"Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and Olympic track champion Marion Jones decades ago, has died. He was 75."
"Conte died Monday, SNAC System, a sports nutrition company he founded, said in a social media post. It did not disclose his cause of death."
"The federal government's investigation into another company Conte founded, the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, yielded convictions of Jones, elite sprint cyclist Tammy Thomas, and former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield along with coaches, distributors, a trainer, a chemist and a lawyer."
"Conte, who served four months in federal prison for dealing steroids, talked openly about his famous former clients. He went on television to say he had seen three-time Olympic medalist Jones inject herself with human growth hormone, but always stopped short of implicating Bonds, the San Francisco Giants slugger."
Victor Conte, 75, founded SNAC System and previously founded the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO). A federal investigation into BALCO produced convictions of Marion Jones, sprint cyclist Tammy Thomas, former NFL lineman Dana Stubblefield, and multiple coaches, distributors, a trainer, a chemist and a lawyer. Conte served four months in federal prison for distributing steroids and said he sold substances called "the cream" and "the clear" to dozens of elite athletes, including Jason Giambi. Conte said he had seen Marion Jones inject human growth hormone but avoided directly accusing Barry Bonds. The investigation spurred the book Game of Shadows and a Mitchell probe into baseball steroid use.
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