Jun 27, 2011

Most people probably don’t remember Marius Dohne‘s American debut. I do. It was here in my neck of the woods at the IFBB NY Pro. See, Marius writes for the same South African magazine as me, so I’ve actually been able to follow his progression from being a top amateur, to winning the SA Championships, to applying for his IFBB pro card and...

Mar 30, 2011

For the second year in a row, the winner of the Arnold Classic amateur bikini contest has defected from the politics-laden NPC and IFBB to the greater opportunities afforded by Paul Dillet’s World Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation. Back in 2010, Chady Dunmore won the whole thing, and almost immediately defected to the WBFF. Now, the 2011 winner, Ingrid...

Mar 10, 2011

Mar 10, 2011 Well, I guess I pretty much shot my load (ha!) with the title of this article. There’s nothing more to say, other than some female bodybuilder, Rhonda Lee Quaresma, who has spent her online life helping schmoes produce knuckle babies, finally upped her game and transitioned to full-blown (ha!) prostitution. On March 8, investigators set up a...

Mar 7, 2011

Mar 7, 2011 The following email was sent from James Manion, owner of the National Physique Committee (NPC) and vice president of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB), to Darren Meade, the now-fired-CEO of...

Feb 11, 2011

Feb 11, 2011 The latest NPC drug bust included a rising star in the figure division, by the name of Samantha Baker, and her boyfriend, Vincent Papagano a guy you may have seen (looking stoned) on the backstage staff of the 2010 NPC National Championships. They were each charged with a variety of drug related offenses after police arrested them in possession of...