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The Mitchell Report: Newly Implicated Players

Posted on December 15, 2007

Here’s a list of the 47 players implicated in the Mitchell Report who had not previously been linked to performance-enhancing drugs during the... More »

Alex Rodriguez Admits Using Performance Enhancing Drugs from 2001 to 2003

Posted on February 9, 2009

Alex Rodriguez admitted using a "banned substance" from 2001 to 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers. Just 48 hours after Sports... More »

The Evidence Against Roger Clemens

Posted on October 20, 2006

In light of the redacted names from the Jason Grimsley affidavit hitting the papers, Roger Clemens entire career has been called into question... More »

Human Growth Hormone - History, Side-Effects, Use in Baseball

Posted on October 30, 2006

Human growth hormone (HGH) is a polypeptide hormone synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which stimulates growth... More »

Increlex (IGF-1) - The Next Generation of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Posted on November 6, 2006

The next or perhaps more accurately, the newest generation of performance- enhancing drugs in sport is insulin-like growth factor-1 or IGF-1... More »

Roger Clemens Fires Controversial Trainer, Brian McNamee

Posted on May 16, 2007

According to the New York Daily News, Roger Clemens has cut ties with long-time trainer Brian McNamee. McNamee did not attend Clemens... More »

A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

By Selena Roberts

Rumoured to be on the verge of a personal and professional collapse so profound it would rate as one of the most dramatic falls in major league history. Through exhaustive reporting and interviews, Roberts will detail A-Rod as a plunge-in-progress... More »

The Rocket That Fell To Earth

By Jeff Pearlman

He was supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan: Roger Clemens, the fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters. Yet shortly after his arrival in the major leagues in... More »

Game of Shadows

By Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada

The two San Francisco Chronicle reporters privy to the BALCO transcripts and court documents published this book outlining the entire BALCO scandal. In it they described the laboratory's supply of 'undetecable designer' steroids... More »

Juiced

By Jose Canseco

Ken Caminiti had already admitted his steroid use to Sports Illustrated, but it was Canseco's book that opened the flood gates. Canseco claimed to have educated and personally injected many players including Rafael Palmeiro, Juan... More »

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MLB To Implement HGH Blood Testing in Minor Leagues

According to the New York Times, Major League Baseball will institute blood testing for human growth hormone in the minor leagues as early as this year. MLB will also attempt to get the players union to accept blood testing at the Major League level.MLB issued a statement in response to the Times’ questions which included the following:"We are consulting with our experts concerning immediate [...]

Posted on 24 February 2010 | 6:39 pm

First Analytical HGH Positive Test in UK Rugby, MLB Implications

The world’s first analytical positive test for human growth hormone is on record. Professional rugby player, Terry Newton provided a blood sample to the United Kingdom Anti-Doping agency (UKAD) in November, the test came back positive for HGH. Newton was banned for two years and his team, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, terminated his contract. Newton did not contest the results according to the [...]

Posted on 23 February 2010 | 11:00 am

Mark McGwire Steroids Admission Reactions

Mark McGwire’s admission of steroid use was met with great skepticism, and understandably so. While most found McGwire’s admission evasive at best, fans still gave him a standing ovation before his February 17th press conference, his first public appearance since his interview with Costas. Most people however seem put off by McGwire’s insistence that the steroids didn’t provide him any advantage [...]

Posted on 12 February 2010 | 10:03 am

Mark McGwire Admits Using Steroids, Issues Statement

When it was revealed in October that McGwire had been hired as the St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach, it became inevitable that he would have to address the steroid allegations with the media. It would be his first public statements about performance enhancing drugs since he famously declined "to talk about the past" during the Congressional hearings in 2005.That day has come and Mark McGwire [...]

Posted on 12 January 2010 | 12:53 pm

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz on 2003 Steroid List

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball’s 2003 "survey" testing according to the New York Times’ Michael Schmidt. Schmidt, citing "lawyers with knowledge of the results" did not identify for which drug or drugs the Red Sox sluggers tested positive. The information about Ramirez and Ortiz emerged through interviews with multiple [...]

Posted on 30 July 2009 | 12:09 pm

2003 Steroid List Another Hoax? Rotoinfo Publishes "Unconfirmed" List

Rotoinfo, a fantasy sports information site has published a list of players who supposedly tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball’s 2003 anonymous survey testing (see below). The site describes the list as "rumored" and "unconfirmed" but maintains the source of the list as “trusted.”Deadspin (among others) was quick to discredit the list. It notes that Jason [...]

Posted on 30 June 2009 | 3:05 pm

Sammy Sosa Tested Positive for PED in 2003 Survey Testing

According to the New York Times, Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players to test positive for a performance enhancing drug in Major League Baseball’s 2003 supposedly anonymous survey testing. The Times’ Michael Schmidt, cited "lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results" but said they did not know for which drug Sosa had tested positive.There has been a legal battle about the 2003 test [...]

Posted on 16 June 2009 | 8:00 pm

Richard Thomas, Florida Based PED Dealer, May Implicate Washington Nationals Players

A major steroid bust in Florida may implicate players from the Washington Nationals. Former bodybuilder and personal trainer, Richard “Andy” Thomas, arrested for importing and distributing steroids, told police that he sold steroids to players on the Nationals and the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals. Thomas and his wife, Sandra, were both charged with ten counts of "possession with [...]

Posted on 11 June 2009 | 7:42 pm

Manny Ramirez Suspension Breakdown, HCG, DHEA

The Los Angeles Times has the complete breakdown of the Manny Ramirez suspension. Ramirez was ultimately suspended for a Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) prescription found after a spring training drug test revealed elevated levels of testosterone. Elevated testosterone levels are discovered through a testosterone-epitestosterone (T:E) ratio test. A normal T:E ratio is 1:1. According to the [...]

Posted on 27 May 2009 | 10:15 am

A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez Released, MLB Investigating

Selena Roberts’ much hyped book, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, was released May 4. The New York Times had already reported that Major League Baseball began investigating Rodriguez shortly after meeting with MLB officials on March 1. According to the Times, MLB "heightened" its investigation when learning that allegations in the book contradicted what Rodriguez had told them. Roberts [...]

Posted on 9 May 2009 | 6:54 pm

Manny Ramirez Suspended 50 Games for HCG, Investigation by MLB, Artificial Testosterone

Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball under its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. According to ESPN, Ramirez was suspended for using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) after high levels of testosterone detected during a Spring Training drug test triggered an investigation. HCG is a fertility drug often used by athletes between cycles of steroids and [...]

Posted on 7 May 2009 | 8:54 pm

JC Romero Sues Supplement Maker After Suspension

JC Romero has filed a lawsuit against Ergopharm, Inc. and Proviant Technologies, the manufacturer and distributor of 6-OXO Extreme, the supplement that Romero claims caused him to test positive for androstenedione (or a derivative) on August 26 2008. Romero appealed his suspension but Major League Baseball ruled Romero "negligent" and his suspension was upheld.Romero’s civil suit states that [...]

Posted on 1 May 2009 | 7:12 pm

Alex Rodriguez Steroids Allegations in New Book, New York Yankees, High School

The New York Daily News’ Tracy Conner is reporting details from Selena Roberts soon to be released book, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. According to Conner, Roberts claims that Rodriguez may have been using steroids as early as high school as well as during his time with the New York Yankees beginning in 2004.Roberts and David Epstein first reported that Rodriguez had tested positive [...]

Posted on 30 April 2009 | 12:51 pm

Ramon Scruggs Investigation, Troy Glaus, Ismael Valdez, Scott Schoeneweis, Todd Greene

More information from the investigation of Dr. Ramon Scruggs has come to light in a provocative article by The New York Times’ Michael Schmidt. Privy to evidence that is part of the government’s investigation of Scruggs, Schmidt tells the story of Troy Glaus, Ismael Valdez, Scott Schoeneweis, and Todd Greene.Scruggs has been under investigation since at least 2007, when an Albany DA based [...]

Posted on 12 April 2009 | 2:55 pm

Mike Piazza Steroids Allegations in The Rocket That Fell To Earth

According to Jeff Pearlman’s new book about Roger Clemens, The Rocket That Fell To Earth, former MLB catcher and Clemens foe, Mike Piazza, used steroids and admitted it to at least one unnamed reporter. The book traces Clemens life from being born in Dayton, Ohio, to becoming a Major League superstar and prominent player in the steroid era. The portions about Piazza have received the most press [...]

Posted on 26 March 2009 | 8:01 pm

Giants Prospect Kelvin Pichardo Suspended 50 Games for Violating MLB Drug Policy

San Francisco Giants prospect, Kelvin Pichardo, tested positive for a performance enhancing drug and has been suspended 50 games for violating MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.Pichardo has never appeared in a major league game but was on the Giants 40-man roster and therefore subject to the major league portion of the drug agreement. He becomes the third player suspended in 2009 [...]

Posted on 24 March 2009 | 11:28 am

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Mitchell Report | Admitted | Implicated
MLB Suspensions | Other

Mitchell Report - 47

Admitted Users - 16

Implicated Players - 34

MLB Suspensions - 25

Other - 4

† Suspended for non-analytical evidence that player violated MLB drug policy.

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