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The University of Miami named its baseball stadium after Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez after he donated $3.9 million to renovate the field. One of baseball's premier hitters, Ryan Braun, played for the university from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to begin his professional career. The Washington Nationals star pitcher Gio Gonzalez calls an assistant for the university's baseball team his "off-season strength coach."

These three players and at least five other people with ties to the university have been cited on documents from an anti-aging clinic under investigation by Major League Baseball for providing players with performance-enhancing drugs. The connections have compelled the major leagues' investigators to train their focus on the university's baseball program, which they suspect is a nexus of performance-enhancing drug use.

The documents, which include billing and medical records, indicated that several players received performance-enhancing drugs from a clinic director. The documents also indicated that the strength and conditioning coach for Miami's baseball team, Jimmy Goins, received banned substances from the clinic.

In a written statement, the university said it was "aware of media reports regarding one of our employees, and an intensive review is under way." The university would not confirm reports that Goins had been fired or suspended in the wake of the allegations.

The N.C.A.A., the governing body for college sports, declined to comment. The university's athletic program is already under investigation by the N.C.A.A. for allegations that a booster gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, as well as other benefits, to dozens of Miami athletes.

The medical records were published last week by the weekly newspaper Miami New Times, which said it obtained the documents from a former employee of the clinic, Biogenesis. The documents have not been independently authenticated by The New York Times.

For decades, the University of Miami has had one of the nation's most successful baseball programs, winning four national championships since 1982 and producing more than a hundred professional players. The Hurricanes have qualified for the N.C.A.A. tournament a record 40 consecutive seasons.

Baseball officials said they had been focused on the university's ties to the clinic and steroid distribution since last summer.

According to Miami New Times, Goins's name was found on multiple client lists belonging to a director of the clinic, Anthony Bosch. In one entry, from Dec. 14, 2011, Bosch wrote that he was selling Anavar, testosterone and a Winstrol/B-12 mix to Goins for $400 a month, according to the newspaper. An entry from a year later noted the sale of growth hormone and testosterone to Goins, the newspaper said.

The clinic, Biogenesis, was located in an office building in Coral Gables, Fla., a short walk across U.S. 1 from Alex Rodriguez Park and the University of Miami. Bosch has long ties to Coral Gables. His father, Pedro Publio Bosch, has been a physician there for decades.

Through a lawyer, Anthony Bosch has denied the claims, and several of the players whose names appeared in the article have issued statements denying involvement.

According to a University of Miami athletics Web site, Goins is an assistant strength and conditioning coach and also works with the track and field program. He previously worked at the University of San Diego and at two Olympic training sites, according to the site.

Although Goins primarily worked with the university's athletes, he also worked with players already in the major leagues, including Gonzalez, who did not attend Miami. According to a post on Gonzalez's Instagram page, he worked with Goins as recently as three months ago.

On the page, Gonzalez posted a photo of him with Goins, who was wearing a University of Miami baseball T-shirt. "My off-season strength coach Jimmy Goins," Gonzalez wrote.

Gonzalez has denied using performance-enhancing drugs and has never been suspended for testing positive for the substances. His father has said that he consulted Bosch in the hopes of losing weight.

The web of players connected to the clinic extends beyond high-profile players like Rodriguez, Braun and Gonzalez.

Pat Borzi contributed reporting.