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UFC Strips Fighter of Belt After Testing Positive for Steroids

At UFC 80 on Jan. 19, B.J. Penn will take on Joe Stevenson for the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight championship. That championship is available for the taking because previous champion Sean Sherk was stripped of his title when he tested positive for steroids after his most recent fight. And in an interview with The Sun, Penn ripped Sherk for using steroids ...
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Bad Example

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Bad Example Winston-Salem Journal The controversy over the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in baseball and other sports is not about the health of the professional players involved. Most Americans probably could not care less if millionaire jocks choose to risk their own health and well-being. This issue is far broader. It involves such people as Don Hooton, ...
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Unbeaten QC fighter gaining fans, attention!

Matt "Luke Duke" Lucas is a soft-spoken 33-year-old who hails from Queen Creek, not exactly the sort of raucous neighborhood you would expect to find a professional mixed martial arts fighter. A light heavyweight competitor, Lucas is 8-0 as a pro fighter in mixed martial arts, an ultimate fighting sport that allows contenders to use martial arts such as jujitsu, ...
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Raid in Brooklyn Nets more than $7 Million in Human Growth Hormone

A New York pharmacy linked to a widening probe of human growth hormone in sports was raided on Tuesday by state investigators who seized enough raw powder to make nearly a million HGH doses, according to the officials involved. The raid of Lowen's Pharmacy in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was the second in five months. In May, investigators with the New ...
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Wrestling’s Dirty Secret

From Eric Cohen, Wrestling's Dirty Secret While many people think of wrestling as a big joke, there is one thing about wrestling that isn't funny. The death rate among wrestlers is alarmingly high. The only time this story was covered by the national media was on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumble. That segment featured Vince McMahon mocking the interviewer and ...
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10 WWE Wrestlers Suspended

Source: Wrestling Observer Based on information received from investigators in the Albany, NY district attorneys office, World Wrestling Entertainment decided to finally take some action. WWE officially suspended 10 wrestlers earlier today. Names have yet to be released, but it should be quite obvious over the next week or so when you notice that certain individuals are missing from television and house ...
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Mitchell Report Coming Out Soon

Findings on MLB steroid use will likely identify players NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball investigator George Mitchell likely will issue his long-awaited report on steroids use in baseball by the end of the year, and there is a strong possibility he will identify individual players. A lawyer for the firm representing Major League Baseball in the investigation updated representatives for the ...
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Jones Admits Doping Prior to Olympics

Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Jones, a triple gold medalist in Sydney, said she took "the clear" for two years, beginning in 1999, and that she got it from former coach Trevor Graham, the newspaper reported. Graham told her it was flaxseed oil. "The ...
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Kevin Harvick in Favor of Strong Drug-Testing Policy in NASCAR

JOLIET, Ill. -- Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, insisted on Friday that NASCAR needs to establish a stronger drug-testing program. Harvick was asked about the recent news that Truck Series driver Aaron Fike had been arrested on suspicion of possessing heroin and the tools necessary to use the highly addictive and dangerous drug. Fike ...
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Why the Silence? Athletes Need to Speak Out About Sports Doping

It’s common for sports commentators to break down important stats or concepts for the audience. Such as Adam Vinatieri’s field goal percentage from 34 yards into a headwind when it’s snowing during an afternoon away game. Our sporting culture is consumed by an analytical obsession and the purpose of this is not merely trivial. It’s to gain a ...
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