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SirKodiak
08-20-2009, 06:11 AM
Drug use by athletes is a danger to sport. In the first of a three-part series. Bil Gilbert tells who takes what and why, and points to the possibility of a major scandal.

Letter From The Publisher (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082529/index.htm)
Problems In A Turned-on World (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082543/index.htm)
Something Extra On The Ball (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082575/index.htm)
High Time To Make Some Rules (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082583/index.htm)


Heard it from a friend (The Book Blog (http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/breaking_report_drug_use_by_athletes/)) who
Heard it from a friend (http://jonahkeri.com/) who
Heard it from another (Deadspin)

They mentioned the one article, so I did a little research and came up with the other articles.

SirKodiak
08-21-2009, 01:17 AM
Just out of curiosity, did anyone read these?

asianinvasion
08-21-2009, 01:18 AM
Nope :p

HoustonGM
08-21-2009, 01:21 AM
I remember reading (and posting) an article from the 1960's from SI about drug use, showing that it absolutely isn't anything new, but I don't remember if it was one of these, and I'm too lazy to look it up. :p