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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
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1 6 - 0 9 - 2 0 0 6 Conte indicates that Bonds knew about steroids
Shaun Assael BALCO founder Victor Conte allegedly bragged to an associate that Barry Bonds had intimate knowledge of the designer steroids he received from the Bay Area company, and that the Giants slugger took an active interest in what those substances contained, a source close to Conte told ESPN The Magazine.
The disclosure comes to light amid reports that Patrick Arnold, the Illinois chemist who created the designer steroid THG, has made the same admission to a national media outlet. Arnold, 39, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids in April. He is scheduled to report to federal prison next week to begin serving a four-month sentence for his part in the BALCO steroid conspiracy. If true, the disclosure appears to contradict Bonds' sworn testimony before a grand jury in 2004. In a report on that testimony, the San Francisco Chrionicle quoted Bonds as saying that he did not think that a clear liquid he received from his trainer, Greg Anderson, was a designer steroid. Bonds reportedly said that he did not think that Anderson "would jeopardize our friendship" by giving him banned drugs. However, a source who is close to Conte told ESPN The Magazine that the BALCO founder confided to him that Bonds knew precisely what he was taking. The source said that Conte told him that Bonds came to BALCO to "get jacked." Reached late Friday night, Conte denied the claim. The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the case that has hung over Bonds since federal agents raided BALCO in 2003. According to the Chronicle, Jason Giambi testified to the grand jury that Anderson spoke in great detail about the drugs he was being given. According to the source, Conte was at least as forthcoming with Bonds. In public, Conte has repeatedly said that he had no dealings with BALCO's baseball clients.
0 5 - 1 0 - 2 0 0 6 Drug designer put on the spot
Duncan Mackay
This month marks the third anniversary of the start of the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and there could soon be more sensational revelations after Patrick Arnold, the scientist who developed the designer anabolic steroid THG, was subpoenaed to give evidence to the grand jury in San Francisco which is trying to discover whether the baseball player Barry Bonds has committed perjury. Arnold told Sports Illustrated this month that he has no direct knowledge of alleged steroid use by Bonds. But he did disclose that Victor Conte, the owner and founder of Balco who distributed the drugs Arnold manufactured, kept him informed of how athletes were responding to THG and other drugs. In addition to supplying Conte, Arnold gave drugs to athletes and coaches and he has long been concerned that federal prosecutors would force him to name them. In a plea agreement negotiated last spring, he conceded that he manufactured three designer steroids and was sentenced to three months in a federal prison and three months' house arrest. He was not required to name the athletes and coaches he gave drugs to but the grand jury may force him to disclose this information. |
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