Juan Dixon, who starred at the University of Maryland and later played for the Washington Wizards, has tested positive for the steroid. Dixon was informed of the positive result several days ago and the International Basketball Federation decided to suspend him on Friday. His suspension is indefinite until further notice. Dixon won an NCAA championship with Maryland in 2002, played for Washington, Portland, Toronto and Detroit in the NBA. I thought he was a good player and could have been better if he didn't end up in Washington. Supposedly, took an over-the-counter supplement and had no idea it had any type of steroid in it. What is so ironic about this is his parents died of AIDS before he finished high school. So he was invited to testify in 2005 by a U.S. House committee who went to Calvert Hall and is the nephew of former Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon, because he had an anti-steroids message to convey. He told the panel in a prepared statement that he and other NBA players had succeeded "through hard work and dedication to our dreams, not through the use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs." Juan was always a guy you wanted to see succeed. All of the things this guy has overcome, all of the work he put into getting to where he is today and now he might have lost his future in basketball because of a failed drug test. It's sad, disappointing and a little heartbreaking. I'll always remember Juan for taking Maryland basketball to the promise land.
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