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Article: FINISH LINE.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 14, 2004
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Steroid-case attorney: Four 'scapegoats'
Attorneys for four men who pleaded innocent Friday in San Francisco to distributing steroids to athletes said it was outrageous that none of those sports stars has been charged.
The government alleged that the four illegally supplied performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of athletes in the NFL, baseball and track and field. No athletes were named in the indictments, though dozens testified before a grand jury last year.
Those indicted Thursday were Victor Conte, founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative at the center of the case; James Valente, BALCO's vice president; personal ...