Topic: Travis Tygart

Getty Images | 2009-09-29 22:01:03
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Steriods Usage
AP Features | 2009-09-29 23:39:12

Jareem Gunter, a college baseball player with dreams of playing professionally, thought he had found a "diamond in the rough," a safe and legal dietary supplement that would make him healthier. Instead, he told Congress on Tuesday, "It gave me liver failure." Gunter said the experience with Superdrol four years ago, when he was a student at Lincoln University in ...

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AP News | 2009-06-22 22:34:26
Tough pill to swallow: Leader says study flawed, sports looking for scapegoats

A leader in the supplement industry chafes when he hears sports leaders blame his multibillion-dollar industry for their steroid problems, citing studies that claim large percentages of their products are tainted. Steve Mister, president of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, said an oft-cited, two-year old study claiming 25 ...

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AP News | 2009-06-18 23:10:37
Anti-doping chief urges state attorneys general to take action on supplements

Knowing the federal government does little to regulate the steroid-tainted, multibillion-dollar supplement industry, the leader of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency urged a group of attorneys general to take action on the state level. USADA CEO Travis Tygart spoke at a conference of the country's attorneys general Thursday ...

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