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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

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

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

Implications of sentence extend beyond Marion Jones

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

The judge was speaking to Marion Jones in White Plains, N.Y, when he handed down that six-month sentence on Friday, but he could be heard in Houston and San Francisco, too, writes ESPN The Magazine's Shaun Assael.

Story | Conversation | January 11, 2008

Only the truly naive will believe this version of Jones' story

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday, but her story still has plenty of holes, writes ESPN The Magazine's Shaun Assael.

Story | Conversation | October 05, 2007

The implausible deniability of Marion Jones

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

From the first time he met Marion Jones years ago, ESPN The Magazine's Shaun Assael has been listening to her denials of performance-enhancing drug use. Now he finally knows better.

Story | Conversation | October 04, 2007

'Raw Deal' busts labs across U.S., many supplied by China

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Over the past four days, the Drug Enforcement Administration staged a series of busts around the country that culminated the biggest crackdown ever against performance-enhancing drugs.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2007

Conte indicates that Bonds knew about steroids

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Victor Conte has allegedly bragged to an associate that Barry Bonds had intimate knowledge of the steroids he received from BALCO.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2006

Remember, drug testing is an inexact science

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

As the village of the banned gets ever more crowded, we need to remember that drug testing is an inexact science.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2006

American, Swiss lab workers headed to France

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Representatives of two internationally renowned doping labs are in Paris to witness the test that will decide whether Tour de France winner Floyd Landis should be stripped of his title and banned from cycling, according to Howard Jacobs, one of Landis's a

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2006

Cycling's past isn't doing Landis any favors

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine's Shaun Assael was fooled once by Tyler Hamilton's doping denials, so he's listening to Floyd Landis' denials with a healthy skepticism.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2006

Four ways to beat the system

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

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 | June 20, 2006

What to make of Montgomery ruling

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Shaun Assael offers an inside look at the biggest doping case since Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal in Seoul.

Story | Conversation | December 13, 2005

Analysis: Scorecard on BALCO case

Shaun Assael, ESPN The Magazine

Where do we stand with the BALCO case, which started 681 days ago? Here's a quick scorecard.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2005

All the Pretty Horses

Shaun 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

ESPN Insider Story | April 26, 2005