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Article: Steroids Said to Tinge Maryland Football
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 2, 1989
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The possibility of steroid use by members of the University of
Maryland football team was raised yesterday in light of a report in
the campus newspaper, and a player told The Washington Post that at
least two players no longer on the squad used the drugs.
The Diamondback reported that Dan Calvin, who runs the athletic
drug testing program at the College Park campus, confirmed anabolic
steroids had been detected in urine samples of Terrapins football
players. The paper also quoted current and former players as saying
they had used steroids and seen teammates do so.
Calvin could not be reached to comment. Head coach Joe Krivak,
whom the student newspaper said estimated use by team members ...