Florida authorities said on Tuesday that a Virginia man is under arrest on seven charges of conspiracy to deliver steroids to members of baseball's Washington Nationals and hockey's Washington Capitals.
Douglas Nagel, a 50-year-old chiropractor from the Washington suburb of Reston, was arrested after a co-defendant claimed he supplied the controlled substances to the sports squads.
An affidavit by a Florida-based associate of Nagel pleaded guilty to possessing steroids with the intent to sell last year. He told authorities that Nagel had been supplying performance-enhancing drugs to members of the two clubs.
The Washington Nationals finished with the worst record in Major League baseball last season while the Washington Capitals have the best record this season in the National Hockey League.
The Capitals lost in the second round of last year's Stanley Cup playoffs.
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