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Secret Service

Luke Cyphers Special Reporting By Shaun Assael And Amy K. Nelson

Bat 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, 2009

This Just In

Jon Pessah

Who's on trial in the Bonds case? Not just Barry.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009

In 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, 2009

Steroid Nation: Wait and Switch

Shaun Assael

Drug 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, 2009

Lunch 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, 2009

Full Pitcher

Buster Olney

Ben Sheets is a fan, just like you are. But then you aren't the ace every team needs

Story | Conversation | December 16, 2008

Shape Shifter

Saun Assael

In 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, 2008

Cracked Code

Alan Grant

Training 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, 2008

The 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, 2008

The 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, 2008

The Breaking Point

Chuck Klosterman

A 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, 2008

4 Ways To Beat The System

Shaun Assael

If 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, 2008

The Shadows Deepen

Tim Keown

It'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, 2008

The Show Goes On

Dan Le Batard

Ryan Howard is headed where only Barry, Big Mac and Sammy have gone before. Got a problem with that?

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2008

STEROID 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, 2008