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Florida the next state to test high school students for steroids
2007-06-20 17:35:00 Florida joins Texas and Oregon as recent additions to steroids testing for high school athletes. The bill was recently signed into law. There are a number of problems with testing of high school athletes. It tends to be expensive, as well as low yield for the expense. Many surveys say that high school students have used PEDs, however there is a questions about the student's understanding of the questions. Recent testing in New Jersey showed no positives. Further the drug testing targets athletes, when research indicates vanity users may be as frequents as athletic users of APEDs. Florida appropriated 100,000, which seems woeful underfunding. From the Tampa Tribune:TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist signed and approved House Bill 461 on Tuesday, the bill that would implement the Florida High School Athletic Association's steroid-testing policy. Now, the FHSAA will put into effect a one-year random steroid-testing program for football, baseball and w... More About: Students , High School , Florida , Steroids
Rangers' owner -- Tom Hicks -- takes some heat for pointing at Juan Gonzale
2007-06-20 16:46:00 Startling news trickling out of Dallas these days. The Texas Rangers not only play bad baseball, but their owner plays hit and run too. Ranger owner Tom Hicks looked like the proverbial loose cannon last week on local media, especially considering his comments on Juan Gonzalez use of 'roids. The Star-Telegram picked up the story; Sportscenter enlarged the issue this week into a controversy. From the Star-Telegram:First Jose Canseco said former Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez was a steroids user. Now it's owner Tom Hicks playing loose cannon. During a wide-ranging taped interview with Channel 11 sports anchor Babe Laufenberg last week, Hicks was asked about the Rangers' deals he most regretted making. First he mentioned wasting $65 million on pitcher Chan Ho Park. Then he referenced the two-year, $24 million deal the Rangers gave Gonzalez to come back to Texas in 2002. "Juan Gonzalez, for $24 million, after he came off steroids probably... we just gave ... More About: Heat , Owner , Inti
Sources says Giambi to meet with MLB Mitchell probe
2007-06-19 16:49:00 ESPN reports that Jason Giambi may cooperate in the Mitchell probe, but with conditions. News yesterday said that Gaimbi had until Thursday to agree to talk to Mitchell, or face suspension. Jose Canseco has called Giambi the poster boy of steroid and HGH overuse. Compare his photos and see what you think. NEW YORK -- Jason Giambi is near a deal to cooperate with the Mitchell investigation of doping in baseball in order to put the issue behind him, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday, citing unnamed baseball sources. According to the report, the Yankees designated hitter will agree to answer questions about his own personal use of performance-enhancing drugs and his grand jury testimony in the federal BALCO case. Giambi's agent, Arn Tellem, has been seeking assurances that Giambi will not have to name names, the Daily News said. While the players' union has said baseball has no right to make Giambi testify and promised to fight a suspension or forced test... More About: Meet , Sources , Probe , Robe
Fan to Hairston Jr: 'Get your money back'
2007-06-18 14:30:00 In the best quote of the week category comes this fan rant at suspected HGH user Jerry Hairston Jr. (at least suspected through court documents, not suspected from his physique) takes the prize (from the Baltimore Sun) Only once since the report came out this spring has Texas Rangers outfielder/infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. been heckled by a fan about his alleged connection to performance enhancing drugs. "I was in Toronto and I was on deck and a fan yelled at me, 'Hey Hairston, if you are on steroids, you need to get your money back,' " recalled Hairston, who has hit .254 with two home runs in his first 67 at-bats this season. "That was kind of funny."...In March, reports surfaced that a raided Mobile, Ala., pharmacy allegedly shipped human growth hormone to Hairston in 2004, which the former Oriole immediately and continually has denied. He said he still hasn't seen legal documents that link him to the pharmacy, and he hasn't been contacted by Major League Baseball about the ... More About: Money , Back
Juiced or not, Frank Howard loves the sluggers
2007-06-18 13:40:00 The 6-7 250 pound giant of the past, er, Dodger and Senator of the past, Frank Howard doesn't care what sluggers today take. He admires their power, period. The All-American in baseball and basketball at Ohio State likes sluggers. Howard showed up in Green Bay, where he played his first professional baseball game 49 years ago. From the Green Bay Press-Gazette: The stories about Frank Howard and his mammoth home runs have become legendary over the years. Some are true and others have been stretched a bit, but none seem unbelievable for those who witnessed the strong swing of a 6-foot-7, 250-pound behemoth who smacked 382 homers in a 16-year career spent mostly with the Dodgers and Senators. Howard is a man who's too humble — even at 70 and in his 49th year of baseball as a player, manager, coach and instructor — to talk about the tales passed on about him. Like the one in which Howard, while playing for the Green Bay Bluejays in 1958 — a seaso... More About: Ward , Juice , Juiced
Bonds bonds with Boston
2007-06-18 13:30:00 Debates rage about the controversy swirling around Barry Bonds as he chases Hank Aaron for the career home run record. Fans are fundamentally racist, some trumpet; this is like Jack Jones becoming heavyweight boxing champion. Other's feel the fan negative reactions revolve around Bond's almost certain use of PEDs. Folks, the people of Boston might not all like Bonds' performance on the field, however it doesn't sound like he was forced to use segregated bathrooms off the filed. The Boston Globe reports Barry Bonds enjoyed his trip to Beantown: It was clear his perception of the city, the fans, and all of the things negative about Boston, which he once referred to as a racist city, changed over this weekend. "He genuinely enjoyed himself here," said one teammate. "He walked around the city a lot and people were really nice to him. They weren't yelling at him, or yelling stuff at him or anything like that. People were very respectful of him. I t...
Mo Vaugh says he was in the dark about 'roids
2007-06-17 16:29:00 In an interview with the Boston Globe, Mo Vaugh says he didn't know about the juice when he played. He also says it takes a toll when you're a power hitter..so perhaps those 'roids would have helped..... Vaughn says he was in the dark about steroids. "The most homers I hit was 44," he says. "I was tired. I had no idea that stuff was going on -- maybe because I didn't need it. "I was shocked, to be honest with you. I was shocked completely when stuff started coming out. And the numbers started rising. Jose didn't come out for the goodness of the game, though. Jose came out for himself."Vaughn now works for affordable housing in New York:Vaughn put up impressive numbers with the Red Sox, but his last season in Boston (1998) was marred when he crashed his truck returning from a strip club in Providence. Although he was found not guilty of drunk driving, he battled with team management and then signed a six-year, $88 million free agent deal with Ana... More About: Dark , The Dark , The D
David Walsh book nips at Lance Armstrong again
2007-06-17 16:12:00 Sports Illustrated gives us a preview of a new book by David Walsh, about (guess what) Lance Armstrong .Already battered by doping allegations, cycling stands to absorb another big blow next week with the publication of the latest book by Irish investigative journalist David Walsh. Two weeks before the start of the 2007 Tour de France, Random House will release From Lance To Landis, a follow-up of Walsh's 2004 book L.A. Confidentiel: Les Secrets de Lance Armstrong, which contained allegations that the seven-time Tour winner doped, but was never published in English. This latest book will be widely released in the U.S., and could further undermine Armstrong's contention that he was a clean champion.What does Armstrong say?In an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated last week, Armstrong once again vehemently denied that he ever used performance-enhancing drugs.For the trillionth time Armstrong denied use of PEDs. Here lies the line of evidence of Armstrong's PED st... More About: Book , Tron
Baseball about to open and once again Barry Bonds is in left field, but cen
2007-04-01 17:47:00 He has for the past 9 years become the biggest story in baseball, the largest figure in sports, and perhaps garnered more headlines than anyone this side of Bush, Cheney, and Saddam. He's Barry Bond s , and you're not him. Slam Sports, Canada carries Bob Elliot's column on Bonds and baseball, which is typical of the pack. If you're a sports fan tired of Bonds, you ain't seen or felt nothing yet. The Alameda Times-Star frames the issue this way: Never, though, has the American fan witnessed such a delicate, frosty and forced connection between a major sport and its quintessential active figure. The uneasy dance between Barry Bonds, the man who would be king, and Major League Baseball , the men obligated to crown the king, is odd indeed, a cheerless, charmless waltz lacking grace yet bewitching for its sheer magnitude. The San Francisco Giants left fielder is, after all, on the brink of baseball's most cherished and best-known individual record, Henry Aaron's c... More About: Open , About
Night on the town with John Rocker
2007-04-01 16:19:00 The blog 'The Off Color Commentator' catches up with HGH user John Rock er out on the town. After spewing racist comments in the past, Rocker was enjoying an evening with an Asian date. Furthermore, Rocker was polite, and not at all raucous.The most ironic part about the John Rocker sighting was the fact that he was sitting down at the table with AN ASIAN DATE. After berating the Asian population in the mass media, John Rocker has decided that while they may not make such good drivers, they make excellent dinner dates.Why is it, players try to ruin their reputation?And somehow, we’ve just been reminded by John Rocker of all people that preconceived notions are quite often incorrect. More About: With , Night
New York Times says MLB secretly monitors players for steroids
2007-04-01 16:08:00 In an article published April 1, the NY Time s says baseball players now submit to anti-doping procedures, not spelled out in their bargaining agreement. (Times requires registration; alternative source here).When the Yankees’ pitchers and catchers arrived for spring training in mid-February, they saw signs taped up in the clubhouse bathroom reminding them that they would be tested for drugs. They knew the drill: They would have to lower their pants and lift their shirts to prove they were not hiding tampering devices, then give their urine samples with the collector in front of them. What few, if any, of them reporting to their training camp in Tampa knew was that the Yankees — and every other major league team — had assigned someone in the organization to monitor them discreetly from the time they were notified of a test until they produced a urine sample, sometimes hours later. This behind-the-scenes procedure is not listed in Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention... More About: Players , New York , Play , Player
Rick Majerus to be new Iowa basketball coach?
2007-03-31 18:40:00 Update #1 (3/31 @5:45PM): Despite being offered a lifetime supply of burritos, Rick Majerus told the Des Moines Register he is not interested in becoming the Iowa coach. Cross off Central Florida's coach Kirk Speraw and former Wyoming coach Steve McLain too. Chris Lowrey has agreed to a 7 year deal with SIU. Ernie Kent's name is surfacing in the Iowa search. The DM Register says Lon Kruger out, as well as Mike Montgomery and no Iowa contract with Butler coach Toff Lickliter.--------------------------Altho ugh this story has nothing to do with juice, The Nation is part of the University of Iowa. We want to summarize the short (long?) search for a basketball coach to replace the recently departed Steve Alford. Current speculation centers on ESPN commentator, and long time Ball State/Marquette/Utah coach Rick Majerus. Reports have Majerus talking to Iowa AD Gary Barta, and not talking to Iowa AD Gary Barta. All this despite that Majerus hasn't been in coaching ... More About: Basketball , Basket , Coach
Five time swim gold medal winner -Ian Thorpe- tests for high testosterone
2007-03-31 15:47:00 In what was described as 'shocking' 5 time gold medal winner, Australian swimmer, and anti-doping spokesman Ian Thorpe reportedly tested positive for elevated testosterone levels. The obvious answer: he was doping on the anabolic steroid. Story in the Time s-Colonist of Canada. Further incredulous Aussie reaction from NBC News. Australian press doesn't feel this is in character.MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The swimming world was rocked by a report today that five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe showed "abnormal levels" of two banned substances in a doping test six months before he retired. Australian swim officials said they only got word of the "adverse finding" after it was reported by the French sports daily L'Equipe. Thorpe was notified shortly afterward by the head coach of the national team, Alan Thompson.The Prime Minister of Australia jumped to Thorpe's defense:The case quickly became front-page news in Australia, where Thorpe is ... More About: Gold , Medal , Testosterone , Swim
Signature Pharmacy pimping in female doctors
2007-03-30 14:49:00 According to a businessman who pleaded guilty (?to fraud) a Florida man involved with Internet sleaze Signature Pharmacy says the firm sold access to a female Doctor. For $10,000. That's pretty good pimp juice. Story in the Albany TImes-Union. Signature is one Internet drug shop that sold steroids and HGH over the web to 'unsuspecting' athletes. The paper quotes an Albany investigator:"Peterson blows the lid off the fact that Signature not only knew what the doctors were doing, but actually were providing doctors for these clinics," Baynes said outside court. In exchange for a deal that will keep him out of prison, Peterson has agreed to cooperate with investigators. He had faced a maximum potential penalty of 1 /3 to 4 years in prison for his guilty plea to a felony count of criminal diversion of a prescription medication.The Times continues:The Times Union learned this week that an employee of another wellness center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ... More About: Nature , Doctors , Mac , Female , Pimp
Mitchell probe on steroids
2007-03-30 14:35:00 Former Senator George Mitchell announced that he will begin player interviews in his MLB anabolics probe. He also states that the probe is going forward, and perhaps faster than expected. From the New York Post:Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell has asked to start player interviews as part of his steroids probe and expects to complete his investigation in the "coming months." On the eve of the first anniversary of his appointment, Mitchell said yesterday evidence-gathering has been slowed by legal issues.What could those 'legal issues be? Something like any player involved in PED use doesn't wish to speak to Mitchell's non-governmental investigation. Without the power of subpoena, this probe is likely to have the impact of .180 hitter with the bases loaded. Nonetheless, Mitchell will persist in his at-bat. "None of these obstacles will prevent me from completing the investigation, but they have affected the time required to do s... More About: Steroids , Hell , Probe , Robe
Athletes can't wait to get their hands in Stanford's RTX Glove
2007-03-30 06:50:00 [Steroid Nation begins a new series of posts on a different sort of PED 'Performance Enhancing Devices'. We will cover all manners of contraptions from the psychological to the mechanical to the nanochip and beyond. We kick off this series by profiling a very interesting gizmo those wacko people at Stanford developed -- the RTX glove for cooling down an athlete, and thus enhancing performance.] Featured in Stanford Magazine, Wired, and Dave's Football Blog The RTX Glove uses the principles of “Rapid Thermal Exchange” or RTX to enhance athletic performance. It has long been known that patients with Multiple Sclerosis improve in cold and worsen in heat; this has to do with conduction along their nerve cells (the demylinating cells do better when cooled, like a computer). Thus the team at Stanford began work on cooling devices.RTX promises to enhance human performance in applications ranging from sports to medicine to the military. It is the brainchild... More About: Ford , Love , Hands , Hand
Cardinals keeping Mark McGwire statue, like MLB steroid policy, in the dark
2007-03-29 15:17:00 Mark McGwire stays hidden away in Southern California. A huge bronze statue the St. Louis Card inals commissioned to honor McGwire stays hidden in Missouri. Will either come out to see daylight? Story here in the Lexington Ledger-Independent. In the warm afterglow of McGwire's great 70 home run season, his team, the Cardinals commissioned Missouri sculptor Harry Weber to design, plan, and execute a bronze statue of the slugger, in honor of his incredible home run tally. Whatever the Cardinal's plans, the sculpture hides somewhere in a St. Louis warehouse, gathering dust, not accolades.The Cardinals commissioned the statue after McGwire hit 70 homers in 1998, obliterating Roger Maris' 37-year-old record. There's a place set aside for it alongside other mini-monuments to Cardinals legends outside Busch Stadium.The Cardinal brass say things are under control. McGwire gets into the Hall of Fame, the bronze behemoth gets placed outside Busch.Cardinals pr... More About: Statue , Policy , Dark , Tatu
Stanford/Seattle farm system baseball player Chris Minaker discusses Cardin
2007-03-28 20:46:00 Steroid Nation covers alot of fluff. Lighthearted, interesting stories. This story isn't one of them. This is a serious thinker with very good ideas. The Seattle Times carries a story about former Stanford Card inal, current Seattle Mariner farmhand Chris Minaker. He played baseball at Stanford, so this is a guy with some brawn, and some brain. He used his brain at Stanford, as a sociology major, to study steroid use among college athletes.The well-spoken, 23-year-old infielder from Lynnwood graduated last June with a master's degree in sociology from Stanford University, achieving a perfect score on an 86-page thesis about the social pressures athletes face to take performance-enhancing drugs. "If the need for steroids is broken down by sport, it becomes clear that baseball has the biggest problem with steroids," Minaker writes, citing results of a confidential, written survey he took of 91 male varsity athletes at Stanford. "It is al... More About: Ford , System , Baseball
Voice from the past: Denny McLain sounds off on steroids and the Hall of Fa
2007-03-28 14:44:00 Winning 30 games in a single season gets you credibility, as Denny McLain blogs about the anabolic steroid crisis in relationship to the baseball Hall of Fame. Denny McLain was the last Major League pitcher to win 30 or more games in a season, for the Detroit Tigers in 1968. He won both the MVP and Cy Young awards that year. McLain wrote the forthcoming book called I Told You I Wasn’t Perfect, with Eli Zaret. ESPN also tells us the late Bowie Kuhn suspended McLain for bookmaking. McLain spent time in prison for racketeering, extortion and narcotics and again for financial fraud. Troubled, as we would say. McLain weighs in on steroid (anabolic) use in Britanica Blogs (I apologize for missing this link earlier). McLain indicts the trainers, managers, and owners for promoting drug treatments. Although an athlete should take personal responsibility for his actions, I agree with McLain that management looks the other way. I agree that we in medicine pr... More About: Sounds , Voice , Sound , Steroids , Past
Steroid Briefs
2007-03-28 14:29:00 1. WADA is doing a great job stopping doping, if it says so itself. Reuters.2. Women who eat more of beef produce sons with low sperm count. The Austin Statesman. Obviously this is linked to the amount of anabolic steroids given to beef to increase muscle size and market value. Your mother made your sperm count low by eating all those McDonald's cheeseburgers.3. News TV 8 Austin says Texas high schools are developing a plan for steroid testing. First offense, 30 day suspension. 4. Huge HGH bust in Finland. 24,800 vials of growth hormone from 2 vans. That is going to really hurt MLB over the next couple months... 5. Other states keeping an eye on New Jersey steroid testing in high school athletes.om fo More About: Briefs , Brief
Top minor league hitter had 2 suspensions for steroids
2007-03-28 14:17:00 From the Altoona News comes the story of Randy Ruiz, minor league player in now the Philly system. Dude can hit, but suspended twice for violation of the steroid policy. BRADENTON, Fla. — Randy Ruiz will have to answer the questions for the rest of his career.Questions concerning steroids and suspensions... There’s no question Ruiz can hit. He’s a monster at the plate who can carry an offense, and he’s been one of the most feared sluggers in the Eastern League the past two seasons.The steroid suspensions hold him back from advancing up the baseball ranks. That and maybe honesty.The 29-year-old Ruiz also may be the most accomplished hitter in all of baseball who has never played above Double-A. The reason almost certainly has something to do with the stigma surrounding his past.What Ruiz hopes to leave in the past are his two suspensions for violating baseball’s drug policy.The first baseman was caught using a banned substance late in the 2004 season at Single-... More About: Steroids , Pens , Pension , Sion
Human Growth Hormone --HGH-- implicated in Anna Nicole Smith death, by auto
2007-03-28 04:42:00 Incredible as it sounds, the autopsy and toxicology report on the deceased Anna Nicole Smith (Vickie Lynn Marshall) contained evidence of HGH use. Auto psy report here. CNN report on toxicology results here. The Broward County medical examiner attributed the death to chloral hydrate in combination with the other sundry drugs (mostly sedatives). We are not sure we buy this totally. The doses of metabolites of chloral hydrate were high (as indicated by the autopsy report), however chloral hydrate is rarely fatal. It is possible the incredible combination of sedatives contributed to her death. The Nation wonders about the role of HGH. HGH is generally under-estimated as an agent of morbidity and mortality. Smith's autopsy report indicated discoloration of the heart, as well as a small area of myocardial infarction (!). The autopsy did not report cardiac hypertrophy (enlarged) which would argue against HGH implicated in a cardiac d... More About: Cat , Human Growth Hormone , Human
Where are they now: Tony Mandarich in glamor photography
2007-03-27 18:57:00 Coming out of Michigan State, Tony Mandarich was a big deal. Packerville, USA documents this well. Mandarich was 6-5/6-6, 305-310, and lighting quick. Now, the big ex-lineman takes his shots of models, and not of 'roids or at D-linemen. New book out soon, too ("launching a tell-all memoir about his NFL career, rumored steroid use, and more in early 2008"). “He’s the best college football player I’ve ever seen... this kid is better than Anthony Munoz.”— Tom Boisture, N.Y. Giants “Maybe the fastest offensive tackle in history... and just maybe the best.”— San Diego GM Steve OrtmayerThe Toronto Sun also carried a story on Mandarich when he retired. On the wall there is a framed No. 79 Michigan State Spartans jersey from the 1988 Rose Bowl, a framed Indianapolis Colts jersey he wore from 1996-98 and a blowup photo of the 1989 Sports Illustrated cover that hailed him as "The Incredible Bulk." Noteworthy by their absence, however... More About: Photo , Photography , Rich , Amor , They
Bonds took Sheffield to 'new level'
2007-03-27 02:21:00 The Detroit Freep continues to dribble out bits of Gary Sheffield's Pulitzer-prize quality book Inside Power (stories here and here). The latest leaks concern Barry Bond 's salesman like promises to Shef. On training with Barry Bonds : After the 2001 season, just before my trade to the Braves, Barry invited me to San Francisco to train with him. "Train with me, bro," Barry said, "and I'll take you to a new level. I can add years to your career. It's all about longevity." Barry needed to be in control -- that was the main thing. ... Bonds took control to a whole new level. I wanted to tell Bonds about my usual training routine.On BALCO:(Bonds) told me he wanted a guy named Victor Conte, head of a company called BALCO, to give me vitamins based on my specific needs. I went along with it. Conte gave the vitamins to Greg Anderson, Barry's personal weight trainer, who gave them to me. He was telling me I needed to do heavy squats, in spite of... More About: Field
Tyler Hamilton's long lost chimera twin found in endzone of Giant's Stadium
2007-03-27 01:58:00 Yes, it is finally reported that Tyler Hamilton's long lost chimera twin has been discovered. Intial report in Nature News. Researchers have discovered a pair of twins who are identical through their mother's side, but share only half their genes on their father's side. The 'semi-identical' twins are the result of two sperm cells fusing with a single egg -- a previously unreported way for twins to come about, say the team that made the finding. The twins are chimaeras, meaning that their cells are not genetically uniform. Each sperm has contributed genes to each child. In his award winning excuse(in the 'lame but creative' category) as this NYT article points out, Hamilton blamed his doping problems on his chimera twin. Apparently relying on a scientific adviser, Hamilton said the extra EPO was from his chimera twin who died. No one (with sense) bought it.In other words, his scientific expert argued, Mr. Hamilton had a twin that died in utero but, be... More About: Lost , Stadium , Giant , Long
Stallone Rambo IV pics
2007-03-27 01:45:00 First pics of Sylvester Stallone as Rambo IV found here at at Flynetonline.com. As you know, Stallone has further court appearance for HGH in Australia coming up. The Nation published these Stallone stories in the past. Impressive vascularity in the photo. Would only HGH promote veins like this? More About: Tall , Lone , Allo
Bigger breasts, bigger muscles, bigger ego?
2007-03-26 14:06:00 A new study looking at women's self esteem before and after breast surgery here, and discussed here. Nothing like new fake breasts to enhance the bust and inflate the self esteem. Cynthia Figueroa-Haas studied women before and after cosmetic breast surgery. 2.1 million women in 2005 decided bigger was better then enhanced their mammillaries. This study at the University of Florida investigated the psychological outcome.Figueroa-Haas studied 84 women who were 21 to 57 years old, assessing their perceptions of self-esteem and sexuality before and after cosmetic breast augmentation. Study participants had been previously scheduled for breast augmentation and were undergoing the procedure solely for cosmetic purposes. Eligible candidates were mailed a consent form, a demographic questionnaire and pre-tests asking them to rate their self-esteem and sexuality. They were then mailed a similar post-test two to three months after the surgery.Improvements in the women’s ... More About: East , Breast , Breasts , Muscle , Brea
The war against steroids in high school
2007-03-25 19:18:00 Several reports on steroids in high school students and athletes: 1. The New York Times asks if there is testing is the answer to deterring steroid use in high school athletes. 2. In Houston the Chronicle asks if steroid testing in Texas will be implemented soon. 3. Florida investigators discover teen steroid use. Many of these drugs synthesized in China. 4. Maryland schools beef up their anti-steroid policies. 5. Pennsylvania high schools doing same. More About: The War , School , High School , War , Steroids
Baseball players no longer admired?
2007-03-25 17:18:00 The LA Times looks at a list of most admired athletes. Tiger Woods tops the list, as Superbowl king Peyton Manning finishes second. MLB players? Derek Jeter pulls down #4. Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez finished in a tie for the last spot with guys whose names we don't recognize. The suggestion is that 'roids took the luster off the MLB ball.Baseball sags: Is the national pastime past its time, or has the steroids scandal scarred the sport irreparably? Derek Jeter (No. 4) was the only baseball player to crack the top 20. The only other baseball players in the top 28 were Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez, who finished in a tie for the last spot with Teemu Selanne, Phil Mickelson, Vince Young and Lance Armstrong — each with one first-place vote.'r More About: Players , Play , Player , Long
Another one gone: Albany man dies of apparent steroid OD
More articles from this author:2007-03-25 17:11:00 To add an exclamation mark on Alba ny DA David Soares foray into Internet anabolics, an Albany citizen succumbed to apparent steroid OD (although there will not be an autopsy; weird because in the case of suspicious deaths the legal authorities can and should order an autopsy). The Nation wrote and earlier piece about young Pete Kennedy in intensive care in Albany. The young man had no history of medical problems. He suddenly collapsed, then was admitted to a hospitla intensive care unit with mutiple organ failure. Numerous anabolic steroid vials were found in his home-made workout area. Kennedy died. Story here in the New York News.Barb Kennedy was supposed to pick him up the next morning, never imagining the heartache to come; that her only son would have his healthy body ravaged by steroid use, that he would become the nation's latest chemically enhanced tragedy - a young man who just wanted to be big and buff, and wound up in the ground... Could... More About: Other , Gone , Another , Rent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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