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Lead Stories: August 29, 2008

Performance-Enhancing Drugs and the Olympics

Posted May 7, 2008 at 09:00 AM by Michael J. Sedor

Section: Beijing 2008, Doping, Culture/History, Olympic History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor

Performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympics. The proverbial elephant in the room. Someone’s not afraid to talk about it and it’s none other than Victor Conte, head of the infamous Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco) lab and supplier to countless would-be cheaters. In…

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Why Does Everyone Hate The Beijing Olympics? Part One

Posted April 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Michael J. Sedor

Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Doping, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor

The April 13 Sunday New York Times was a veritable indictment of Beijing 2008 and the Olympics movement. How bad could it have been? The front page upper left hand corner article’s title was ”

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Highlights of last IOC Executive Board Meeting of the Year

Posted December 12, 2007 at 11:41 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: Events, Track & Field, Doping

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Marion Jones’ Fall From Grace Now Officially Complete

Posted October 4, 2007 at 06:17 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: Events, Track & Field, Doping

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, winner of 3 gold and 2 bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has finally acknowledged that she took steroids. In a letter to family and friends she admits to taking, beginning in 1999, a designer drug known as “The Clear” or THG…

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