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2 1 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 5 Steroids probe goes undercover
BY MICHAEL O'KEEFFE in New York
The lawmaker leading the House probe of steroids in baseball said yesterday his investigators have gone "undercover" to nail the sport's drug abusers. "We have . . . an ongoing investigation. We have undercover investigators out there," Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the Government Reform Committee, told CBS' "Face the Nation." The disclosure came as another top Republican, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said Major League Baseball "just can't be trusted" to police itself. "It seems to me that we ought to seriously consider . . . a law that says all professional sports have a minimum level of performance-enhancing drug testing," McCain told ABC's "This Week." McCain and Davis agreed that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency should head up enforcement. Davis said professional baseball didn't know about the previously secret part of his panel's probe, but added, "They do now." He didn't elaborate. But a committee source told the Daily News that Davis' use of the word "undercover" may "sound more dramatic than it is." "The committee wants to show how easy it is to obtain steroids," the source said. Robert Manfred, vice president of Major League Baseball, sided with Commissioner Bud Selig's view "that if Congress decides that legislation is appropriate, he would be supportive." He also said baseball players and owners agreed yesterday to revise new steroid rules so that any player found using the performance boosters would be suspended for 10 days for a first offense. Many in Congress had been angered by one version of the rules that allowed players to get off with fines. Also yesterday, representatives of other professional sports said they weren't wild about a uniform testing policy. "Our position is we don't view that as favorable," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "We don't think it's practical. It's not in the interests of football." |
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
