Doping

Cycling is already on thin ice as Lance Armstrong's doping allegations get even worse. Now the sport's new dominant champion, Alberto Contador, could be banned from competition next month even if he wins his third straight Tour de France in July.

Another doping scandal tarnishes the already battered reputation of the Tour de France. Alberto Contador won his appeal, but it's no-win for the Tour.

Lance Armstrong injured during Tour of Calif. bike race and drops out of the race the same day his past doping allegations resurface.

Floyd Landis admitted to doping throughout his cycling career.

This is a look at doping in the Olympics, cases that have occurred, the testing of steroids, and possible scenarios for steroids in sports in the future.

While we currently decry use of performance enhancement drugs by athletes, the practice has a long history. Documented use of drugs to boost performance date back to the 1800s.

Genetic engineering has reached a point where it will soon become possible to create the perfect athlete using this technology. The only problem is the ethics of genetic therapy on humans and the possible unfair edge one could gain through these methods.

Blood doping, also known as blood loading, is the act of increasing the number of red blood cells in circulation in order to enhance the amount of oxygen that is carried into your muscles from your lungs.

Lance Armstrong, one of the greatest names in any sport, decides to come out of retirement. But what is he hoping to prove?

It's almost as though so many athletes are doing it these days, an up-and-coming athlete has no choice but to "get with the program" if they want to have any hope of winning a medal.

Eventually someone will figure out how to use genetic technology to enhance performance.

A questions and answers article focusing on blood doping, its use, and its effects (both positive and negative).

With the multiple doping scandals, most recently with track star Marion Jones, many have turned on USA Track and Field. There are multiple stars competing for USA Track and Field that deserve attention and praise.

At this point, I cannot help but wonder, who is NOT doping in the world of sports? Now that is something that would truly shock me. We hear about athletes in different areas of athletic activity being under suspicion, and it hangs suspicion over them completely.

New methods are explored and discussed that officials use to detect and deter one type of cheating in athletes.

American cyclist Floyd Landis, winner of last year's Tour de France, claims the laboratory charged with testing his urine samples mishandled them, in addition to using out-of-date equipment. He proclaims his innocence.

Armstrong repeatedly accused but never proven; Landis stripped of the title. What's next for the 2007 Tour De France.

I refuse to believe that an athlete could have completely dominated a sport, specifically a sport that has been riddled by cheating, and not have cheated himself. It defies logic.

Steriods in sports today have changed sports forever.

Professional cycling embedded in performance enhancing drug runaround.

The risk factors of using steroids, the affects they have had on professional sports.

Tiger apologized to the world on national television for having issues in his relationship with his wife...um, why was this necessary?

This article is about the threat steroids present to teens.

We've all been there. I've been there. So have you. Depression can come on at any point in life. Depression is, in fact, even being recognized as

Ben Johnson was a Canadian who surprised everyone in the athletic world by getting caught doping. However, in many ways, he's still a star.

A look at how far some athletes may be willing to go to win

Steroids are compounds that occur naturally in the body and function like hormones; they are also manufactured synthetically for medicinal purposes. Some of their legitimate medical uses are enumerated here.