Earlier today, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was accused of using the performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol, when test results came back positive for “very small amount” of the anabolic agent.

Besides the drawbacks of steroid use – the early heart attacks, the borderline-psychotic levels of paranoia, the ensuing years of arthritis – their are some pluses. Namely, the extra attention you get from women.

By the end of his roid-filled summer of ’76, Paul had transformed from a bookish stringbean to a chemically-altered colossus. He was also an emotional basket case.

“There’s five or six guys here who have a big problem,” he said. “There’s one guy in particular who’s working on an early death.”

Paul Solotaroff is a Contributing Editor at Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone, but before that, he was a major steroid user. I went out to his gym in Brooklyn to learn more about the steroid culture, and the price he paid for his personal use.

As long as their deca-fueled rage isn’t directed your way, seeing someone in the throes of a steroid-induced meltdown can sometimes be fun to watch. This week, we saw two such meltdowns – but only one can be the Meathead of the Week.

When Roger Clemens took his steroid controversy to court in 2008, someone was going to lie. Today, the New York Times reported, the United States made its decision: it’s Clemens who will be charged with making false statements to Congress.

According to suspended Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, his failed drug test was not due to PED usage, but to a “unique” medical condition called “overtrained athlete syndrome.” Yea, I don’t know either.

The New York Times reports that federal prosecutors have questioned former associates and teammates of Armstong’s, and many are saying that Lance is dirty.

Paul Solotaroff chronicles one life-changing summer, in which he transformed from a scrawny bookworm into a jacked sex machine. The transformation would cost him.