via BBC News An outbreak of rare fungal meningitis in the US has now affected 47 people in seven states, health officials say. Doctors at about 75 medical clinics are being warned to alert patients who received suspect steroid injections. Five people have died from the illness, which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has […]
A writer for the New York Times, William C. Rhoden, has an article in which he compares baseball player, Barry Bonds to boxer, Jack Johnson for the animosity both received by the white American public. RELATED: Beyonce hires 200 African dancers for new video In 1913, the government hid behind the Mann Act to prosecute […]
Marion Jones was the fastest woman on earth; her name was mentioned among some of the greatest track and field athletes of all time. Jones won five medals at the 2000 Sidney Olympic Games. But it all came crashing down based upon telling a lie to a federal investigation, landing her in prison for six […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball’s home-run king Barry Bonds begins his perjury trial today, eight years after testifying to a grand jury that he never knowingly took steroids or human growth hormone. NBC reports: The actual trial may not start for a week, but Monday the lawyers in the case will begin jury selection. […]
New Jersey — Reuters is reporting on a new law proposed by New Jersey lawmakers that intends to curb steroid use by police officers and firefighters: Law enforcement steroid use is a problem around the country and, given that steroid use can cause aggression, can invite problems for police, said Larry Gaines, chairman of the […]
Mark McGwire has admitted taking steroids in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris' home run record.
