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4 FBI Employees Lied About Steroid Use, Feds Charge

By Allan LengelSep 15th 2010 – 6:26PM

(Sept. 15) -- Three FBI agents and an agency analyst in the Washington area were charged with providing false statements after they allegedly failed to disclose on government forms the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones commonly taken in the sports and bodybuilding world, authorities announced today. One...

Redskins' Santana Moss Could Face Suspension Over HGH

By Dan GrazianoMay 20th 2010 – 11:50AM

Santana Moss has nothing to fear from federal prosecutors, even in light of Thursday morning's Buffalo News report that the Redskins WR was one of the athletes who allegedly received treatment from Toronto physician Anthony Galea, who is accused of smuggling illegal muscle-building drugs such as human growth hormone into...

Jon Heyman: Angels Looking For Matthews Escape Clause

By Eamonn BrennanMar 5th 2007 – 10:39PM

They might be putting a good public face on the situation, but Angels management and ownership are none too happy about the entire Gary Matthews situation. What's worse for Matthews, they're looking for any provisions in Matthews' contract that might provide them some sort of recourse against their newly signed $50 million...

From the 'Guess What' File: HGH Probably Doesn't Increase Strength

By Eamonn BrennanMar 4th 2007 – 9:56PM

We're all learning more and more about HGH every day - and today Will Carroll at Baseball Prospectus delivers some of the insights from recent scientific studies regarding the drug. Here's the gist: it doesn't actually make you stronger. It just makes you, you know, grow. AA: Conventional wisdom says that everyone is on...

Background on Human Growth Hormone

Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.

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