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A pharmacist has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to helping a former Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor illegally distribute anabolic steroids in an investigation spun off from a national crackdown on the performance e

A doctor released from the Pittsburgh Steelers medical staff five years ago after investigators questioned his bulk purchase of anabolic steroids has been indicted for illegally prescribing the muscle-building aids.

Here's an uncomfortable possibility: Maybe the way we demonize performance-enhancing drugs in sports keeps us from the scientific research we need to understand their effects.

The Chargers might have the most talent in place to be Super Bowl champs this season. Plus notes on the Titans-Steelers game, DT Shaun Smith's steroids-related suspension and why Brady Quinn should be excited about starting for the Browns.

Blog | Conversation | September 10, 2009

It was a road game at home for U.S. soccer, but three points are three points, and they didn't need to go through customs to get them. It's never going to change.

Troy Glaus declined to comment on accusations he used performance-enhancing drugs.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has no knowledge that any other NFL personnel are involved in an Internet drug operation being investigated by the Albany (N.Y.) District Attorney's office.

Authorities say Signature Pharmacy was also operating a steroid production and distribution center that dumped more than $10 million worth of illegal drugs into the state of New York alone.

Athletes were involved as customers of an illicit steroid distribution network that led authorities to raid a pharmacy in Orlando and investigate another in Mobile, Ala., a New York prosecutor said.

So there I was, reading a fabulous story by Brendan J. Lyons of the Albany Times Union about a major federal steroids investigation, when I came upon what Bob Woodward would call a "Holy Crap!" bit of reportage: Last month, a New York investigator w...

Blog | Conversation | February 28, 2007

Federal and state narcotics agents raided a downtown Orlando pharmacy Tuesday as part of a New York state investigation into the sale of steroids and other performance enhancers over the Internet, according to a published report.

Once an opponent of steroids, Bob Goldman now promotes the use of testosterone and human growth hormone as important tools in the antiaging movement, writes Tom Farrey.

Story | Conversation | September 06, 2006

Steve Courson, the former offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers who developed a heart problem after becoming one of the first NFL players to acknowledge using steroids, was killed Thursday when a tree he was cutting fell on him.

The National Football League's steroids policy is tough, "but it's not perfect," the head of a congressional committee said Wednesday, adding that he hopes soon to introduce a bill governing drug testing across U.S. sports.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Steve Courson, who acknowledged that steroids caused him serious health problems, was among those added to the witness list for Wednesday's congressional hearing on the use of steroids in the NFL.

The NFL reportedly will ask the players' union to agree to stronger testing for steroids.