4 Oakland Raiders tested positive THG

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By JANIE McCAULEY
Four Oakland Raiders have tested positive for the newly discovered steroid THG and face four-game suspensions, CBS reported Sunday.

Oakland senior assistant Bruce Allen said he knew of no suspensions. He criticized the report but wouldn't confirm or deny the reports of the positive tests.

"The league's program on testing and information on testing are extremely confidential," Allen said Sunday before the Raiders' game against the Minnesota Vikings. "So any reports out of that, someone's either violating the law or making them up. I hope they're able to find the people who spread false rumors."

CBS' "The NFL Today" and SportsLine.com reported that defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield, center Barret Robbins, linebacker Bill Romanowski and defensive tackle Chris Cooper were notified in letters from the NFL this past week that they tested positive for THG, or tetrahydrogestrinone. It wasn't clear when the tests were conducted or the urine samples were taken.

"That's a situation that's out there," Robbins said after the Raiders' 28-18 win over Minnesota. "I haven't been notified about it. I don't think it's right the way it's being handled. That's about all I've got to say about that."

Allen said he wouldn't know whether the players received such letters.

Agents for the players didn't immediately return calls from The Associated Press on Sunday. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wouldn't comment.

"The process has been violated by the information coming out," said Raiders defensive end Trace Armstrong, the players' association president.

Stubblefield and Cooper, along with running back Tyrone Wheatley and fullback Chris Hetherington, appeared Thursday before a grand jury probing a nutritional supplements lab - the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.

An attorney for BALCO founder Victor Conte has confirmed his client is the target of the grand jury probe. Conte has been accused by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of supplying athletes with THG. He has denied the report.

[GetBig]

TweetThis random thing is for the birds, only after caught 5 times is anything dramatic will happen, what a joke

[FUZO]

TweetWHO CARES I THINK ITS TIME FOR A INJECTION

[6p6]

TweetWHAT, Oakland Raiders breaking the rules....I am flabbergasted! I had know idea football players used enhancing substances to increase their field of play!!! LOL, F#$king idiots (NFL drug commision!)

[HeHateMe]

TweetWhat?!?!?

Bill Romanowski only uses EAS supplements. Bill Phillips must be lacing his supplements with THG!

[3Vandoo]

TweetHey I coach Romanoswsky's nephew.

If he could be like the uncle

[NeverSatisfied]

Tweetis thg really expensive since it degenerates during the drug test? does anyone have any knowledge of this compound? i'm thinking it's pretty hard to find

[nautica]

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Originally posted by NeverSatisfied
is thg really expensive since it degenerates during the drug test? does anyone have any knowledge of this compound? i'm thinking it's pretty hard to find

degenerates during a drug test???? Did you read this somewhere?

The test will be a chromatography test, which identifies funtional groups of a particular drug, the test prints out a blue print of that drug. The only reason it was not caught before was due to the fact that it was not tested for, only b/c they did not know it existed, not b/c it was hard to test for.

It is basically tren, which a functional group changed so it would go undetected.

nautica

[NeverSatisfied]

Tweetok thanx nautica. i thought i read it somewhere that it degenerates but maybe i was wrong. i'll try to find the article