Crystal Cox, a member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics, has accepted a suspension of four years and disqualification of her results for doping.

Cox admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty as per the USADA and this could mean loss of medal for Sanya Richards.

From Dallasnews.com:

She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren’t yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat.

Marion Jones’ relay teammates from the Sydney Games lost their medals after Jones admitted to doping, but they are fighting to have the medals restored.

A relay gold medalist from the same year, Jerome Young, was stripped of his gold medal for doping, but a move to strip the entire team was rejected. Young only ran in the preliminary of the 1,600-meter team.

USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart said he didn’t know how the Cox case would affect her teammates.

“You’ve got to give her credit for accepting responsibility,” he said. “But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you’re going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you’re putting your teammates in.”

Cox is suspended through January 2014 and her results from 2001 to 2004 will be forfeited.

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Justin Gatlin, the former Olympic champion, recently claimed victory in his first competitive race following a four-year doping ban.

His compatriots J-Mee Samuels and Rubin Williams were 0.07 and 0.30secs further back, respectively.

From Espnstar.com:

Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin claimed victory on Tuesday in his first competitive race following a four-year doping ban.

The American sprinter, who comfortably won his 100metres heat earlier in the day, finished with a time of 10.24 seconds to triumph in the final at the Kuldliiga meet in Estonia.

That was an improvement of 0.10secs on the 28-year-old’s time in his heat, but some way off his personal best of 9.85.

Compatriots J-Mee Samuels and Rubin Williams were 0.07 and 0.30secs further back respectively.

Gatlin was banned in 2006 after testing positive for excessive testosterone.

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The case involving state and professional wrestler Jeff Hardy has been deferred until Feb. 16 after Assistant District Attorney Warren McSweeney told Senior Resident Judge James M. Webb that the state would need more time.

This is the second postponement this year and Hardy’s attorney said he thought the two sides were closer to agreement when he previously advised the court he expected a resolution this month.

From Thepilot.com:

Moore County deputy sheriffs arrested the world champion wrestler in September 2009 after a search of his home in Cameron discovered quantities of illegal drugs, including prescription Vicodin and Soma, a quantity of anabolic steroids, along with a small amount of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

At the time, Hardy was charged with felony trafficking in opium, two counts of felony possession with intent to sell or deliver a schedule III controlled substance, felony maintaining a dwelling to keep controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. The Moore County grand jury later indicted Hardy.

The cases against Hardy have been continued a number of times. Hardy has remained free on bail pending his day in court.

Jeff Hardy, 32, and his brother, Matt, wrestling as the Hardy Boyz, were six-time World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Champions.

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If recent reports are to be believed, steroid abuse is on the increase again. A few years ago, anabolic steroids fell into disfavour as their side effects became apparent and “roid-heads” went on to became objects of ridicule.

However, the new generation looking for quick success is being seduced by the false promise of a shortcut to a perfect body.

From Theherald.com.au:

In their own time these youngsters will discover the truth – that a steroid-inflated body is about as convincing and impressive as a fake tan and that the personal cost of abuse can be horrendous.

Even if the purity of black market steroids could be guaranteed (it can’t), abusers run the risk of detrimental impacts on their personalities and behaviour. “Roid rage” is just the tip of an iceberg of psychological symptoms that produce the opposite of the self-esteem and self-assurance that many abusers are seeking.

The physical symptoms are potentially dreadful too. Bodies out of proportion, unwelcome “man boobs”, shrunken genitals and acne explosions are just the beginning. Internal damage is prevalent and can be irreversible.

To the extent that steroid abuse reflects anxiety among young men about their body image, it represents a growing problem that demands serious attention. Like eating disorders in both young men and women, the problem is a symptom of an increasingly prevalent mental health issue.

Hospital admissions and many social studies indicate that growing numbers of young people are so anxious and depressed about their apparent failure to conform to the socially approved body image that they will endanger their physical health in an attempt to attain their perceived “ideal”.

Poor diet, coupled with widespread obesity and publicity campaigns designed to combat obesity are believed to have stimulated growth and success of anabolic steroids in the recent times.

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An Assembly committee unanimously advanced legislation urging for tighter monitoring of human growth hormone (HGH) amid growing evidence that the drug is widely abused.

The bill was termed as a non-intrusive way for protecting “the integrity of medicine” by Health and Senior Services Committee chairman Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) who said the bill will help in cracking down on abuse by both patients and physicians.

According to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, growth hormone deficiency affects one of every 100,000 American adults annually.

From NJ.com:

“We will know whether it’s an individual patient doctor shopping or if it’s a physician who’s dealing,” Conaway told The Star-Ledger. “We’d be able to monitor both ends of the problem.”

The bill would add HGH to the list of drugs within the state’s prescription monitoring program. It follows a Star-Ledger series that revealed wide use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone among hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters in New Jersey.

The Star-Ledger found in most cases that the officers used their state-funded health benefits to foot the bill for substances, with the high cost of HGH running up a tab in the millions of dollars.

The Star-Ledger found a Jersey City physician routinely faking medical diagnoses for adult growth hormone deficiency and supplying the drugs for muscle building purposes to law enforcement officers and firefighters.

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According to an announcement by the world cycling’s governing body two more Spanish cyclists have failed drugs tests.

Ezequiel Mosquera and Xacobeo-Galicia team-mate David Garcia tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch, the blood booster, in urine samples during the Vuelta a Espana.

From Espnstar.com:

Two more Spanish cyclists have failed drugs tests, world cycling’s governing body has announced.

Ezequiel Mosquera and Xacobeo-Galicia team-mate David Garcia tested positive for the blood booster hydroxyethyl starch in urine samples during the Vuelta a Espana.

The news comes after it was confirmed traces of clenbuterol had been found in samples taken from Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.

The two Spanish cyclists can request testing of their B samples for confirming the result.

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Gregory Whiteley, 46, an amateur bodybuilder who lives in Allen and is a 12-year veteran of Dallas Fire Rescue, has been taken into custody for selling steroids to an undercover Allen police officer.

Whiteley is being held on $350,000 bail on seven counts of manufacturing or delivery of a controlled substance under 200 grams.

From Dallasnews.com:

Whiteley declined an interview request. He has no attorney, jail records show. His wife, Cyndi, could not be reached, but told KTVT (Channel 11) that her husband is wrongly accused.

Allen police Sgt. Jon Felty said that an informant told detectives about Whiteley. “They talked with him for several days, and they put together a buy,” he said.

The transaction occurred near a Gold’s Gym in Plano, Felty said. Investigators then obtained a warrant and arrested Whiteley at his Allen home, he said.

Whiteley was caught selling seven different types of steroids, each a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Felty said. He did not say what the substances were.

Felty said he did not know if Whiteley was cooperating with investigators, or whether detectives have information about his clients or suppliers.

Jason Evans, a Dallas Fire Rescue spokesman, said Whiteley will be placed on administrative leave if he is released from jail.

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Free agent Jason Ferguson has been suspended by NFL for eight games after he was found violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

He was also suspended for violating drug policy of NFL in 1999 to sit out four games after an anabolic steroid showed up during a urine test.

From Dallasnews.com:

Ferguson was sidelined with a season-ending quadriceps injury in November and underwent surgery a month later. The 35-year-old had been in on 23 tackles in nine games for the Dolphins last season. Coach Tony Sparano called him a “heck of a player” at the time of his injury.

A Dolphins spokesman, Harvey Greene, said Ferguson remained a free agent and had not signed a new contract.

“We won’t comment because he’s not officially on our roster,” Greene said. The team has not said whether they planned to re-sign Ferguson for next season.

Ferguson was drafted in 1997, playing eight seasons with the New York Jets and three with the Dallas Cowboys before joining Miami in 2008. He has 325 career tackles.

Ferguson tested positive for marijuana at the scouting combine in 1997. During his 1999 suspension, he passionately denied taking steroids, saying he used a dietary supplement, which he would not identify, but that contained no banned substances.

Ferguson during his 1999 suspension said, “I read bottles and I know steroids. I didn’t take no damn steroids.”

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Rafael Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez, suspected steroid users, are on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. They join Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, both having fallen just short in last year’s vote.

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America said former Most Valuable Players Jeff Bagwell and Larry Walker, and former Rookies of the Year Benito Santiago and Raul Mondesi also will be on the 33-man ballot.

From Dallasnews.com:

Mark McGwire, 10th on the career list with 583 homers, received 128 votes (23.7 percent) in totals announced last January following his fourth appearance of the ballot – well under the 75 percent needed for election. He admitted before last season to using steroids and human growth hormone during his playing days.

Barry Bonds and Rogers Clemens, both under indictments on charges related to their denials of steroids use, become eligible for the Hall ballot in two years.

Palmeiro is 12th on the career list with 569 home runs and had 3,020 hits, joining Hall of Famers Hank Aaron , Willie Mays and Eddie Murray as the only players in the 500-3,000 club. Palmeiro wagged his finger at Congress in 2005 while denying he used steroids, then tested positive a few months later and was suspended for 10 days.

He tested positive for stanozolol, a person with knowledge of the sport’s drug-testing program told The Associated Press at the time, speaking on condition of anonymity because the drug wasn’t announced. Palmeiro testified before a congressional panel that he “never used steroids.”

The complete ballot: Roberto Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Bret Boone, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Marquis Grissom, Lenny Harris, Bobby Higginson, Charles Johnson, Barry Larkin, Al Leiter, Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Raul Mondesi, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Dave Parker, Tim Raines, Kirk Rueter, Benito Santiago, Lee Smith, B.J. Surhoff, Alan Trammell, and Larry Walker.

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The family of Amanda Jo Earhart Savell, the fitness competitor killed by convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs two years ago this month, has filed a lawsuit against Chinese steroid suppliers of Jacobs.

The family said their products contributed to his “steroid rage” that led to her death.

From Dallasnews.com:

Kathy and Gary Earhart of Plano filed a federal suit in Marshall, Texas, on June 4 against Lei Jin, whom the petition describes as a Chinese citizen in Shanghai with a residence in Wisconsin, and GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., also in Shanghai.

The suit also lists 50 “John Doe” corporations and individuals, all alleged co-conspirators “in the scheme to illegally produce, market, sell and buy anabolic steroids and human growth hormone,” the suit states.

Jacobs was sentenced May 1, 2008, to probation for leading one of the country’s largest illegal steroids networks, and was cooperating with authorities in a federal investigation, including giving them the names of NFL players he says he supplied.

The bodies of Savell, 30, and Jacobs, 35, were found shot to death on June 5, 2008, at his Plano home on Honey Creek Lane.

Steroid raw materials were received by Jacobs from contacts in China that he mixed and then sold in North Texas and around the country.

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