4 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, 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, 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, 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
Story | April 26, 2005
Conte says Jones used HGH
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineVictor Conte, the man at the center of the BALCO doping scandal, says he gave performance-enhancing hormones to Olympian Marion Jones.
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2004
Play Balco
Shaun AssaelWhat's on deck? It all depends on what Vicotor Conte knows – and is willing to tell.
Story | October 12, 2004
BALCO owner to file for dismissal
Shaun Assael, ESPN the MagazineBALCO owner Victor Conte, the man at the center of the government's investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal steroids, says that he was held at gunpoint and not read his rights when the IRS raided his office on Sept. 3, 2003.
Story | Conversation | October 07, 2004Nowhere to run
Shaun AssaelHe's the world's fastest man, but Tim Montgomery can't run away from the BALCO scandal.
Story | May 23, 2004End of Days for steroids
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineArnold picked the wrong time to pit himself against a governmental agenda to regulate the supplement industry.
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