MORE ON: performance-enhancing drugs

Cycling superstar Lance Armstrong won seven straight victories in the Tour de France with the aid of an “army of enablers” who provided him with banned drugs and helped him cover up his misconduct, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says. + read more

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency case against cyclist Lance Armstrong is a mere publicity stunt that the anti-drugs regulator cannot back up with conclusive evidence, the seven-time Tour de France winner’s attorney wrote in a letter to the agency today. “USADA is still trying to create... + read more

Confronted with a positive steroid test, Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera employed a fake website and a phony cover story to deflect the consequences, the New York Daily News has reported. Major League Baseball found him out, and Cabrera was suspended for 50 games. Cabrera’s ruse may... + read more

Federal prosecutors today pruned back their indictment of former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, dropping six felony counts of lying under oath about his alleged use of banned drugs. Bonds now faces four charges of perjury and one charge of obstruction of justice, all in connection... + read more

Slugger Barry Bonds’ trial starts March 21. The trial of fireballing pitcher Roger Clemens will be sometime after that. By then, federal drug agents may have wrapped up their probe of cycling superstar Lance Armstrong. You’d think America’s problem with steroids primarily... + read more