Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees at bat against the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning at Fenway Park on September 14, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption
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Russia's Maria Sharapova appealed a two-year suspension for taking the banned drug meldonium. William West/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dee Gordon had a .333 average and 205 hits last year; this year, he's been hit with a lengthy suspension over two performance-enhancing drugs. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images hide caption
Participants play the latest video games at the gamescom computer game fair in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday. The Electronic Sports League, which sponsors a tournament in the city later this month, says it will require random drug tests to ensure players are clean. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
Even versions of Zi Xiu Tang Bee Pollen labeled "genuine" and "anti-counterfeit" have been found to contain the drug sibutramine, which was supposed to come off the U.S. market in 2010 for safety reasons. Food and Drug Administration hide caption
Peter Kennaugh of SKY Procycling enjoys an espresso ahead of first stage of the Tour de France 2013, in Corsica. Scott Mitchell/teamsky.com via Getty Images hide caption
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in September of 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, playing for the Yankees' minor league affiliate Charleston RiverDogs, runs to first base during a game in July 2013. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images hide caption
American cyclist Chris Horner celebrates winning Spain's Vuelta bicycle race Sunday. Anti-doping officials say that Horner, who at 41 is the oldest ever to win one of cycling's top events, was not at the hotel drug testers visited. Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Belgian Blue bulls look like they are made of muscle because they have a mutation in the gene that codes for the protein myostatin. In humans, as in other types of cattle, myostatin normally limits the number of muscle fibers that form before birth and then limits the growth of those fibers later on. Courtesy of Se-Jin Lee and Alexandra McPherron/PNAS hide caption
He's waiting to hear his fate: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. John Angelillo/UPI /Landov hide caption
Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers has been suspended for the rest of the 2013 season after violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. Mike McGinnis/Getty Images hide caption
A fan raises his objections at the 2002 Major League Baseball All Star Game. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption
Dark clouds hang over Major League Baseball. There are reports that about 20 players may be suspended because of their connections to a Miami clinic that dispensed performance-enhancing drugs. (Photo taken Sunday at Yankee Stadium.) Jason Szenes/EPA /LANDOV hide caption
Lance Armstrong in 2010. Nathalie Magniez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Major League baseball will begin random regular-season blood tests for human growth hormone, seen here in an injector pen holding about one week's worth of HGH doses at the clinic of Dr. Mark Molitch of Northwestern University. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption
Lance Armstrong competes in the Ironman Panama 70.3. triathlon in Panama City, Panama. Arnulfo Franco/AP hide caption
Lance Armstrong, at a race in Australia in January. Mark Gunter/AFP/Getty Images hide caption