It started today. It's a wild story of steroids, Barry Bonds, Tower of Power, dumpster diving, Google searches and more...



Busted for 'roids



The DOJ says...



"In one email described in an IRS Special Agent's search warrant affidavit, after he instructed a coach to refer to drugs only by initials. Mr. Conte wrote, "And remember that all emails are saved for a very long time, so be careful about how you say what you say. Searches for keywords like 'anabolic' and many others are going on at all times by big brother.""



Huh the guy says in an email not to talk about 'anabolic' steroids in an email...IN an email! Oh yea baby that is sweet! The feds must have busted a gut on that one!



"According to allegations in the case, the defendants provided athletes with false cover stories to provide to authorities. Mr. Conte is also alleged to have entered into agreements with athletes in which they agreed to endorse ZMA, a nutritional supplement sold by Mr. Conte, in return for free drugs."



The PDF of the indictment.



Oh lordy lordy it sounds like a nasty one.



And as I predicted I saw a players agent already say his client had no idea what was in the stuff he was taking, the trainer just gave it to him. Umm yea right.



Here is the PDF of the search warrant.



excerpt from page 10 of the PDF: "Through examinations of trash and personal observations outside the Balco Labatories business location..." Wow they went dumpster diving!



It also shows they used Google and Google's archive of usenet newsgroups to search for posts from Victor Conte head guy at Balco. Well so did I! author:conte@balcolab.com



And they searched media and found "Testosterone" magazine. So did I. Here is a Google archive of an article discussing Conte and the drugs.



This article says Conte played bass with Tower of Power (true!) and talks about other legal problems.



Here is a post I did showing Bonds home runs since he says he started using Balco products. (they went way up)



Another post from me about the Balco baseball connection.



A link to a post including home run numbers and a link to an article from Muscle and Fitness where the the newly indicted Victor Conte of Balco explain's Barry's supplement program.



'I visit BALCO every three to six months. They check my blood to make sure my levels are where they should be. Maybe I need to eat more broccoli than I normally do. Maybe my zinc and magnesium intakes need to increase,' Bonds said.



"broccoli" bwa haa haa!



Shame on the baseball players union for not allowing the players to be tested. The records set by hitters and pitchers for the last 10 years should be marked as "pre steroid test" in the record books. more



Can you tell that I think these baseball players are arrogant a**holes? Bust em hard I say...



On a lighter note here is a mini screenshot from sfgate.com's headlines about the 'roid-gate







ewww gross...