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Selasa, 10 April 2012

Drug Testers Confident Ahead Of Olympics

The scientists tasked with testing the samples to be taken from athletes at the London 2012 Olympics are confident they'll catch those trying to cheat with banned substances and techniques.


Senin, 05 Maret 2012

MLBPA Confident In Drug-Testing System

Ryan BraunRyan Braun (Photo credit: Steve Paluch)
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com

PHOENIX -- Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Michael Weiner expressed confidence Sunday that the confidentiality breach in the Ryan Braun case was specific in nature and would not affect future investigations under the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Weiner briefed reporters following a 90-minute meeting with Brewers players at Maryvale Baseball Park, in which he discussed baseball's new Collective Bargaining Agreement, its newly expanded playoff format and Braun's unprecedented, successful appeal of a 50-game suspension.

Players from competing clubs have quizzed Weiner about the Braun case throughout his tour of Cactus League camps, and among other issues is this: How did news of Braun's failed test leak to ESPN in mid-December, more than a month before Braun's appeals hearing and more than two months before a three-member arbitration panel rendered its ruling? And, are other players at risk of similar exposure? MORE....

Jumat, 24 Februari 2012

MLB, Players Defend Drug Testing Program Again

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By RONALD BLUM
AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball and its players' union defended their drug testing program Friday and promised to tighten collection procedures following criticism by anti-doping agencies of an arbitrator's decision to overturn NL MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension.

At a news conference in Phoenix, where he reported to the Milwaukee Brewers for spring training, Braun criticized drug testing by baseball as "fatally flawed," citing the roughly 44-hour lag between when his urine was collected and when it was given to Federal Express for transport to a laboratory in Montreal. FULL STORY....