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MLB Steroid Scandal: How Porter Fischer Exposed Biogenesis

Illustration by André Carrilho
By Tim Elfrink
Miami New Times | June 19, 2013
Porter Fischer shared the medical records, patient spreadsheets, and handwritten composition books with Miami New Times for an explosive story that sparked the biggest drug-related scandal in professional sports since Lance Armstrong lost his seven Tour de France medals in 2012. He could never have predicted the insanity that followed the story's publication: a high-speed car chase on U.S. 1, midnight knocks on his door, death threats, and unmarked envelopes stuffed full of cash.
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Tags: Biogenesis, MLB Steroid Scandal, Porter Fischer

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