The former sprinter Tim Montgomery admitted in a jailhouse interview with HBO’s Bryant Gumbel that he knew he was taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs before the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Efforts to deter performance-enhancing drug use among high school athletes have had indeterminate success, in tackling a problem that is not always readily apparent.
Over the last six months, about two dozen of the players named in the Mitchell report have participated in community-service projects tied to drug education.
Six N.F.L. players were suspended Tuesday for the final four games of the regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
The players union is seeking to overturn the suspensions of five players who tested positive for a masking agent for steroids that is also found in a weight-loss pill.
Lawyers for the six players suspended by the NFL for testing positive for a diuretic say the league has enforced its drug policy inconsistently.
