A batboy and equipment manager with the New York Mets from 1985 to 1995, Kirk Radomski, has pleaded guilty to distributing steroids and money laundering.

The 38-year-old former Major League Baseball clubhouse attendant sold steroids to dozens of players and received a sentence of five years probation but no jail time from a federal judge.

From Reuters.com:

“He is probably the most significant cooperator in the area of sports athletic doping,” prosecutor Matthew Parrella told the judge, explaining that the federal government was not seeking any jail time. “His extensive and immediate cooperation deserve recognition.”

Radomski has testified before former Sen. George Mitchell’s commission, which alleged widespread steroid use in Major League Baseball, and will appear before a congressional committee in Washington next week.

His lawyer said Radomski received anonymous threats by telephone after the Mitchell Report was released in December.

“I would like to apologize to the court, to my family, my friends for everything I have done,” said Radomski. “It hasn’t been easy on me or my family.”

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Two top athletes from India, Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu, have been suspended and face the prospect of a two-year ban.

Both Kaur and Murmu flunked an out-of-competition dope test after their samples were taken out of competition at NIS Patiala on May 25.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

Mandeep’s ‘B’ sample had adverse analytical findings for epimethandiol, metabolites of methandienone and stanozolol while Juana’s had epimethandiol and metabolites of methandienone.

The duo have been provisionally suspended by Athletics Federation of India till the hearing by a NADA panel is completed. The NADA panel will hand the punishment after the hearing.

Since it was the first dope offence for the two athletes, their punishment would range from a warning to a two-year ban.

AFI sources said that the two athletes have told the officials that their positive result could be due to food supplements they had taken from outside the NIS where they had been training.

The ‘B’ samples of both the athletes returned positive for anabolic steroids in the tests conducted by International Association of Athletics Federations.

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A New man charged with a drug offence after city police found a cache of anabolic steroids in a vehicle has been granted bail.

The 29-year-old, Tyler Matthews, was released on $2,000 (cash deposit) bail when he appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom.

From Saultstar.com:

Police charged the 29-year-old Dieppe, N.B. resident with three offences after officers stopped a vehicle on Great Northern Road about 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The vehicle was stopped after police received a report of an erratic driver.

Officers discovered the driver was under the influence of alcohol and he was charged with drinking and driving offences, the police service says.

Following his arrest, officers located a large quantity of anabolic steroids, with an estimated street value of $18,722.

Matthews will return to court July 25.

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Spanish civil guard have taken 14 people in for questioning around the country as part of an anti-doping operation known as “Greyhound,” according to the Spanish government.

Sports doctors, pharmacists, trainers, coaches, representatives and sportspeople were among those detained, suspected of crimes against public health, the Ministry of the Interior communicated in a statement.

From Reuters.com:

Spanish media reported that the initials MD, which the government statement said referred to a female athlete from Palencia suspected of supplying doping substances, was world steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez.

Spanish television showed images of police taking items from what they said was Dominguez’s home earlier in the day.

Reuters was unable to immediately contact either Dominguez or her representatives for comment.

Up to 15 addresses in Madrid, Las Palmas, Alicante, Segovia and Palencia were raided and police found anabolic steroids, bags of blood, hormones, EPO and laboratory equipment used for carrying out blood transfusions.

“The three people mentioned, after receiving the competition calendars for certain sports people, drew up doping plans for them, treating them occasionally with doping products such as EPO, anabolic steroids, and others, doing transfusions of blood recycled from the same sportsperson,” the civil guard said in their statement while saying that EF and two others were monitored.

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Fourteen years after being guilty of using a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid, the past of Justin Charles still haunts him.

“It was wrong, and I can look back and say absolutely it was wrong,” Charles said.

From Heraldsun.com.au:

“My dad always said you can’t do any worse than tell the truth, and that no one was going to think worse of you if you told the truth and, oh God, that’s put me in good stead. If you’re lying, then you’ve got to start to defend the indefensible, and I couldn’t do it.

“It was the best thing I did after I made a real bad decision.”

Then came the Tigers.

“Richmond were awesome. Leon Daphne (then president), gee, talk about great people,” he said.

“I remember going into a meeting and telling everybody and it was void of sound. You know, as we’re talking I’m back there now. Wow. It was just … quiet.

“They were shocked. It’s maybe why I even thought I’d get away with it, because I’d be the last person they’d think, because of my work ethic.

“I did everything for my teammates and this is why … this was the most selfish thing you could ever do.”

The former admitted that he had six injections of boldenone in the bathroom of his parents’ home in the pre-season of ’97.

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A week of sleep loss could mean loss of up to 15 percent of testosterone in a group of healthy young men, according to a new study.

The researchers said low levels of testosterone could negatively affect the health of men in different ways besides affecting sexual behavior.

From Men.webmd.com:

In the first week, the participants slept eight hours each night at home. Then they had three nights of 10-hour sleep and eight nights of 5-hour sleep in a sleep laboratory.

The results showed that testosterone levels decreased by 10%-15% after the week of sleep loss compared with their rested states. This decrease in testosterone levels was also associated with a loss of vigor among the participants.

Researchers say about 15% of adult workers in the U.S. get five hours or less of sleep per night, and this study suggests this kind of prolonged sleep loss could have a negative consequence on testosterone and men’s well-being.

The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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A Norfolk police officer, Kristin Harris, has been arrested on drug charges and his arrest seems to be the part of a larger investigation.

Kristin Harris was charged by the Beach detectives with a dozen felonies for distributing anabolic steroids, as per the court documents.

From Wtkr.com:

On a bail worksheet under “place of employment,” a magistrate wrote: “see detective.” No mention that Harris was a veteran Norfolk officer. On that same worksheet under the entry asking whether the accused is on probation or parole, the magistrate checked “no”, but then added underneath, “harassing telephone calls.” And under “prior criminal record,” the magistrate wrote: “trespassing.” There was no explanation for those charges.

Harris has also spent time in Norfolk’s Federal Court.

He has filed for bankruptcy twice. The first time before he was a Norfolk officer and the second time while he was on the force. Federal records show second case was tossed out because he didn’t pay the fees.

A Norfolk police spokesman could not say whether officials knew about Harris’ history, but he did say all police recruits undergo a thorough background check.

The Norfolk cop has resigned from the Norfolk police department and is also facing a marijuana charge now in Virginia Beach and a prescription drug charge.

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Ivan Basso, the Giro d’Italia champion, has admitted to being involved in the Operation Puerto doping scandal.

“The office of the anti-doping power of attorney has listened today to Ivan Basso … and he has widely admitted his own responsibilities relative to Operation Puerto and has supplied the maximum collaboration in order to clear up the relative facts of his involvement,” a statement on CONI’s website (www.coni.it) said.

From Reuters.com:

CONI said Basso had made an impromptu appearance to the authorities on Monday to explain his position. He had appeared before a CONI doping hearing last Wednesday which was adjourned with no new date fixed.

The Italian rider has been accused of violating article 2.2 of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code concerning “use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method”.

Basso was forced to miss last year’s Tour de France as one of over 50 professional riders implicated in the Spanish investigation.

Operation Puerto was launched after police raids in Madrid and Zaragoza found large quantities of anabolic steroids, blood transfusion equipment and more than 200 bags of blood.

Basso previously stated he was a victim in the investigation and maintained his innocence.

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