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USADA Spearheads Decade-Long Charge of Anti-Doping

LEESBURG, Va. -- Not much light had been shed on sports' little pharmaceutical secret when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency began operations 10 years ago this month. "I think it was a normalized culture," USADA CEO Travis Tygart, pictured right, told FanHouse this week at the agency's annual science symposium. "The entire...

Victor Conte Talks About Boxing's 'Cloud of Suspicion'

Former BALCO founder Victor Conte said that he spent four years "helping athletes to circumvent" Olympic-style drug testing policies such as those executed by United States Anti-Doping Agency until 2003. Now a self-proclaimed "part of the anti-doping movement," Conte, who turns 60 this month, presently runs SNAC -- an...