Michael Powell

New York Times

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Sports Columnist for the New York Times.

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We hear about the strange story of a performance enhancing drug kingpin who’s been flying under the radar for more than a decade: Thomas Mann and his Magic Mountain of doping.

Arizona man allegedly runs international doping ring

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