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On December 27, 2015, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America released a report conducted by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit called The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers which investigated professional athletes' potential use of Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) naming several prominent athletes as having received drugs from Charles Sly, a pharmacist who had worked at the Guyer Anti ...
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
A three-year suspension for taking clenbuterol kept sprinter Katrin Krabbe from competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and effectively ended her athletic career. [91] [92] In 2006, San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota, while a member of the New York Mets, received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for clenbuterol. [93]
In a Chicago Sun-Times interview that took place in July 2009, Parque admitted using HGH, as he explained that "With my career in jeopardy, I turned to performance-enhancing drugs, like some other players did", Parque wrote for the Sun-Times. "I never had needed them before, but with a shoulder that wouldn't heal, it was realistically the only ...
A number of legendary athletes, like O.J. Simpson, managed to hit the headlines for bad behavior even after they stopped playing. O.J. Simpson and Other Athletes Who Ruined Their Reputations Later ...
A potentially explosive doping scandal rocked Olympic swimming Saturday after revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers, including gold medalists and world record-setters, tested positive for a banned ...
Drug trafficking 20 years Served 3 years. Released early after a plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to felony drug trafficking charges. [49] Eric Naposki: Cut First-degree murder Life in prison without the possibility of parole [50] Nate Newton: Retired Drug trafficking 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 years (two separate convictions) [51]
Other notable athletes: Reggie Lewis — Boston Celtics, 1993 Jason Collier — Atlanta Hawks, 2005 Kevin ... 8 athletes, including 2 Lobos, whose health conditions impacted their careers Skip to ...