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Cycling tries to put doping in the past
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying. The cyclists and team managers participating in the eighth Amgen Tour of California gathered Friday at City Hall to speak about the future of the sport. Not the past. Please, not the past. At least there was...
Tags: Justice System, Tour of California, Chris Horner, Tejay van Garderen, Oprah Winfrey
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Proposed bill partners horse racing, USADA
Three congressmen are proposing legislation on the eve of the Kentucky Derby that would crack down on doping in horse racing. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Republican...Tags: Kentucky Derby, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Churchill Downs, Ed Whitfield, Tom Udall
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Red-hot golfer Billy Horschel stumbles during Players Championship debut
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — From red hot to ice cold in the matter of 18 holes, Billy Horschel is in danger of his Tour-leading streak of 23 cuts ending. Even if he does not think so. The former Florida Gator shot a 4-over 76 in his Players Championship...Tags: Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement), The Players Championship, Golf, Peter Hanson, Dietary Supplements
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Vijay Singh sues PGA Tour after banned substance allegation
Golfer Vijay Singh is suing the PGA Tour, claiming it damaged his reputation by attempting to suspend him for using a banned substance. According to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York, the tour notified the three-time major championship winner...
Tags: Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement), Justice System, The Players Championship, Golf, Litigation
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Singh sues PGA Tour over deer-antler spray
A week after the PGA Tour lifted sanctions against Vijay Singh for acknowledging his use of a deer-antler spray, he filed suit Wednesday against the tour. Singh was cleared last week by the PGA Tour of wrongdoing, but that didn't stop him from taking...Tags: Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement), Golf, USA Today, Dietary Supplements, PGA Tour
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Athletes only too happy to be 'lab rats'
After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound. But the failed experimental drug, called GW501516, is making a comeback in another...
Tags: Science and Technology, Lawyers, Breast Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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Lance Armstrong pulls out of swimming event after FINA objects
Lance Armstrong won't be returning to competition this weekend after all. The disgraced former cyclist, who has been banned for life from all events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, decided not to take part in three distance events in the...Tags: Swimming, Andy Enfield, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Cycling
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Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom
Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...
Tags: Justice System, Reeva Steenkamp, NASCAR, South Africa, Lawyers
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Expect Armstrong's 'confession' to be all about him
It's not likely to be about the truth. Or about cleansing a guilty conscience. Or about clearing the air to help cycling's Sisyphean efforts to rid itself of the anything-goes attitude that prevailed for at least a decade and has yet to disappear,...Tags: Justice System, The New York Times, USA Today, Oprah Winfrey, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lance Armstrong declines to cooperate with USADA
Lance Armstrong’s interest in cooperating with anti-doping authorities does not include plans to speak to the agency that most thoroughly detailed the transgressions that left him stripped of his seven Tour de France cycling titles. Armstrong on...Tags: Justice System, Litigation, Lawyers, International Law, Oprah Winfrey
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MLB and the players' union got it right
The Phillies FilesThis is undoubtedly the right thing. Major League Baseball took steps Thursday and finalized some changes to their drug testing policy, which will now include blood tests to detect HGH during the regular season (and not just during spring training)...... -
If Hedo Turkoglu is on the juice, how many more in NBA are?
The poor, poor Orlando Magic. They can't even get their steroids right. Hedo Turkoglu, a veteran player who is a shell of his former self and having the worst year of his career, was suspended for 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday for testing...
Tags: Orlando Magic, Jacque Vaughn, David Stern, Alex Martins, Mark McGwire
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