Deadspin: Hgh

Why NFL Players Shouldn't Trust The Test For HGH

Stefan Fatsis — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:48:47 EDT

We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »

Why HGH Will Never Be A Problem In The NFL

Nate Jackson — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:25:00 EDT

The First Casualty Of HGH Hysteria?

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:09 EDT

John McCain Probably Would've Taken HGH If He Was Offered It

Sports Radio Interviews — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:10:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: HGH testing in the NFL can't come soon enough for McCain. More »

What If HGH Could Cure Peyton Manning?

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:25:30 EDT

NFL Tilts Stupidly At Stupid Windmill

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:53:09 EDT

The NFL has exciting new plans to implement a test of dubious efficacy for a substance of uncertain benefits. Whatever. We've been through this before, so I'll just note two things: More »

The New York Times Provides The First Drug Smear Of The Baseball Season

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:20:56 EDT

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"For the last few years," The New York Times writes in the Bartolo Colon story that we flagged earlier today, "baseball and other sports, while fighting to limit the use of performance-enhancing drugs, have been faced with a new and murky challenge: players getting sophisticated blood treatments, often from doctors whose practices involve the regular use of H.G.H." More »

Derrick Mason Says Roger Goodell Is A Joke For HGH Stance

Jack Dickey — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:55:00 EDT

This is not going to make America's $1 Commissioner very happy: Derrick Mason, Ravens wide receiver and an NFL vet so tenured that he debuted with the Tennessee Oilers, thinks Roger Goodell is a joke. More »

Get Over Yourself, Narc

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:35:00 EDT

Here's New York Times drug-sniffing dog Michael S. Schmidt, licking his own crotch over his Jose Guillen-HGH story: "With a lineup filled with castoffs, they have become a remarkable October story, but the Guillen disclosure may put at least a small dent in the positive attention they have generated." More »

Would The World Anti-Doping Agency Kindly Shut The Hell Up?

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:15:48 EDT

The World Anti-Doping Agency, i.e., the people who once banned caffeine, now demands that baseball violate federal labor law and unilaterally impose a testing regime of dubious efficacy for a substance of uncertain benefits. Why does anyone take WADA seriously anymore? More »

Only Peyton Could Make A Badass Visor Look Goofy

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:45:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

David Robinson Spotted In His Natural Habitat: Comic-Con

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:40:34 EDT

Minor League Baseball Will Be HGH Testing's Beachhead

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:40:17 EDT

We never thought we'd see the day, but an American professional sport has taken steps to detect, punish and deter HGH usage. Effective immediately, Minor League Baseball will test for it. This is big for our friends in the NFL, as well. More »

Doctor Who Treats Football Players Accused Of Knowing Football Players

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:30:30 EDT

Canadian officials confiscated something labeled "NFL file folder" from the office of Anthony "Dorian Gray" Galea. That's right....a doctor kept detailed records of his patients! Can't wait until they find the file labeled "Butts I Injected With HGH." [ESPN] More »

Read This: Washington Post Profile on Dr. Anthony Galea

Stev D — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Take 20 minutes and read Amy Shipley's excellent profile of Dr. Anthony Galea. Washingon Post More »

Santana Moss Is Your PED Bogeyman Of The Moment

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:20:49 EDT

According to the Washington Post, Moss received SCARY SCARY DRUG Human Growth Hormone from Canadian pixie Anthony Galea. [Washington Post] More »

Canadian HGH Doc Charged, Inevitable NFL Leaks Ahead

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:45:19 EDT

Anthony Galea was charged today in connection with smuggling HGH into the country, and three star witnesses are unnamed NFL players. When their names invariably come out, will the witch hunt begin? More »

Exciting Development In The Abridgement Of Athletes' Rights: Blood Testing For HGH!

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:10:39 EST

MLB plans to implement blood testing for HGH in the minors, and the NFL wants to start drawing blood, too, and somehow this is being framed as an exciting development instead of yet more tilting and yet another windmill. More »

New York Times Gets A Piece Of The Tiger Action With Its Hysterical PED Story

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST

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Tony Galea was arrested in October after a pack of Mounties found HGH and something called Actovegin in his medical bag. Neither, so far as science knows, is a performance-enhancing drug, but people have decided to lose their minds anyway. More »

What Did Jim Parque Do Wrong Again?

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:25:34 EDT

Former White Sox pitcher Jim Parque has a very lengthy mea culpa in the Chicago Sun-Times today, apologizing to his teammates, family, the entire sporting world, several deities, and his barber, because he took HGH for a month in 2003. More »

David Wells Turned Down Jose Canseco's Generous HGH Offer

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:15:14 EDT

Wells claims he declined Canseco's juice suggestions back in 2001. "That stuff is not good for the game and it is not good for your body." And if anyone knows what's good for your body, it's David Wells. [NYDN; NBCBA] More »

The Dushbag Chronicles: The Legitimacy Of Debbie Clemens' Body Still Being Scrutinized

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:30:19 EDT

Roger Clemens' Brian McNamee-is-lyin' defense took another hit yesterday, when noted roid-pusher and former Mets' clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski told the Feds he had sent HGH samples to the Clemens' home in Texas and he's got the receipts to prove it. Does this help prove that Roger Clemens is a fraudulent chemically-enhanced monster? No. Actually, the date of the shipments (2002 and 2003) coincides with the time Debbie Clemens was creating her ripply SI swimsuit body. (Impostor!) More »

Love Means Never Having To Tolerate Your Wife's Saggy Breasts

DAULERIO — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:32:10 EST

So, the more Brian McNamee opens his mouth, it becomes less clear who's more of a horrible human being. Is it the opportunisitic "trainer" who ratted out his clients who gave him a career? Or is it Roger Clemens, so deluded by his own legacy that he's absolutely convinced himself that he did nothing wrong? More »

Segui Scandal Fails To Rock Major League Baseball

mjdeadspin — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:25:34 EDT

David Segui, who hit 139 homeruns in 15 years in Major League Baseball, is one of the players named in Jason Grimsley's affidavit. Segui fully admits to his use of Human Growth Hormone, and claims that it was all perfectly legal, medically necessary, and done under a doctor's care. More »