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Report: D.J. Cooper suspended by FIBA for faking drug test that revealed he was pregnant

D.J. Cooper stepped away from AS Monaco late in 2018 for “family reasons,” though he attempted to join the Bosnian national team as a naturalized player later that year.

The former Ohio University standout never made it, however, and was instead handed a two-year suspension from FIBA for failing a drug test. But it wasn’t performance enhancing drugs, recreational drugs or any of the other usual suspects that thwarted Cooper.

His drug test, according to Eurohoops.net, revealed that he was pregnant.

The test on the urine that Cooper provided revealed the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, which is a hormone made by the placenta during pregnancy. That urine, per the report, actually belonged to his girlfriend — who likely didn’t know she was pregnant at the time.

So, FIBA suspended Cooper for fraud. He’s eligible to return on June 20, 2020.

BigRedDog wrote:I don't see how they can be so sure it was his girlfriend. Any number of pregnant women could have supplied him with the tainted urine. I'm sorry but FIBA doesn't have enough credibility in my book for me to just take what they're saying at face value and until we get some answers I hope he appeals his suspension and wins.

bisme37 wrote:

BigRedDog wrote:I don't see how they can be so sure it was his girlfriend. Any number of pregnant women could have supplied him with the tainted urine. I'm sorry but FIBA doesn't have enough credibility in my book for me to just take what they're saying at face value and until we get some answers I hope he appeals his suspension and wins.

Well but even if it wasn't his GF's pee, it obviously wasn't his pee. He's not really pregnant.