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More Football Players Using HGH as Proposed Mandatory Testing Remains Stalled

HGH is making another appearance in mainstream media this month, this time in the NFL, closely following the news of legal proceedings from golfer Vijay Singh against the PGA Tour over their treatment of him after his admission that he used Deer-Antler Spray. Even though a testing program isn’t yet in place, it seems players [...]

Legends of Golf in Savannah, GA April 21, 2010

Deer Antler Spray Has a History With Pro Golf

In the wake of Vijay Singh’s deer antler spay controversy, which has been heavily reported in sports news media thanks to the WADA’s removal of the substance on the banned list, the decision not to suspend Singh, and the recently announced lawsuit Singh is pursuing against the PGA Tour, many may be surprised to learn [...]

Pro Golfer Singh cleared

Professional Golfer Vijay Singh Absolved of Any Penalty for Using Deer Antler Spray by the PGA

PGA Tour Champion and World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh took deer antler spray hoping it would change his body. However, it instead changed his golfing career, if only for a little while, after the World Anti-Doping Agency began looking into his usage of the banned substance. After testing the product Singh was taking, [...]

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Negotiations Between NFL and Congress Over HGH Testing Get Heated

It all looked good almost two years ago when the NFL and the NFL Players Association put in place a plan to begin testing their players for HGH. However, it’s been almost two years since the League announced it would test for human growth hormone, and there are still no tests being done on NFL [...]

Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis

Deer Antler Spray Questions Before Super Bowl Leave Baltimore’s Ray Lewis Agitated

In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, it is possible Ray Lewis wanted to focus on prepping for the big game, or enjoying the glow of the spotlight that comes with the Baltimore Ravens’ spot in football’s biggest game. He was probably not expecting to have to field questions about his possible use [...]

Armstrong admits to doping

The Lance Armstrong Doping Interview: Armstrong Comes Clean?

It was whispered about for years, and then investigated in earnest by the world’s leading anti-doping agencies, and now the truth is finally coming out: Lance Armstrong enjoyed a storied and impressive cycling career thanks to the use of performance enhancing drugs. It’s a sad testimony to our times and the burden placed on athletes [...]

Baseball's New Testing

Major League Baseball Gets Serious About Drug Testing

Major League Baseball has announced that they will be expanding their drug testing program, to include in-season testing for both HGH and synthetic testosterone. The move comes more than a year after the League’s November 2011 decision to begin testing for HGH, which made it the first major sport in the United States to test [...]

USADA Report Reveals Investigation Details

New USADA Report Spells Trouble for Lance Armstrong in Ongoing Doping Allegations

A new 202-page report released by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on October 9, 2012, reveals the findings of the agency’s ongoing investigation of Lance Armstrong. The report names 26 people who have spoken to the agency in the course of their investigation and in some way implicated Armstrong as using performance enhancing drugs [...]

Illegal doping in sports

War of Words: Still No Clear Answers in Anti-Doping Battle

It was big news that Lance Armstrong decided to give up his ongoing fight against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Facing the loss of his seven Tour de France titles and a lifetime ban from participation in any sport that follows the World Anti-Doping Code, Armstrong backed down after a back-and-forth battle that included a [...]

Eat like an Olympian

Eat Like an Olympic Athlete

The Olympic athlete’s body truly is a temple. Care, effort and training go into making an Olympian’s body into the finely tuned machine that works harder, endures longer, wins medals and breaks records. Often, Olympic caliber athletes train for hours every day, so the fuel they put into their bodies is equally as important as [...]