News on Drugs in Sports

Polish skier tests positive for EPO at Olympics

2010-03-11T07:45:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics</div><div><p>Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the games.</p><p>Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's 20...

Disgraced track star Marion Jones joins WNBA

2010-03-10T11:16:54Z

<div><p>Disgraced athletics star Marion Jones, stripped of five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has signed to play for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's NBA, the club announced Wednesday.</p><p>Jon...

Vikings vs. NFL goes to trial Monday

2010-03-07T07:15:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Vikings players will take on NFL's drug policy in trial set to begin on Monday in Minnesota</div><div><p>More than a year after two Minnesota Vikings sued the NFL over its anti-doping procedures, the closely watched case heads to trial Monday with sports leagues worried the outcome will hurt their ability to e...

Missouri Senate votes to rename McGwire Highway

2010-03-01T17:30:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Missouri Senate votes to rename Mark McGwire Highway for famed writer Mark Twain</div><div><p>The Missouri Senate wants to take away Mark McGwire's highway.</p><p>A stretch of Interstate 70 in St. ...

McGwire saddened by brother's book on steroids

2010-02-25T16:15:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Mark McGwire is saddened by brother's book that details use of steroids and HGH</div><div><p>Mark McGwire said he's saddened his estranged brother wrote a book that chronicles their use of performance-enhancing drugs and reiterated his claim that he only took them to heal from injuries.</p><p>McGwire said Thursday he's so up set with his brother, Jay McGwire says Big Mac gained his strength from steroids</div><div><p>Jay McGwire heard big brother Mark say last month he only took steroids to heal, and not to get stronger. That doesn't match Jay McGwire's recollection.</p><p>"Mark knew that he was going to get the strength and endurance and size. I know that the main motive to justify taking steroids was healing," Jay ...

Baseball to use blood test for HGH in minors

2010-02-24T20:45:20Z

<div><p>RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Major League Baseball is planning to begin blood testing of minor league players for the banned substance human growth hormone (HGH) later this year, anti-doping sources told Reuters on Wednesday.&l...

NFL hopes to test for HGH; MLB talks with union

2010-02-24T16:15:50Z

<div id="subtitle">NFL hopes to test for human growth hormone; Major League Baseball talks with union</div><div><p>The NFL hopes to start testing players for human growth hormone, and Major League Baseball has started talks with its union to investigate the test that led to the suspension of a British rugby player.</p...

Hank Aaron applauds Mark McGwire's apology

2010-02-22T13:45:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Hank Aaron says more players should follow Mark McGwire's lead in admitting use of PEDs</div><div><p>Former career home run king Hank Aaron says Mark McGwire should have a clear conscience after his recent admission he used performance-enhancing drugs as a player.</p><p>Aaron said other players still harboring similar secrets also shou...

Rugby player makes history with growth hormone ban

2010-02-22T12:00:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Rugby league player Terry Newton becomes first person banned for taking human growth hormone</div><div><p>In a major breakthrough in the fight against doping, a British rugby league player has become the first athlete to be suspended for using human growth hormone.</p><p>Terry Newton admitted taking the substance in a statement released by his attorneys on Friday. The Tony La Russa prepared to take the hit if McGwire hire fails to pan out</div><div><p>Tony La Russa took a risk hiring Mark McGwire as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach, and not just because of steroids.</p&g...

McGwire returns to baseball, offers fresh apology

2010-02-22T09:04:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Big Mac back in baseball, ends first day as Cardinals' coach with another apology for steroids</div><div><p>Mark McGwire's first day on the job began with a wrong turn into the media room instead of the spring training clubhouse. It ended with another apology for steroid use.</p><p>The Joseph Papp testifying about his use of testosterone during an arbitration hearing on the doping allegations against 2006 Tour de France champion Floyd Landis at Pepperdine University in

Cyclist who testified against Landis pleads guilty

2010-02-22T09:03:13Z

<div><p>A cyclist who was a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency witness against Floyd Landis in 2007 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute human growth hormone and another performance-enhancing drug he imported from China.</p><p>Joe Mark McGwire's spring training debut as hitting coach</div><div><p>Mark McGwire's No. 25 jersey is ready for duty again, hanging outside his locker stall in the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training clubhouse.</p><p>The most controv...

Judge issues arrest warrant against Landis

2010-02-22T09:25:40Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - A French judge has issued an arrest warrant against American rider Floyd Landis for suspected hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer, French anti-doping agency head Pierre Bordry told Reuters on Monday.</p><p>In an interview, Bor...

Doping Landis Cycling

2010-02-15T17:46:18Z

FILE - In this July 22, 2006 photo, New overall leader Floyd Landis of the U.S. puts on the yellow jersey on the podium after the 19th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 57-kilometer (35.4-mile) individual time trial from Le Creusot to Floyd Landis of the United States is seen after stage 8 of the PowerNet Cycle Tour of Southland, Lumsden, New Zealand. France's anti-doping chief said on Monday Feb. 15, 2010 that a French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for U.S. ...

New Zealand France Cycling Doping

2010-02-15T13:15:20Z

FILE - In this Nov. 7 2009 file photo, Floyd Landis of the United States is seen after stage 8 of the PowerNet Cycle Tour of Southland, Winton, New Zealand. A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a case of data hacking at a doping laboratory,

Olympic Preview - Day -1

2010-02-11T12:46:11Z

VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 11: Director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), David Howman and the Chairmain of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) John Fahey attends a press conference ah...