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...have trouble getting a handle on is the rapid development of gene-based compounds, which are souped-up versions of muscle-building and blood-boosting cells. The latter would enhance the performance of endurance athletes. The former would help strength competitors, notably sprinters, a group made infamous by Ben Johnson, disqualified for steroid use in 1988. This year two U.S. sprinters have been suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for doping. And track and field's governing body has recommended suspension for world 100-m champion Torri Edwards. Others, including defending gold medalist Tim Montgomery, are under investigation...
When the transcript of a June 22 closed hearing in the sexual-assault case of Kobe Bryant was inadvertently released, the press had the expected field day. In the document, defense expert Dr. Elizabeth Johnson presented evidence that suggested Bryant's accuser may have had sex with another man not long after her encounter with Bryant--raising doubts about whether it was Bryant who caused the former college student's vaginal trauma and lending credence to his assertion that the sex was consensual. Speculation flew that the prosecution's case was collapsing and that the charges would be dropped...
...wrecking ball of drug abuse has pounded the noble message of the Olympic Creed - "the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well" - to the brink of collapse. It was tempting to believe that Ben Johnson and Linford Christie were villains of a darker past. But great athletes keep turning out to be cheats. American sprinter Kelli White, the reigning 100-m and 200-m world champion, was suspended in May for two years after admitting to using banned drugs since 2000. White was a training partner of Dwain Chambers, a British sprinter of interest...
...wrecking ball of drug abuse has pounded the noble message of the Olympic Creed - "the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well" - to the brink of collapse. It was tempting to believe that Ben Johnson and Linford Christie were villains of a darker past. But great athletes keep turning out to be cheats. American sprinter Kelli White, the reigning 100-m and 200-m world champion, was suspended in May for two years after admitting to using banned drugs since 2000. White was a training partner of Dwain Chambers, a British sprinter of interest...
...didn't qualify for the Olympic team. Yes, doping continues to dog the sport of track and field; on three straight days during the trials, new cheating accusations arose. And untarnished veterans, like hurdler and former Olympic sprinting champion Gail Devers, 37, and 110-m hurdles gold medalist Allen Johnson, 33, will make a last stand for the oldheads...