Second in a series

BALCO founder Victor Conte worked on the ¡°dark side¡± when his San Francisco Bay Area company supplied performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes, including sprinter Marion Jones and MLB home-run king Barry Bonds. That¡¯s how Conte has frequently described those years at the start of the 21st century.

However, he remains an informed expert on the latest in cutting-edge doping practices.