In October, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) described the Utah Jazz as “the NBA’s most caffeinated team.” Forward Boris Diaw, the 34-year-old French basketball player who takes his own mini-barista bar on the road when the team travels, is a big reason why.
But will the team have to change its ways in the near future? According to the Washington Post, Russian Federal Microbiological Agency chief Vladimir Uiba recently told Russian news agency TASS that caffeine may be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited substance list.
“Caffeine is currently on WADA’s waiting list of prohibited substances,” he said, according to the Post.