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The name of former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin appeared on a list of 22 professional athletes federal prosecutors allege obtained steroids from a Mobile, Ala.-based pharmacy between 2004-06, according to an internet report published on Friday by the Mobile Press-Register newspaper.
Carwin was among seven athletes – including pro wrestlers Kurt Angle and “Hardcore” Bob Holly as well as four professional bodybuilders – named by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Dobbins at the sentencing of Alabama pharmacist J. Michael Bennett. Bennett, one of five men recently found guilty of "participating in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell anabolic steroids," was sentenced to four years in prison, according to the report.
Court records also referenced a half-dozen other bodybuilders, seven pro wrestlers and two professional baseball players by only their initials, according to the Press-Register.
Prosecutors referred to Bennett, a supervising pharmacist, and his co-defendants – the owners of Mobile’s Applied Pharmacy Services and another anti-aging clinic owner — as "drug dealers in lab coats" and court records said the men “shipped 762,388 dosages (of steroids) to 17 doctors and clinics from April 4, 2004, until Aug. 30, 2006.”
The four other men will be sentenced at a later date and U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade implied they could receive stiffer penalties than Bennett, the report said.
It is unknown if legal action will be pursued against any of the athletes named in the case.
From the Press-Register story:
“They contended that Bennett played a key role in an enterprise involving rogue doctors and health clinics across the country who used the compounding pharmacy to supply healthy adults with dangerous steroids. Some of those substances were veterinary drugs approved only for use in livestock.
‘These are steroids for horses and cows, not for young people and humans,’ Assistant U.S. Attorney Dobbins said.”
(UPDATE: MMA Fighting.com reports Carwin’s agent, Jason Genet, said his client "had no comment, but plans to make a statement at a later date.")
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comments@ fbf: Your point about dosage control, smart use, etc. is well taken, but my personal view on that is that everyone should be on their own. I do not support any regulation or control on the market; in my perfect world, people that want steroids go to the doctor, get a prescription with little hassle, and use them under the supervision of that doctor. If some are idiots and want to play around with stuff they bought from the guy at the gym, that's their own fault and frankly should be no concern of ours. I should point out that the latter behavior is what you find when substances are banned- people still use them, they just use them unsafely. When substances are legalized most of the negatives associated with them go away.
@ ghostboner: As far as I know, the only substance that cause bone and organ enlargement is human growth hormone. Most fighters probably do not use HGH because of the weight classes, unless they're trying to go up. It's mainly used in bodybuilding. Tito would be dumb enough though.
74 proof rum sounds like a fine mixing, on a hot day sort of rum... will have to keep an eye out and get some of that if I ever see it in the states.
And if a gargantuan cranium = PED abuse, then Tito must have been putting that shit on his wheaties.
90proof seemed a bit high so had to double check
2. Anyone who is bigger than me, sitting behind my computer 10 hours a day programming and reading about MMA is CLEARLY juicing.
Who needs retarded statements about head size to make idiotic, unfounded claims?
it was truly sad seeing people try to defend sherk after his failed drug test. the first time i saw that dude i was like wow look at this little roid monster. most fighters are using! bottom line just don't get caught. there is so much time between fights in the ufc it is real easy to dose after fights to heal up and get in shape with plenty of time left to test clean before the next fight arrives.
Personally, these days i drink a Tasmanian Cider called mercury Draught, its a good apple cider, full strengh so full flavour, i can drink em til the cows come home and dont get the beer bloat, which is very fucken cool, I also love an icy cold tall glass of bundaberg rum over a shitload of ice, Fucken beeeyutiful on a hot day, and here in Tropical North Queensland we get heaps of hot days.The occasional bowl of tasty local bush grown produce also helps.
For an Aussie beer, try Cascade premium Lager, see what you think, and of course, as a patriotic Queenslander, I must recommend a XXXX, I dont mind a cuppla XXXX Golds on a hot day either
Potato nation Happy nation, see how good life can be when you drink!
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