Victor Conte, steroid
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Victor Conte, the mastermind behind the infamous BALCO steroids scandal that rocked professional sports, died at 75 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Victor Conte's death at age 75 prompted a divided reaction for the mastermind of the BALCO steroids scandal who later worked with champion boxers.
Victor Conte – you may know him first as a boxer, but then, for all the wrong reasons. Once the founder of Blanco lab that was involved in the infamous doping scandals that rocked the track and field world in the 2000s,
Conte made his Bay Area-based BALCO a notorious hub that altered the sporting landscape, allowing Bonds to one-up his suspected cheating predecessors Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa while strengthening Mosley to a follow-up triumph over his southern California rival, Oscar De La Hoya.