Secret Service
Luke Cyphers Special Reporting By Shaun Assael And Amy K. NelsonBat boys, attendants, personal trainers-some clubbies will do whatever it takes to keep the big guys happy. Even if it means breaking the law
Story | Conversation | April 13, 2009This Just In
Jon PessahWho's on trial in the Bonds case? Not just Barry.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009In this Issue: This Just In
Mag.com...fraud crimes in Silicon Valley. Then, his office blew the lid off a little supplement shop called BALCO, and the reality of Barry Bonds and his involvement in that drug scheme became a massive objective...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009Steroid Nation: Wait and Switch
Shaun AssaelDrug Enforcement Administration agents raided the lab of former BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold last week, looking for documents that will tell them whether the latest supplement created...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 22, 2009Lunch Links
Max Klinger and Ethan Trex...of San Diego is suing the Chargers. • Don't forget that Mosely was tied up in BALCO. • The doors of the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame swing open. • Super Bowl odds...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 22, 2009Full Pitcher
Buster OlneyBen Sheets is a fan, just like you are. But then you aren't the ace every team needs
Story | Conversation | December 16, 2008Shape Shifter
Saun AssaelIn the netherworld of bodybuilders and supplementmakers, one name is on everyone's lips when it comes to designer steroids. But no one will say it out loud. The search for the man behind the juice
Story | Conversation | December 08, 2008Cracked Code
Alan GrantTraining camp fights are as common as two-a-days, but there was nothing routine about the brawl between Marcus Williams and Bill Romanowsk-or what came next
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2008The NEXT: Sports Doping Scandal
Paul Kix...was suspended after authorities found syringes hidden in toothpaste tubes and 82 Viagra pills. Victor Conte, of BALCO fame, once boasted of having all his athletes on the stuff. (Given steroids' side effects, Viagra in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2008The Morning According to Us
Paul Kix...was suspended after authorities found syringes hidden in toothpaste tubes and 82 Viagra pills. Victor Conte, of BALCO fame, once boasted of having all his athletes on the stuff. (Given steroids' side effects, Viagra in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2008The Breaking Point
Chuck KlostermanA pop culture commentator looks at Barry Bonds' assault on Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron, and draws some troubling conclusions-not for Bonds, but for us
Story | Conversation | October 30, 20084 Ways To Beat The System
Shaun AssaelIf you're a big leaguer looking for an edge, MLB's drug policy still has holes large enough to drive a team bus through
Story | Conversation | October 24, 2008The Shadows Deepen
Tim KeownIt's not about the sluggers anymore. The Jason Grimsley raid exposed an open secret: pitchers use performance enhancing drugs too. And according to doctors, the juice can benefit hurlers even more than hitters
Story | Conversation | October 24, 2008The Show Goes On
Dan Le BatardRyan Howard is headed where only Barry, Big Mac and Sammy have gone before. Got a problem with that?
Story | Conversation | October 20, 2008STEROID NATION: TRACKING THE REVIVAL OF REPUTATIONS
Shaun Assael...a college professor to explain this fact: the reputations of the major league players linked to the BALCO scandals have suffered in the last few years. But as the fallout from baseball's steroids era...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2008EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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