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• Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

  San Francisco Chronicle reporters broke the story that some elite athletes used drugs to "run faster, hit harder, and cash in on the fame that comes only to those at the very top of their games." Fainaru-Wada and Williams used"Federal Grand Jury transcripts and federal investigative reports... court records and state health department records," among other documents. (332 pages)

  Tags: steroids; drugs; BALCO; Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative; San Francisco Chronicle; Victor Conte; Major League Baseball; football; track and field; California Public Records Act; Federal Grand Jury; sports agents; trainers; sports doping; Olympics; Justice Department; IRS; U.S. Anti-Doping Agency; USADA

  By Mark Fainaru-Wada; Lance Williams

  Book

  2006

• Nowhere to Run, Last Laugh

  These stories are an in-depth look at the use of steroids in professional and Olympic sports. They look at both steroid production and distribution, and is a very complete view of the industry. Additionally, the stories are enhanced by an in-depth look at two famous alleged steroid users: Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones.

  Tags: steroids; performance enhancing drugs; Victor Conte; BALCO; sports; athletics

  By Shaun Assael

  ESPN Magazine

  2004

• BALCO Steroid Conspiracy Case

  These stories from the San Francisco Chronicle, investigate two men who were suspected of supplying elite athletes with steroids that could not be detected through drug testing. These two men worked with a nutritional supplement lab and supplied steroids and human growth hormones to NFL football players, major league baseball players and Olympic athletes.

  Tags: Food and Drug Administration (FDA); steroid supplements; Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative; Victor Conte; drug use by athletes; drug testing; NFL; baseball

  By Mark Fainaru-Wada;Lance Williams;Seth Rosenfeld

  San Francisco Chronicle

  2004