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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Former NFL player Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to two years' probation by a federal judge on Friday for lying to investigators about his steroid use.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston cited Stubblefield's later cooperation with authorities in the BALCO doping case as she declined to sentence him to three months' home confinement, which was what federal probation officials had recommended.
Illston said the sentence was warranted because Stubblefield was "extremely cooperative" with investigators after he was charged in January 2008. She also fined the 1997 defensive player of the year $5,000.
Federal prosecutors said Stubblefield turned over the names of players, agents and trainers he suspected of drug use to federal investigators and NFL officials. Prosecutors said NFL officials are investigating his claims.
According to prosecutors, Stubblefield received notice from the NFL on Nov. 10, 2003, that he had tested positive for THG, which was distributed by Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and was known as "the clear."
Three days later, he told Inland Revenue Service agent Jeff Novitzky he had never used that substance, according to the court records.
Stubblefield, a three-time Pro Bowl player, also admitted in court in January 2008 that he lied when he said he never ingested the oxygen-producing drug EPO and he never dealt with BALCO founder Victor Conte, who served three months in prison for steroids dealing.
Stubblefield was a defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders from 1993-03.
He was one of three players fined by the NFL for testing positive for the designer steroid THG, but he was not suspended because THG was not added to the NFL's banned substance list until after the tests were conducted.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Former NFL player Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to two years' probation by a federal judge on Friday for lying to investigators about his steroid use.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston cited Stubblefield's later cooperation with authorities in the BALCO doping case as she declined to sentence him to three months' home confinement, which was what federal probation officials had recommended.
Illston said the sentence was warranted because Stubblefield was "extremely cooperative" with investigators after he was charged in January 2008. She also fined the 1997 defensive player of the year $5,000.
Federal prosecutors said Stubblefield turned over the names of players, agents and trainers he suspected of drug use to federal investigators and NFL officials. Prosecutors said NFL officials are investigating his claims.
According to prosecutors, Stubblefield received notice from the NFL on Nov. 10, 2003, that he had tested positive for THG, which was distributed by Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and was known as "the clear."
Three days later, he told Inland Revenue Service agent Jeff Novitzky he had never used that substance, according to the court records.
Stubblefield, a three-time Pro Bowl player, also admitted in court in January 2008 that he lied when he said he never ingested the oxygen-producing drug EPO and he never dealt with BALCO founder Victor Conte, who served three months in prison for steroids dealing.
Stubblefield was a defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders from 1993-03.
He was one of three players fined by the NFL for testing positive for the designer steroid THG, but he was not suspended because THG was not added to the NFL's banned substance list until after the tests were conducted.
