Archive for the 'Doping' Category
I am not sure I see anything wrong with snubbing players who were outed for doping…
“I’ve talked to all the teams numerous times,” said Jeff Borris, Bonds’ agent. “There’s not a stone that I’ve left unturned.”
Borris is dumbfounded that Bonds isn’t drawing interest in spite of the fact that Bonds’ numbers were actually better […]
While Barry Bonds has been vilified across stadiums, San Francisco remained a bastion of peace and tranquility.
That is all about to change: enjoy the view while it’s there:
The San Francisco Giants have now removed prominent tributes in the stadium to Barry Bonds, who has steroid allegations and perjury charges hanging over his head.
The left-field wall […]
Jose Canseco’s latest attempt to remain in the news:
Jose Canseco says in his new book that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids distributor and that A-Rod pursued Canseco’s wife, according to the Web site of freelance writer Joe Lavin.
Lavin says on his Web site that he obtained the book, “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, […]
Roger Clemens could have retired long ago… but he stuck around and now he is mired in a mess that just went from bad to worst.
Read on.
“Everybody that knows sports knows football is tailor-made for performance-enhancing drugs. I don’t know how they managed to skate by. It irritates me. Don’t tell me it’s not more prevalent. The number in football is at least twice as many. Look at the speed and size of those players.”
Read more.
Let me get this straight: Martina Hingis did cocaine?
Well, at least it’s not performance-enhancing, but still. When was the last time we spoke about actual athletics in the world of sports?
Roger Clemens says he was injected with “lidocaine and B-12″ and not steroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” released Thursday.
“Lidocaine and [vitamin] B-12. It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today,” Clemens told Mike Wallace in the interview, […]
Here’s what I don’t get, now that his name is included in the list of cheaters, Clemens is doing nothing but talking. But when Senator George Mitchell contacted all players who would be named - including Clemens - and asked him if he wanted to meet and talk about the allegations, why did Clemens refuse?
that’s […]
Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he’s won since 1997 if he can’t clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.
Read more on FOXSports.com and on Curt’s blog.
“I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life,” Clemens said Tuesday in a statement issued through his agent, Randy Hendricks. “Those substances represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut […]