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Lance Armstrong of team RadioShack crosses the finish line of the 196km Stage 13 of the Tour de France on July 17, 2010 in Revel, France

Jeff Novitzky, an investigator for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has been called the Eliot Ness of the steroid era. In 2002, when he was an Internal Revenue Service special agent, he spearheaded the landmark probe into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), which was supplying performance-enhancing drugs to several high-profile athletes, including, allegedly, home run king Barry Bonds. The BALCO case (which also involved money-laundering, which is where IRS comes in) thrust steroids and sports into the spotlight. The relentless Novitzky, who dove into dumpsters to collect evidence, earned a slice of fame, too.

... Time Magazine Online