two health clinics specifically for users of anabolic steroids. Several new health clinics offering harm reduction services for steroid users have opened in recent years in response to the increasing number of steroid users seeking supplies at national needle exchange programs in the United Kingdom. The number of steroids users entering some [...]
Lance Armstrong vs. Anti-Doping Movement: Who Is Really Defrauding the Government?
The United States government wants to charge seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong with “conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, drug trafficking and defrauding the U.S. government” according to Sports Illustrated. Everyone in the world knows that the goal of this exercise is simply to prove that Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and [...]
The Real Reason Why the Barry Bonds Witch-Hunt Was a Waste of Money
April 15, 2011 By Millard Baker Leave a Comment
If you think the government’s prosecution of Barry Bonds was justified because no on is above the law, perjury is a serious crime, yada, yada, yada, then this article is for you. You are entirely missing the point. The pursuit of Bonds was clearly a witch-hunt. Celebrity athletes who use anabolic steroids were an acceptable [...]