New previosly undetectable STEROID being used by US Athletes

[Nate_Dog]

Published in Greenwich Time - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
Neither Giambi nor Bonds, well-muscled power hitters for the Yankees and San Francisco Giants, have been accused of illegal or unethical behavior. But as two stars among as many as 40 athletes called to appear before a San Francisco federal grand jury investigation of a California nutritional supplement laboratory, a broader scrutiny is focused on an issue often ignored by American professional sports. "This is a much bigger story and about many more drug issues than just 40 guys," said Long Island physician Gary Wadler, a member of the three-year-old World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). "And it's a step forward much more than a step backwards.

Jon Heyman: Jason not just bulky but balky
Published in Greenwich Time - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
You'd like to believe steroids have nothing to do with Giambi's fame and fortune, or for that matter, the Yankees' stirring victory over Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS, a game in which Giambi hit two home runs. But you just don't know yet. You want to believe Giambi because he's a personable, friendly fellow who usually has time to talk. He'll talk about anything, but he hasn't been very forthcoming on the subject of steroids. When the issue was brought up last year, Giambi's public position was that steroids in baseball were a myth sportswriters were propagating. In other words, he lied.

Designer Steroid Could Send Athletes to Prison
Published in Greenwich Time - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
A: Dr. Don Catlin and a team of eight needed two months to discover a "designer steroid," tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), which has a chemical structure related to two known anabolic steroids, gestrinone and trenbolone , and developed a test to screen THG. Q. Who are the athletes accused of using THG? A: USADA declined to name those cited by the anonymous track coach. But upon discovering THG's steroid qualities, USADA passed along the coach's claim that THG's source was nutrition guru Victor Conte of BALCO - Bay Area Laboratories Co-Operative - in the San Francisco suburb of Burlingame.

Forbes.com: The Adventurer: Four Minutes To Fame
Published in Forbes - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
The world record then was four minutes, 1.4 seconds, held by Sweden's Gunder Haegg. It had been stuck there for nine years, since 1945. It didn't seem logical to me, as a physiologist/doctor, that if you could run a mile in four minutes, one and a bit seconds, you couldn't break four minutes. But it had become a psychological as well as a physical barrier. In fact the Australian, John Landy, having done four minutes, two seconds, three times, is reported to have commented, "It's like a wall." I couldn't see the psychological side. Take us back to Oxford on May 6, 1954. I went to do my rounds at the hospital in the morning.

Steroid probe may have huge fallout
Published in USA TODAY - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
Toth is one of about 40 athletes who could appear before the grand jury looking into the chemical and financial activities of Victor Conte and BALCO Laboratories. Of "several" U.S. track and field athletes who have a preliminary or "A" sample positives for tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), only Toth's name has been leaked. The United States Anti-Doping Agency has said the THG originated from Conte. The Conte/BALCO case could have significant repercussions because several high-profile athletes, including baseball star Barry Bonds and track star Marion Jones, have been linked to Conte and have been subpoenaed to testify.

english.eastday.com
Published in EastDay.com - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
Some patients who survived SARS in Beijing are suffering bone disorders, possibly due to steroids used in treating the disease, a doctor and the World Health Organization said yesterday. Doctors have found osteoporosis or necrosis in patients' thighbones and hip joints, said Dr Huang Qun of You'an Hospital, which treated hundreds of SARS patients. Osteoporosis is a weakening of bone through loss of calcium, while necrosis is bone degeneration. Huang said he didn't know the number of survivors who have reported bone problems.

Carolina Panthers
Published in Panthers.com - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
Opening comments: Good afternoon. Earlier this summer I was speaking with Jerry Richardson and I told him that I wanted to come to a Panthers game. We selected this one and, of course, it turned out to be one of the big games on the schedule with the Panthers at 5-0 and Tennessee at 4-2. I'm delighted to be here. It should be an interesting afternoon to put it mildly. On adding an NFL team in Los Angeles: L.A. is not an expansion issue. It is a stadium issue at this point.

Steroid Probe Is Powerful
Published in NewsDay.com - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
The probe focuses on a company that prescribes nutritional supplements for elite athletes and has been identified as the alleged supplier of a designer steroid that has gone undetected in drug tests. Neither Giambi nor Bonds, well-muscled power hitters for the Yankees and San Francisco Giants, have been accused of illegal or unethical behavior. But as two stars among as many as 40 athletes called to appear before a San Francisco federal grand jury investigation of a California nutritional supplement laboratory, a broader scrutiny is focused on an issue often ignored by American professional sports.

Jon Heyman: Jason Not Just Bulky, but Balky
Published in NewsDay.com - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
You'd like to believe steroids have nothing to do with Giambi's fame and fortune, or for that matter, the Yankees' stirring victory over Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS, a game in which Giambi hit two home runs. But you just don't know yet. You want to believe Giambi because he's a personable, friendly fellow who usually has time to talk. He'll talk about anything, but he hasn't been very forthcoming on the subject of steroids. Last year when the issue was brought up, Giambi's public position was that steroids in baseball were a myth sportswriters were propagating. In other words, he lied.

New danger drug explained
Published in BBC News - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
Tetrahydrogestrinone or THG is thought to be at the centre of one athletics' biggest doping scandals. It is believed that up to 20 American athletes tested positive for the drug at June's US championships. Here, BBC News Online explains what the drug is and why it appears to be becoming more popular. What is tetrahydrogestrinone? It is a new, specially designed anabolic steroid which has been tweaked by chemists to make it undetectable under normal testing. However, experts have now developed a test which can pick up signs that the drug has been used. What are anabolic steroids ?

sarabonds
Published in Braggingrightscorner.com - Indexed on Oct 21, 2003 Relevance:
July 18, 2003... Bragging Rights Corner publishes an interview with Richard Hall days before his fight against Julian 'Mr. KO' Letterlough. In the interview conducted by Aladdin Freeman, "The Destroyer" Hall made some serious accusations regarding former adversary, Roy Jones, Jr. Hall told of steroids abuse by Jones when they met in May of 2001. Hall also told the interviewer how the sanctioning bodies who blessed the championship match knew about the positive test for anabolic steroids and did nothing about it.

New therapies proving effective for millions with eczema
Published in Courier,The - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
Until recently, topical corticosteroids have been the mainstay for treating eczema. Although these medications can be quite effective, they can cause a number of side effects when used for too long a period of time. Side effects from overuse include thinning of the skin, formation of dilated blood vessels, stretch marks and infection. Now, a new class of drugs called topical immunomodulators, or TIMS, has been developed. These steroid-free treatments are effective in treating eczema without the side effects found with using corticosteroids.

U.S. Track Put on Notice
Published in NewsDay.com - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
CLEVELAND — In the wake of what may be the most significant steroid bust in U.S. and Olympic history, anti-doping authorities said Friday that U.S. track and field officials suffer from a "major credibility gap" and the U.S. Olympic Committee said it would use "all available powers" to address the situation. The day after authorities announced they had unearthed a new designer steroid apparently ingested by "several" U.S.

SLAM! Sports - Track - The Last Word
Published in Slam.canoe.ca - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
He paid an awful price for the discovery that he used steroids at the 1988 Olympics and for years before that. His error cost him millions of dollars in future income, not to mention the priceless loss of world-wide respect. No offender in sports history has ever been penalized anywhere near as decisively as was Johnson. No athlete, with the exception of O.J. Simpson or maybe Shoeless Joe Jackson, ever went from international idol to pariah so swiftly. He tried to tell us he wasn't alone and, down deep, everyone knew he was telling the truth.

Victor Conte's BALCO linked to hiding steroid use in athletes
Published in New York Daily News - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a lot of professional musicians, Victor Conte finally had enough of late nights and empty refrigerators. "Walkin' Fish," as he was known, hung up the bass guitar he played for the renowned Tower of Power and other Bay Area bands, and threw himself into the world of nutrition in the early 1980s. "He was just raising a family - all musicians have a sideline," says Freddy Roulette, who played with Conte in the band The Pure Food and Drug Act. "After (the band) broke up, he got into that business.

Chinese SARS survivors report bone damage
Published in Malaysia Star - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
BEIJING (AP): Some patients who survived SARS in Beijing are suffering bone disorders, possibly due to steroids used in treating the disease, a doctor and the World Health Organization said Monday. Doctors have found osteoporosis or necrosis in patients' thighbones and hip joints, said Dr. Huang Qun of You'an Hospital, which treated hundreds of SARS patients. Osteoporosis is a weakening of bone through loss of calcium, while necrosis is bone degeneration. Huang said he didn't know the number of survivors who have reported bone problems.

Learning to live with Lupus
Published in BBC News - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
22-year-old Nisha Sharma's future was looking bright. Her career as an actress was taking off. She spent the Christmas of 1990 acting in a play in London and in January, a tired Nisha came down with flu. She didn't know it then, but this virus was the first sign of a problem that would rob her of many of her dreams. It took a while for her to recover from the flu, but when she felt better, she went on a trip to visit relatives for a family wedding in Kenya. There, she noticed she was losing weight dramatically, going from a size 12 to a size 8. Her hair also started to fall out, and she found she had difficulty tolerating food.

newsobserver.com - MLB won't test for new steroid
Published in News & Observer - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
However, even if an NFL player has passed a steroid test this season, he might not be in the clear. The league is considering retesting samples in search of the "designer" steroid at the center of a developing track and field scandal. "We have been asked about retroactively testing samples that we have," league spokesman Greg Aiello said. "The answer is, we're not going to rule that out." Aiello said the league plans to add the steroid, tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, to its list of banned substances by the end of the season, if not sooner.

Dope probe backdrop for USOC reformation
Published in Rocky Mountain News - Indexed on Oct 20, 2003 Relevance:
Even as the U.S. Olympic Committee's 100-plus member board of directors basically voted itself out of existence as part of an eight-month effort to reform its dysfunctional self, what could be developing into one of the largest doping scandals in sports history dominated conversation among top U.S. Olympic sports leaders. The U.S.

State alleges Washington steroid abuse
Published in Timesrecordnews.com - Indexed on Oct 19, 2003 Relevance:
A physician for the University of Washington's athletics program illegally prescribed steroids and other drugs to student athletes and trainers over the last three years, according to state health officials and documents obtained by The Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune. Dr. William J. Scheyer, a one-time team doctor for the UW football program and a consulting physician to the women's softball team, wrote hundreds of prescriptions and dispensed thousands of doses of anabolic steroids, narcotics, sedatives, stimulants and tranquilizers, according to the state health officials.

The Sporting Views / National news through columnists' eyes: Little's loyalty didn't go a long way - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Published in The Register-Guard - Indexed on Oct 19, 2003 Relevance:
The reward for all that fidelity will surely come in another life. There is no indication it will ever materialize in this one. With five outs to go, it was there. It was tangible. The Red Sox were going to beat the Yankees. They were going to the World Series, and, of course, they were going to win it. The ``Cowboy Up'' bunch was the team of every Red Sox fan's dreams, a group capable of ignoring the history and playing the game right at the same time. But the story never, ever changes. Whatever the formula is, the Red Sox still do not have it.

TheStar.com - Sports/Olympics
Published in Toronto Star - Indexed on Oct 19, 2003 Relevance:
Security budget for Athens Olympics skyrocketsOct. 17, 2003. 01:00 AM The proposed budget for security for the Athens Olympics next year jumped 25 per cent yesterday and is now pegged at $755 million (all figures U.S.). But a senior Olympic observer says Canadian taxpayers shouldn't panic yet over potential costs for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. [Full Story] Still the same old PerditaOct. 6, 2003. 02:20 PM Perdita Felicien has obviously done this before.The 23-year-old Pickering resident steps up to the counter at her local Burger King and orders her usual - a Whopper Jr. with no pickles, no onions, heavy on the mayo.

U.S. track athletes facing suspensions after test results
Published in Sportsbusinessnews.com - Indexed on Oct 19, 2003 Relevance:
U.S. track athletes facing suspensions after test results The evidence came in a syringe, sent anonymously and delivered by an overnight service to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in Colorado Springs. That and this report from the Denver Post's John Meyer The result could become the biggest steroid scandal in the history of Olympic athletics, with the potential to affect the 2004 U.S. Olympic team. Several U.S. track and field athletes tested positive recently for a previously undetectable anabolic steroid and face two-year suspensions if the tests are confirmed, USADA chief executive Terry Madden said Thursday.

Crumpacker: Olympic price for scandal
Published in San Francisco Chronicle - Indexed on Oct 19, 2003 Relevance:
If the burgeoning steroid scandal emanating from a Bay Area lab brings down some of the country's best and brightest track and field stars, the United States' Olympic team for Athens 2004 could be weakened. A September raid by federal officials on Bay Area Laboratories Cooperative in Burlingame, run by nutritional supplement guru Victor Conte, may have wide-reaching effects on one of this country's strongest international sports. The composition of the United States' track and field team likely would change if sanctions are dealt to those who test positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

[hybrid]

The big business end of sports definitely makes steroids a buzzword type issue. In order to look like something is being accomplished, they'll probably continue to take a tough stance on steroids. And everyone, especially the big name athletes who have to have them to be the big name they are, will continue to find ways to get around the rules.

[Nate_Dog]

The funny thing is people I know pass judgement on BBs that compete in federations like the IFBB, due to the obvious steroid use .

But they praise athletes that compete in the olympics, even though time after time they produce + steroid results.

I know someone that competed for Australia in the olympics, I asked him about steroid use with athletes.... he said "you have no idea".

Sucks.