Feds raid Jason Grimsley's distributor

Apparently they did a clean sweep down at this internet pharmacy in Orlando today. Not too many stories reporting all of the details yet, but buried in one I just saw. The Albany Times Union broke it first:

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The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., which first disclosed the investigation, reported that investigators uncovered evidence that testosterone and other performance-enhancing drugs may have been fraudulently prescribed over the Internet to current and former major league baseball and NFL players, college athletes, high school coaches, a former Mr. Olympia champion and another top contender in the bodybuilding competition.
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Apparently the Feds have at least a dozen pharmacologists and doctors in their sights, and they have evidence of illegal prescriptions going to current and former MLB and NFL players. We'll see where this leads... if they initial Fed side of the story lives up the hype.

 

Two other interesting tidbits:

1) Five years ago Signature had modest sales of $500,000. Investigators tell the Times Union a booming Internet market has increased that 70 times to $35 million in sales last year.
2) The Times Union, which first reported this story, says an Albany, New York investigator traced $150,000 in testosterone and human growth hormone purchases on a personal credit card belonging to a Pittsburgh Steelers team physician.

 

That's probably true. People expect (and accept) it in football. They don't in baseball. But at least when Roger Goodell does the dog and pony show in front of a Senate subcommittee next time around, he won't be able to hold the NFL policy up as a shining beacon again.

 

Apparently from what I just heard, Evander Holyfield's name is going to get mixed up in this one, too.

 

Sucks for Anaheim, huh?