steroids

Fallen MLB great Canseco lobbies against supplement in Albany

Karen Dewitt — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:06:00 +0000

Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein is pressing to ban the performance enhancing supplement DMAA, also know n as Jack 3D in New York, saying it causes dangerous conditions like rapid heart beat, a spike in blood pressure, and in some cases, death from stroke or heart attack.

“This won’t be tolerated,” Senator Klein said.

Question of the Day - Peformance Enhancing Drugs?

Ray Graf — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:11:31 +0000

In the wake of Lance Armstrong’s mea culpa that he took performance enhancing drugs – and the recent Baseball Hall of Fame vote (where NOBODY got in) – we ask you: Does it matter to you if athletes use performance enhancing drugs?

Major League Baseball Enacts New Anti-Doping Policies

Steve Inskeep — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:55:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Major League Baseball has enacted new anti-doping policies that are being described as unprecedented in American professional sports. Yesterday, Major League Baseball and its Players Union said that starting next year they will be fighting the use of human growth hormone and testosterone - two allegedly popular banned substances.

NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman has been covering this story.

Baseball Will Test For Human Growth Hormone During Season

Bill Chappell — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:28:44 +0000

Major League Baseball will expand its effort to fight performance enhancing drugs to include random blood tests for human growth hormone and other substances during the regular season, under the terms of an agreement with the players union that was first reported by