Taurasi denies taking banned stimulant (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Women's basketball star Diana Taurasi has told The Associated Press she has never taken performance-enhancing drugs. The denial was made Sunday during her first interview since testing positive for the stimulant modafinil in December while with Turkish club Fenerbahce (fen-ur-Bah-che). Taurasi and her lawyer are blaming the Turkish lab where the sample was tested.

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[Brian in Mesa]

Those sneaky Turks tainted both her samples.

 

[Southpaw]

Maybe she was given the Midnight Express Billy Hayes special.