Sports doping scandals typically don't move into high gear until authorities name names of cheating athletes.
Think Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report in 2007, which named 89 ballplayers suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs. Or the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's 2012 report, which finally exposed seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong as a serial doper, cheater and liar.
The next naming of names could be shaping up in Europe, where the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has seized control of over 200-plus athlete blood/plasma bags at the center of the Operation Puerto doping scandal. WADA is considering whether to release the names of athletes involved, spokesman Ben Nichols told Sporting News.