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Manny Is Being Manny in Taiwan

As he came to the plate with a runner on third with two outs in the first inning, the atmosphere in Taipei was electric. Fans screamed and chanted his name (“MANN-EEEEE”) while banging on unnecessarily loud cone-shaped noisemakers. Despite stranding the runner with a slow grounder to second, he got a standing ovation. Full story

Australian Rules Football Is Broken

The Australian Football League, one of the most popular sports leagues in the world, was rocked by scandal last week when it came out that its most successful club is apparently pumping players full of performance-enhancing drugs. Full story

Was Lance Armstrong Taking Jerk-Enhancing Drugs?

The interview that Lance Armstrong gave to Oprah Winfrey was a masterful slice of a never-ending sports-fabulism spectacle, and while it made for good TV at times, it was also nearly infuriating to watch. Full story

Pro Juice

For all the finger-wagging against performance-enhancing drug use, a counter-argument is emerging. Steroids and PEDs, it says, should be legalized. Or at least de-stigmatized. Secretive, even cautious at first, the pro-juice argument is growing in confidence, and in prominence. Full story

Skinema

Baristas

I started taking steroids yesterday as an act of thanks and joyous celebration. I felt it was my duty as a native of New Jersey. Full story

I Went to Pattaya for the Sex, I Stayed for the Steroids

Meet Tim "Sharky" Ward, the Australian man who moved to Pattaya, Thailand, and became an internet celebrity earlier this year for taking a bunch of steroids and posting photos of prostitutes on Facebook. Full story

Raiders Games Are Like Bad, Unsafe Indie Shows

This past Monday's game between the Chargers and Raiders was like going to a Lightning Bolt show in 2003 or trying to find a death-crust gig in East Bed-Stuy. Gnarly and awesome, and the indie-sports nexus. Full story

José Can Say So

Lance Armstrong, Steroids, and Why I’d Become a Vampire

One thing I never understood is why anyone wouldn’t want to be bitten by a vampire. It’s like, what the fuck? Are you kidding me? I’d become a vampire in a heartbeat. Full story

The Mercy Rule

Unlimited Juice

The last week or so has been a bad one for athletes who take drugs. These are not the rare and random wild-card athletes who get nailed for "drugs of abuse," these are athletes who, for reasons that usually come down to making more money playing sports, get in trouble for taking Full story

So Wait, Who Actually Won All Those Tour De France Titles?

On Thursday night the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles and banned him for life after Lance gave his Chief Joseph impersonation and told the world “he’d fight no more forever.” So who was the real champion the seven times Armstrong won th… Full story