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David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them. → Read More
Doctor’s Records in U.S. Doping Investigation Don’t Match Patients’ Copies
Houston endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown was also part of a 2015 investigation by ProPublica and the BBC of the Nike Oregon Project and coach Alberto Salazar → Read More
When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes
Years after research contradicts common practices, patients continue to demand them and doctors continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatment. → Read More
The Secret Efforts to Undermine the Russian Doping Probe
In an exclusive interview, the former chief investigator of the World Anti-Doping Agency said his efforts to investigate state-sponsored doping in Russia were repeatedly thwarted by WADA’s own… → Read More
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David Epstein is an investigative reporter who covers the wide-open space where sports, science and medicine overlap. → Read More
The Muscular Dystrophy Patient and Olympic Medalist with the Same Genetic Disorder
How a woman whose muscles disappeared discovered she shared a disease with a muscle-bound Olympic medalist. → Read More
Devils, Deals and the DEA
Why Chapo Guzman was the biggest winner in the DEA's longest running drug cartel case → Read More
How Russia Hid Its Doping in Plain Sight
A World Anti-Doping Agency report alleges widespread, widely accepted doping in track and field. → Read More
It looks like athletes are only the tip of the steroid iceberg
There simply aren't enough elite athletes to consume all the steroids produced. → Read More
Everyone’s Juicing: Latest Raids of Undercover Steroid Labs Suggest Market For Steroids Goes Way Beyond World Of Elite Athletes
Latest raids of undercover steroid labs suggest the market for steroids goes way beyond the world of elite athletes. → Read More
Speed Bumps: Why It’s So Hard to Catch Cheaters in Track and Field
A cache of leaked blood tests showed hundreds of track athletes have recorded results “suggestive of doping.” With the 2015 world track championships about to start, a look at why anti-doping tests are so ineffective. → Read More
Alberto Salazar Disputes Allegations — Some of Which Were Never Made
In a lengthy response to stories by ProPublica and the BBC, Salazar addresses the allegations of former athletes and staff that he broke drug rules. → Read More
Elite Runner Had Qualms When Alberto Salazar Told Her to Use Asthma Drug for Performance
Elite distance runner Lauren Fleshman says that Alberto Salazar helped her get treatment for asthma, but she became squeamish when he suggested that she use medication in a different manner than the doctor instructed. → Read More
Elite Runner Had Qualms When Alberto Salazar Told Her to Use Asthma Drug for Performance
Elite distance runner Lauren Fleshman says that Alberto Salazar helped her get treatment for asthma, but she became squeamish when he suggested that she use medication in a different manner than the doctor instructed. → Read More
More Athletes Say Track Coach Alberto Salazar Broke Drug Rules
Following an investigation by ProPublica and the BBC, other athletes describe pressure to get prescription drugs they didn’t need and Salazar’s top runner flies to Oregon to get answers. → Read More
More Athletes Say Track Coach Alberto Salazar Broke Drug Rules
Following an investigation by ProPublica and the BBC, other athletes describe pressure to get prescription drugs they didn’t need and Salazar’s top runner flies to Oregon to get answers. → Read More
Off Track: Former Team Members Accuse Famed Coach Alberto Salazar of Breaking Drug Rules
Some top runners and others who've worked with Salazar allege that he experimented with testosterone and pressured athletes to use prescription medications they didn't need to gain a performance benefit. → Read More
Off Track: Former Team Members Accuse Famed Coach Alberto Salazar of Breaking Drug Rules
Some top runners and others who've worked with Salazar allege that he experimented with testosterone and pressured athletes to use prescription medications they didn't need to gain a performance benefit. → Read More
David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them. → Read More
In a Rare Sanction, Top Track Coach Gets Eight-Year Suspension
An arbitration panel handed prominent track coach Jon Drummond a lengthy ban after deciding he transported prohibited substances and encouraged top sprinter Tyson Gay to use them. → Read More