The baseball home run king, Barry Bonds, made use of steroids from a lab that was able to attract other athletes because of his involvement.

A federal prosecutor revealed this fact during the perjury trial of Bonds.

From Slam.canoe.ca:

Bonds, 46, who has pleaded not guilty to lying about use of performance-enhancing drugs, dressed in a dark suit with a light blue shirt and matching tie and conferred amicably with his team of five attorneys before the trial got under way.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew A. Parrella began by detailing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), whose head pleaded guilty to providing illegal performance enhancing drugs to professional athletes.

The Bonds case is one of the last strands in a lengthy investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Doping revelations tarnished the reputation of baseball, known as America’s national pastime.

The Assistant U.S. Attorney promised to provide eyewitnesses who saw Anderson injecting Bonds, and evidence of anabolic steroids that were found in Anderson’s home and premises of BALCO.

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The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently said the NFL would insist on a mandatory Human Growth Hormone (HGH) testing in the next labor deal with the players.

The National Football League needs to do more to ensure that banned substances are kept out of the sport, according to the commissioner.

From Playerpress.com:

HGH is a protein-based peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals which affects the growth hormone on the tissues of the body and is described as an anabolic just as steroids are.

It is used by athletes in an attempt to enhance their athletic performance although recent studies have not been able to support claims that HGH actually improves athletic performance.

In the United States, HGH is only available legally with a prescription from a doctor.

The use of HGH by NFL players is prohibited by the NFL, but players do not currently test for it.

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The case of Melchor Ferris, 30, of Chenery Street, who was charged with five offences following a police raid at an Albury fitness centre on January 20, has been deferred.

The case has been adjourned until May. Ferris was charged over the possession of steroids and the deemed supply of a prohibited drug.

From Bordermail.com.au:

A Director of Public Prosecutions representative sought an adjournment until May 2 with further material to be provided by police.

Magistrate Gordon Lerve previously ordered a police brief of evidence by yesterday.

Ferris has been charged with possessing a gram of amphetamine, possessing an anabolic or androgenic steroid with 52 tablets of a prescribed substance and deemed supply of 56 grams of a prohibited drug.

Ferris was also charged with possessing or attempting to possess an anabolic or androgenic steroid, 1000 tablets of a prescribed restricted substance, and another 58 tablets of a prescribed restricted substance.

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A total of 3,729 packages of illegal medication were seized in 2009 suggesting that more and more people are importing drugs for treating impotence, hair loss, and improve their mood.

Authorities are, however, not pursuing individuals to buy the drugs for personal use over the Internet.

From Independent.ie:

The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) revealed that confiscated drugs included mood stabilisers, anti-impotence pills, weight-loss products, hair-loss creams, sedatives, anabolic steroids, anti-depressants and memory-enhancement aids.

The watchdog’s annual report also revealed that it received 3,276 reports of suspected adverse reaction to drugs, “a small number of which resulted in a fatal outcome”.

Vaccine

It said it received more than 900 adverse-reaction reports nationally about last winter’s swine-flu vaccine.

“These reports were submitted on a voluntary basis by healthcare professionals and members of the public, either through the online reporting tool available on the IMB website, or by post or telephone.

The watchdog’s annual report said, “The IMB actively called for all suspected reactions with the vaccines to be reported as part of its national monitoring programme.”

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The former Oregon City High School strength and conditioning coach, Brian Jackson, has pleaded guilty to supplying steroids to a Canby police officer.

The 36-year-old was led away to spend 30 days in Clackamas County jail, followed by two years probation.

From Oregonlive.com:

Clackamas County Circuit Judge Douglas V. Van Dyk ordered Jackson not to use or possess any steroids or human growth hormone, nor any alcohol or drugs and to pay a $107 fine to the court.

He also was ordered not to have any contact with co-defendants, Jason Deason, the former Canby officer who resigned from the job last July during an FBI investigation, and William Traverso, a Canby businessman also accused of providing steroids to Deason.

The judge and Clackamas County prosecutor Michael Wu said the sentence was reached partly because of Jackson took “early responsibility” for his actions and cooperated with the FBI inquiry that led to his arrest.

It marks the first criminal conviction resulting from the federal public corruption investigation into the Canby officer’s steroid abuse, and follows the resignation last month of Canby Police Chief Greg Kroeplin, accused of failing to properly investigate his officer’s drug use.

FBI was told by Traverso, a former competitive bodybuilder who worked at his family’s Canby Landscape Supply, that Jackson was his main supplier of steroid pills from 2002 through 2005.

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The recent raids by French police on the Barloworld team hotel in Tarbes have shocked the team. The development led to withdrawal of Moises Duenas Nevado from the Tour de France.

A sample of the rider was related to the fourth stage of the race, the Cholet time-trial on July 8, according to the French anti-doping agency.

From Espnstar.com:

“I’m shocked,” Barloworld team manager Claudio Corti said.

“I want to find out more about what has happened before going into detail and taking further action.

“However the one thing I will say is that the team is not involved in this story at all.

“We’ll take severe action against anyone who damages our credibility and the image of our team.”

Duenas Nevado finished 82nd in the stage in question.

At the time of his withdrawal, he was 19th, the highest-placed Barloworld rider in the overall classification.

He had been given more of a free reign after his team leader, Juan Mauricio Soler, last year’s King of the Mountains, withdrew with a wrist injury on stage five.

Duenas Nevado was in his third Tour de France, and first with Barloworld, following two years with Agritubel.

Bouygues Telecom general manager said that raids by police extended only as far as the Barloworld quarters.

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The St. Louis Cardinals’ slugging left fielder, Matt Holliday, recently said that he never heard anabolic steroids and human growth hormone discussed anywhere in Major League Baseball.

Holliday said at the Cardinals’ Winter Warm-Up gala for fans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, “I’ve obviously never taken part in any of that stuff.”

From NYdailynews.com:

Holliday, who hit a combined .313 with 24 home runs and 109 RBI last season splitting time between Oakland and St. Louis, met with reporters yesterday as McGwire was greeted with a standing ovation from Cardinals fans packing the Hyatt’s main ballroom. McGwire was reintroduced to St. Louis following his admission last week of using steroids for most his 15-year career with the A’s and Cardinals. He told Bob Costas on MLB Network last Monday that he had never discussed steroids with other players or heard others discussing steroids, despite the fact that he played in, and helped define, what he called the “steroid era.” McGwire hadn’t appeared publicly in St. Louis since 2005, the year of his evasive testimony about steroids before Congress, when he refused to directly answer questions under oath.

“I’ve only played six years (in the majors),” Holliday said. “In the six years I’ve played, I’ve never seen it (steroids) or heard anybody talking about using it.”

Holliday also remarked, “I don’t know whether it helps (performance) or doesn’t.”

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Giro d’Italia rider Dario Frigo was sacked by his Fassa Bortolo team recently after illegal drugs were found during a police raid on his hotel room in San Remo.

The team had received an official notice from the police that drugs had been found, according to Manager Giancarlo Ferretti on phone.

From Independent.ie:

The Italian was lying second overall in the Giro, 15 seconds behind compatriot Gilberto Simoni after leading the race for nine days. His sacking means he will be unable to continue in the race.

Police raided team hotels on Wednesday evening in the biggest crackdown on doping in cycling since the notorious 1998 Tour de France. Italian news agency ANSA quoted police sources as saying substances including testosterone, caffeine, adrenal and anabolic steroids and other stimulants had been seized.

Organisers cancelled Thursday’s 18th stage as the cyclists held a seven-hour meeting. Italy’s Mario Cipollini won the sprint finish at the end of yesterday’s 181k stage from Alba to Busto Arsizio.

Ferretti said, “Dario admitted this and so, under the rules of the team, he was immediately sacked.”

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