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MUSKOGEE — A Vian man is accused in a federal grand jury indictment of manufacturing and distributing anabolic steroids to minors.
The charge is among two similar cases involving three men, including two former law enforcement officers, who were arraigned in federal court Tuesday:

Bobby Brown, 38, of Vian, was charged with possession with the intent to distribute and manufacture anabolic steroids, distributing to persons younger than 21, and selling within 1,000 feet of Vian High School.

Dusty Lee Burns, 29, of Checotah, and Jimmy Russell Hamm II aka “Rusty” Hamm, 31, were charged with drug conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute and manufacture anabolic steroids.

All of the defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Hamm is a former Creek Nation Lighthorseman and Burns is a former McIntosh County reserve deputy sheriff. Their alleged crimes occurred from around September 2005 until June 2008.

Brown’s alleged crimes took place between March 2006 and June 2008.

Brown is accused of distributing to three individuals, two of which are minors identified in the indictment by their first and last initials, and “others.”

The defendants were indicted by a grand jury on Aug. 11. The indictments were not unsealed until Tuesday at the defendents’ initial court appearance.

U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said evidence does not strongly support that Brown was working in conjunction with Burns and Hamm, but said the indictments stemmed from the same investigation.
Sperling declined to discuss details outside information filed in the indictments — such as the quantities of drugs distributed and the locations. He said he could not confirm if Brown was allegedly selling to Vian High School students.
Vian is about 85 miles southeast of Tulsa in Sequoyah County.

Brown worked out at gym in eastern Oklahoma, Sperling said.

An Oct. 7 trial date for all the defendants has been set.

By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer
Published: 8/18/2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The NFL asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to clear the way for the suspension of two Minnesota Vikings linemen for violating the league’s anti-doping policy.

NFL attorney Daniel Nash asked a three-judge panel to allow the league to impose the four-game suspensions. He said the league’s policy is a product of the collective bargaining agreement with the players union and pre-empts state law.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges did not indicate when they would rule.

Pat Williams and Kevin Williams are not accused of taking steroids. They tested positive last summer for a banned diuretic that can mask the presence of steroids after taking the weight-loss supplement StarCaps. The diuretic, bumetanide, wasn’t listed on the label.

The players want some of their arguments in the case heard in state court.

UNDATED (AP) — A few high school athletes who are on the football, flag football, baseball, softball or weight lifting teams will be randomly tapped for steroids testing this year.
  
The state passed a law creating a one-year pilot program to start this school year, but the program encompasses at maximum only one percent of the more than 60,000 athletes in those five sports statewide. And because the state did not allot more money for the tests when flag football and softball were added at the last minute (for gender-equity reasons), less than one percent of the eligible athletes will actually be tested.
  
Lawmakers will decide next spring whether to continue funding the program.
  
Florida’s program is one of the first nationally. The concern is that teenagers are abusing steroids to build muscles, mimicking role models in professional sports or desperately trying to get college athletic scholarships.

Remember: It’s only cheating if you get caught. Following his win at WEC 42, Cole Province has tested positive for the oral steroid methasterone, a supplement that can increase your ass-kicking ability but also cause the unwanted side effect of liver damage. (Then again, so can a liver shot. Pick your poison.) The Nevada State Athletic Commission reportedly will give Province a chance to explain himself before passing judgment, which conceivably could include voiding his win.

Methasterone — otherwise known as Superdrol — is a “legal” steroid in that it’s not a controlled substance, and anecdotal evidence points to it leaving the body within two weeks of discontinuation. Because it has some diuretic and metabolic effect, athletes typically consider it for purposes of maintaining or gaining mass while cutting weight for competition. And because it’s an over-the-counter product, Province may have been under the assumption that anything sold legally is legal in competition. (It’s not.)

It’s a blemish, but overall, the rate and frequency of drug-test failures has decreased sharply from two years ago. (That’s 14 positives for performance-enhancers in 2007, five in 2008 and four so far this year. Thank you, CagePotato number nerds.) Either the deterrent effect is working or athletes are getting more clever in hiding their use. In any case, Province isn’t among the latter group.

HOUSTON and WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ — The publisher and authors of a book about steroid use in major league baseball were sued today by a Texas man who says they falsely claimed he was “pushing” steroids to professional athletes and using his gym as a front for selling drugs, according to The Gibson Law Firm.

Former gym owner Kelly Blair, of Deer Park, Texas, alleges that the book - “American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime” (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) - falsely linked him to an “underground steroid network,” a convicted murderer and drug dealer, drug smuggling from Mexico and Canada, and the preparation of “collections of drugs” shipped to professional athletes.

Blair also is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before a federal grand jury in Washington.

Blair’s attorney, Jason A. Gibson, of The Gibson Law Firm, stated, “As the lawsuit alleges, Kelly Blair was maliciously and recklessly defamed by the authors and publishers of this book and at least one dubious source whose false allegations they published. Kelly looks forward to his day in court on this matter. In the meantime, he looks forward to testifying tomorrow before the grand jury in Washington.”

The defendants in the lawsuit are authors Michael O’Keeffe, Christian Red, Teri Thompson, and Nathaniel Vinton, all of whom are reporters for the New York Daily News; Robin Dobbins, a Deer Park, Texas man who was a source for the book; and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, of New York.

The lawsuit, which includes claims of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, seeks damages, exemplary damages, and attorney’s fees.

The case is “Kelly Blair v. Michael O’Keeffe, et al.,” in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 11th Judicial District, Cause No. 2009-50671.