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Sportsmen are usually considered to be as Idols and we don't expect them to make mistakes or do anything wrong like us mere humans. However, they are in fact humans and they have the same sort of problems that we do. In most cases, their problems are bigger. Here are some of them who fell into the trap of taking drugs.
10. Jose Canseco (baseball player)
He caught in 2008 trying to smuggle HCG across the border from Mexico without a prescription, claiming he needed it to jump-start the testosterone in his body that had been drained from years of steroid abuse (which he'd detailed in his 2005 autobiography). He was sentenced to probation and was not disciplined by Major Leage Baseball, since he'd been retired since 2002.
9. Bill Romanowski (football player)
In 2005, admitted on the TV show 60 Minutes that he'd taken HGH and steroids from 2001 to 2003. Since he'd been retired since 2003, he was not disciplined.
8. Barry Bonds (baseball player)
In 2006, tested positive for amphetamines. Under Major League Baseball's drug testing rules, he was subjected to counseling and increased testing, but was otherwise not disciplined. (A second positive test earns a 25 game suspension, a third positive test results in an 80-game suspension and a fourth nets a lifetime ban.)
7. Marion Jones (track athlete)
In 2007, admitted to using and "the clear" for two years in preparation for the 2000 Olympics, thinking that it was flaxseed oil given to her by her trainer. In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury relating to her initial denial of both her steroid use and her involvement in a check-fraud scam.
6. Diego Maradona (soccer player)
During the 1994 World Cup tournament, tested positive for ephedrine and was ejected. He was subsequently banned from soccer for 15 months. He claimed that he unknowingly took the drug in a "power drink."
5. Rafael Palmeiro (baseball player)
In 2005, less than four months after swearing under oath in a Congressional hearing that he'd never used steroids, he tested positive for stanozolol. He claimed that he unknowingly took the drug and was suspended by Major League Baseball for 10 games.
4. Martina Hingis (tennis player)
In 2007, during the Wimbledon tennis tournament, tested positive for cocaine and was banned from tennis for two years. She retired shortly after the results were announced.
3. Justin Gatlin (track athlete)
In 2006, tested positive for a steroid, believed to be testosterone, and received a four-year ban from track and field, avoiding a lifetime ban by cooperating with authorities.
2. Royce Gracie (mixed martial arts fighter)
After a fight in 2007, tested positive for nandrolone and was banned for a year.
1. James Toney (boxer)
Tested positive after winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight championship in 2005. He was stripped of the title and suspended from boxing for 90 days.
10. Jose Canseco (baseball player)
He caught in 2008 trying to smuggle HCG across the border from Mexico without a prescription, claiming he needed it to jump-start the testosterone in his body that had been drained from years of steroid abuse (which he'd detailed in his 2005 autobiography). He was sentenced to probation and was not disciplined by Major Leage Baseball, since he'd been retired since 2002.
9. Bill Romanowski (football player)
In 2005, admitted on the TV show 60 Minutes that he'd taken HGH and steroids from 2001 to 2003. Since he'd been retired since 2003, he was not disciplined.
8. Barry Bonds (baseball player)
In 2006, tested positive for amphetamines. Under Major League Baseball's drug testing rules, he was subjected to counseling and increased testing, but was otherwise not disciplined. (A second positive test earns a 25 game suspension, a third positive test results in an 80-game suspension and a fourth nets a lifetime ban.)
7. Marion Jones (track athlete)
In 2007, admitted to using and "the clear" for two years in preparation for the 2000 Olympics, thinking that it was flaxseed oil given to her by her trainer. In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury relating to her initial denial of both her steroid use and her involvement in a check-fraud scam.
6. Diego Maradona (soccer player)
During the 1994 World Cup tournament, tested positive for ephedrine and was ejected. He was subsequently banned from soccer for 15 months. He claimed that he unknowingly took the drug in a "power drink."
5. Rafael Palmeiro (baseball player)
In 2005, less than four months after swearing under oath in a Congressional hearing that he'd never used steroids, he tested positive for stanozolol. He claimed that he unknowingly took the drug and was suspended by Major League Baseball for 10 games.
4. Martina Hingis (tennis player)
In 2007, during the Wimbledon tennis tournament, tested positive for cocaine and was banned from tennis for two years. She retired shortly after the results were announced.
3. Justin Gatlin (track athlete)
In 2006, tested positive for a steroid, believed to be testosterone, and received a four-year ban from track and field, avoiding a lifetime ban by cooperating with authorities.
2. Royce Gracie (mixed martial arts fighter)
After a fight in 2007, tested positive for nandrolone and was banned for a year.
1. James Toney (boxer)
Tested positive after winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight championship in 2005. He was stripped of the title and suspended from boxing for 90 days.
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