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    May 15, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. AP Exclusive: Dick Pound's WADA report cites major failings in global drug-testing

    AP Sports Writer
    LONDON (AP) — Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint a pretty picture. Despite increased testing and scientific advances to detect more...

    Tags: Government, Cycling, Politics, Erythropoietin, Sports Organizations

  2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Cycling tries to put doping in the past

    ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying.
    ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying. The cyclists and team managers participating in the eighth Amgen Tour of California gathered Friday at City Hall to speak about the future of the sport. Not the past. Please, not the past. At least there was...

    Tags: Jens Voigt, Tejay van Garderen, Tyler Farrar, Cycling, Tour of California

  4. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  5. Proposed bill partners horse racing, USADA

    Three congressmen are proposing legislation on the eve of the Kentucky Derby that would crack down on doping in horse racing. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Republican...

    Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Kentucky Derby, Ed Whitfield, Tom Udall, Churchill Downs

  6. May 9, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  7. Red-hot golfer Billy Horschel stumbles during Players Championship debut

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH — From red hot to ice cold in the matter of 18 holes, Billy Horschel is in danger of his Tour-leading streak of 23 cuts ending. Even if he does not think so. The former Florida Gator shot a 4-over 76 in his Players Championship...

    Tags: Peter Hanson, Trials, Golf, Michael Thompson, U.S. Open (golf)

  8. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Vijay Singh sues PGA Tour after banned substance allegation

    Golfer Vijay Singh is suing the PGA Tour, claiming it damaged his reputation by attempting to suspend him for using a banned substance.
    Golfer Vijay Singh is suing the PGA Tour, claiming it damaged his reputation by attempting to suspend him for using a banned substance. According to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York, the tour notified the three-time major championship winner...

    Tags: PGA Tour, Sports Illustrated, Justice System, Litigation, Trials

  10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  11. Singh sues PGA Tour over deer-antler spray

    A week after the PGA Tour lifted sanctions against Vijay Singh for acknowledging his use of a deer-antler spray, he filed suit Wednesday against the tour. Singh was cleared last week by the PGA Tour of wrongdoing, but that didn't stop him from taking...

    Tags: National Football League, PGA Tour, Golf, Jonathan Vilma, Dietary Supplements

  12. May 1, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant
  13. PGA Tour Clears Vijay Singh From Banned-Substance Violation

    In January Vijay Singh admitted to using a banned substance by the PGA Tour and the World Anti-Doping Agency, deer antler spray. The tour then proceeded with the matter than Singh had broken the rule. Siingh, as was his right, appealed. About four...

    Tags: PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship

  14. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant
  15. On The Fly

    Sports Business Journal reported that new Jets quarterback Geno Smith, who fell to the second round of the NFL draft, will hire a new agent after parting ways with the folks from Select Sports Group. Smith confirmed the story to SiriusXM NFL Radio, but...

    Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, National Football League, Football, NFL Draft, Western Conference (NHL)

  16. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  17. Athletes only too happy to be 'lab rats'

    After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound.
    After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound. But the failed experimental drug, called GW501516, is making a comeback in another...

    Tags: Lawyers, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals

  18. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Lance Armstrong pulls out of swimming event after FINA objects

    Lance Armstrong won't be returning to competition this weekend after all. The disgraced former cyclist, who has been banned for life from all events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, decided not to take part in three distance events in the...

    Tags: Andy Enfield, Cycling, Sports, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France

  20. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV
  21. News of the Weird: Doping on Ice

    Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its “athletes” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a February New York Times report. However, said the chairman of the U.S. Freshwater Fishing Association, “We do not test for beer,” because, he added, “Everyone would fail.” Ice-fishing is a lonely, frigid endeavor rarely employing strength but mostly requiring guile and strategy, as competitors who discover advantageous spots in the lake must surreptitiously upload the hauls lest competitors rush over to drill their own holes. Urine tests have also been run in recent years on competitors in darts, miniature golf, chess and tug-of-war, and in 2011, one chess player, two minigolfers and one tugger tested positive.
    Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its “athletes” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a February...

    Tags: Shootings, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Lehigh University, Human Interest, Trials

  22. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom

    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.”
    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...

    Tags: Shootings, Reeva Steenkamp, Lawyers, South Africa, Paralympic Games

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