Steroid 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, 20094 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, 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, 2008Implications of sentence extend beyond Marion Jones
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineThe 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, 2008Only the truly naive will believe this version of Jones' story
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineMarion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday, but her story still has plenty of holes, writes ESPN The Magazine's Shaun Assael.
Story | Conversation | October 05, 2007The implausible deniability of Marion Jones
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineFrom 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 MagazineOver 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, 2007Conte indicates that Bonds knew about steroids
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineVictor Conte has allegedly bragged to an associate that Barry Bonds had intimate knowledge of the steroids he received from BALCO.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2006Remember, drug testing is an inexact science
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineAs the village of the banned gets ever more crowded, we need to remember that drug testing is an inexact science.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2006American, Swiss lab workers headed to France
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineRepresentatives 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, 2006Cycling's past isn't doing Landis any favors
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineESPN 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, 2006Four ways to beat the system
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineIf 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, 2006What to make of Montgomery ruling
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineShaun 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, 2005Analysis: Scorecard on BALCO case
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineWhere do we stand with the BALCO case, which started 681 days ago? Here's a quick scorecard.
Story | Conversation | July 15, 2005All the Pretty Horses
Shaun 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
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