‘DEER ANTLER MAN’ Q&A with Golf Digest
Mitch Ross, who calls himself “Deer Antler Man,” runs S.W.A.T.S. (Sports With Alternatives To Steroids), the company that supplied the deer-antler spray Vijay Singh admitted this year to using. Singh was cleared of violating the PGA Tour’s substanceabuse policy last week. Ross answers five questions from Mike Stachura. Q Did you understand the PGA Tour’s… [Continue Reading]
Vijay Singh files suit against PGA Tour
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said last week Vijay Singh was “absolutely cooperative and forthcoming” during the Tour’s investigation into a possible drug violation by Singh. Wednesday, Singh was forthcoming with a lawsuit over the doping allegations involving deer antler spray. On the eve of The Players Championship, the showcase… [Continue Reading]
Deer antler spray gets a pass, so now what?
Read More: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/golf–deer-antler-spray-gets-a-pass–so-now-what–004821402.html Oh deer. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the forest, there’s breaking news in the deer antler spray saga that began more than two years ago and reached a fever pitch at this year’s Super Bowl. This week, the World Anti-Doping Authority, which provides the list of banned substances that most… [Continue Reading]
Vijay Singh Cleared of using SWATS Deer Antler Spray, Enteric Tabs, LEAP Performance and more!
The fear since Day 1 of anti-doping with the PGA, was that players would find the methods of testing confusing and Tuesday’s news that Vijay Singh would not be sanctioned for his use of the SWATS deer-antler spray prompted a collective question mark from the rank and file. “Well, it sounds like I can use… [Continue Reading]
The Man Who Could Change The History Of Sports (Or Something)
Read More: http://deadspin.com/5983830/my-encounters-with-ray-lewiss-deer+antler-hookup-the-man-who-could-change-the-history-of-sports-or-something “You’re on the phone with someone who could change the history of sports,” said Deer Antler Man. He was back. It had been two long years. “I have two questions for you,” Deer Antler Man said, before asking me three questions. “First, you saw the Sports Illustrated story on me? You want… [Continue Reading]
For Ross, it’s not about PEDs, it’s about belief
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130201/mitch-ross/#ixzz2KADK3Ok0 Mitch Ross came here to restore his reputation as a reasonable, wise healer of humans, and in the course of doing that, he told reporters: “You have two brains. You have one in your small intestines and one in your head.” A brain in my small intestines? “Have you ever had a gut… [Continue Reading]
Snake oil or supplements: S.W.A.T.S. co-founder says Alabama, Auburn, others showed plenty of interest
Read More: http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/01/snake_oil_or_supplements_swats.html This is all a big misunderstanding, Christopher Key says. Alabama players took a banned substance before the 2012 BCS Championship Game? Wrong, according to Key. He’s one of the founders of a Birmingham-area company that is the subject of a Sports Illustrated report that came out Tuesday. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis… [Continue Reading]
Catfished!
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130129/the-strange-lab-that-lured-numerous-athletes/#ixzz2K9KzZa40 On the two nights before the Jan. 9, 2012, BCS national championship game, a handful of Alabama players in crimson and gray sweats made their way to room 612 in the New Orleans Marriott. A few brought family members, but most arrived in clusters with teammates. They came in search of an… [Continue Reading]
Ravens Coach Hue Jackson talks about S.W.A.T.S Chips and S.W.A.T.S Spray
At a time when Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis vehemently has denied any use of banned substances in connection with his recovery from a torn triceps or at any other time in his 17-year career, a former Ravens assistant has confirmed that he introduced Lewis to the owner of Sports With Alternatives To Steroids (S.W.A.T.S.).
SWATS co-owner: ‘Not some quack’ peddling products
Read More: Sports Illustrated Story FULTONDALE, Ala. (AP) – The owners of the little company that stirred up the Super Bowl controversy with deer antler spray and other performance-enhancing products don’t like being labeled snake oil salesmen. There was plenty of activity Thursday at the modest, one-story building that houses Sports With Alternatives to Steroids… [Continue Reading]
