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Lawmaker: NFL players 'trying to back out' on HGH
Accusing the NFL players' union of "trying to back out" of an August 2011 agreement to start checking for human growth hormone, a congressman worried ...
Congress looks into science of HGH test for NFL
Nearly two full seasons since signing a labor deal that paved the way for HGH testing in the NFL, the league and the players' union still haven't ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Athletes lose medals; Armstrong decision pending
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
AP survey: Bonds, Clemens likely miss in Hall vote
Baseball's all-time home run king and its most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated ...
AP Source: Ramirez positive test for testosterone
The substance that caused Manny Ramirez to test positive for a banned substance last year was testosterone, a person familiar with the situation told ...
IOC ready to take away Armstrong's Olympic bronze
His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports hardware — an Olympic ...
WR has 'heard' of Viagra use to gain edge on field
The idea that NFL players might use Viagra to gain an edge on the field left Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs practically in tears — from ...
More NFL players testing positive for amphetamines
More NFL players are testing positive for amphetamines, a class of substances that includes the ADHD drug Adderall. Since the start of last season, ...
Bonds, Clemens, Sosa on Hall ballot for first time
The most polarizing Hall of Fame debate since Pete Rose will now be decided by the baseball shrine's voters: Do Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy ...
IOC chief backs plan for 4-year doping bans
IOC President Jacques Rogge supports proposals to double the length of doping bans to four years as a way of keeping drug cheats out of the Olympics.
WADA confident 4-year bans will hold up in court
The World Anti-Doping Agency is confident that its proposed four-year bans for serious doping violations will withstand any court challenges.
AP Interview: Tennis mulls anti-doping step
Tennis is considering whether to adopt blood-testing measures used by cycling and track to catch drug cheats. "We are looking very, very carefully at ...
WADA chief warns Armstrong case is tip of iceberg
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes the Lance Armstrong case is just part of a wide-ranging doping battle that will never be won.
AP Source: Wrestler stripped of Olympic medal
Nearly three months after the closing ceremony, another Olympic athlete has been stripped of a medal for a doping violation at the London Games.
WADA backs sanctions in Lance Armstrong case
The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted the decision that stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, saying Friday it was the "right ...
IOC opens inquiry into Armstrong's Olympic medal
The IOC opened an investigation Thursday into Lance Armstrong's role in a doping scandal that has already wiped out his seven Tour de France titles ...
IOC opens probe into Armstrong's Olympic medal
The IOC formally opened an investigation Thursday that could result in Lance Armstrong losing his Olympic bronze medal for doping The IOC is looking ...
Column: What of cycling's other secrets?
The truth, some say, sets you free. Could it do the same for cycling, help the sport get back in the saddle and move past the damage done by Lance ...
Rogge says cycling will remain in Olympics
IOC President Jacques Rogge defended the international cycling union's anti-doping efforts Wednesday and said it would be wrong to kick the sport out ...
Cycling facing long climb to regain credibility
Mired in a crisis caused by the Lance Armstrong doping affair, cycling faces a long uphill trek to regain credibility. Still, the head of the sport's ...
UCI claims 'moral authority' to lead cycling
Mired in a crisis caused by the Lance Armstrong doping affair, the sport of cycling faces an uphill trek to regain credibility. Still, cycling's top ...
WADA chief says UCI must 'take blinkers off'
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes cycling's world body must remove the officials who presided over the drug-tainted Lance Armstrong ...