Baseball superstar Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has been suspended 50 games, starting Thursday.
Ramirez released a statement acknowledging the suspension.
“Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was ok to give me. Unfortunately the medication was banned under [...]

February 9, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Baseball, Scandal, Sports, The Magazine

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003.
ESPN is reporting that Rodriguez, in an exclusive interview with Peter Gammons, has admitted to allegations that surfaced in a recent Sports Illustrated report online.
“I felt an enormous amount of pressure,” Rodriguez told Gammons. “Back then it was [...]

February 7, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Baseball, Scandal, Sports

New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, Sports Illustrated is reporting.
Rodriguez won his first American League Most Valuable Player award in 2003 while with the Texas Rangers.
SI is reporting that four sources independently told the magazine that Arod tested positive for two anabolic steroids at that time.
According to SI, Rodriguez’s [...]

December 2, 2008 by Micah Warren  
Filed under Football, Sports

Their appeals were heard and they lost. Six players were suspended by the NFL today for four games for violation of the league’s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.
The six players who have been suspended are: Saints running back Deuce McAllister, Saints defensive end Charles Grant, Saints defensive end Will Smith, Vikings defensive [...]

February 13, 2008 by Micah Warren  
Filed under Baseball, Scandal, Sports

As you probably know, Roger Clemens is under investigation in the baseball performance enhancing drug scandal.
Every media outlet in every direction is analyzing quotes and the he-said, she-said and trying to figure out who is telling the truth and who isn’t.
I’m not here to do that.
I believe he’s guilty of getting his ass injected with [...]

December 13, 2007 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Baseball, Entertainment, Scandal, Sports

The long-awaited Mitchell report, telling the tale of a decade of steroids and performance enhancing substances in professional baseball, has been released.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, Fernando Vina and Andy Pettitte are named in the report. Eric Gagne and Paul Lo Duca are linked to human growth hormone. More played are named in what [...]