NBA Gets Hit with Steroids
It wasn’t exactly David Ortiz getting ensnared in the performance-enhancing drug dragnet but the NBA finally got bitten by the steroid bug Thursday when Orlando All-Star forward Rashard Lewis was suspended for the first 10 games of next season after violating the league’s Anti-Drug Program.
Lewis, who tested positive for an elevated testosterone level, went to the time-tested excuse of the “tainted supplement,” claiming he took an over-the- counter product late last season that included a substance he did not realize was banned by the NBA. The Orlando Sentinel first reported the positive, saying that the “supplement” contained DHEA, a steroids precursor.
Read this article, “Steroids hit the NBA“.
Unbelievable. Not only do fans have to deal with their favorite players using steroids, it’s coming to the NBA now too?
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