Steroids
Felix Homers Off of Johan; ESPN Writers Wet Themselves
News and Links for June 24, 2008…
Felix Hernandez hit a grand slam off of Johan Santana Monday, one of the most unlikely things to ever happen on the diamond, and ESPN’s crew of trivia-istas came to the rescue to help make sense of it all. Take it away Jayson Stark and Rob Neyer.
Joe Calzaghe [...]
Holyfield Broke, May Lose House
News and Links for June 6, 2008…
Evander Holyfield is apparently having some financial troubles and will lose his 54,000 sqaure foot house to auction. He is also behind on his child support, and owes a boatload of money on loans for his home landscaping. It’s absolutely shocking that a former boxer is in [...]
AT&T Park – Now Barry Free
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Barry.
That seems to be the sentiment in San Francisco right now, as they try to move out of the Barry Bonds era, apparently into the “no one’s at our ballpark” era. The Giants continued to move on this week, as they stripped AT&T Park [...]
Canseco Accuses A-Rod in Vindicated
A week before it was supposed to hit the shelves, apparently a Boston area bookstore “accidentally” sold a copy of Jose Canseco’s newest book Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball. The lucky owner of the book promptly went home and offered up a review of the book, and Deadspin [...]
Curlin Back in Action in Dubai
News and Links for February 28, 2008…
2007 Horse of the Year Curlin made his 2008 debut Thursday night in a prep race for the Dubai World Cup. The $6 million Dubai World Cup next month will go a long way towards breaking Cigar’s career earnings mark. It’s great to see a champion horse [...]
Jermain Taylor vs. Roy Jones in June?
News and Links for February 19, 2008…
Coming off of his decision loss to Kelly Pavlik on Saturday, Lou DiBella has told BoxingScene.com that he is in talks to put Jermain Taylor in the ring with Roy Jones Jr. in June or July on HBO Pay-Per-View. The fight would take place at a catch weight [...]
Bonds Fails Does Not Fail Drug Test
Despite the Breaking News headline all over the television and Internet, apparently Barry Bonds did not fail a drug test in 2001. After being the top story on ESPN.com and many other sites, as well as ESPNEWS, it turns out it was all one big typo.
From ESPN.com:
“U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton now says that [...]
Sports on Trial – What’s the Verdict?
In the course of this week and next, we’ve had professional baseball, namely Roger Clemens “on trial” in front of Congress, and we will have the NFL, in the form of commissioner Roger Goodell, also “on trial” in the nation’s capital. So what’s to make of professional sports being investigated, or even cared about [...]
Steroids Hypocrisy in America — Athletes vs. Hollywood
Baseball and steroids are once again on trial in front of Congress. The issue is supposed to be about setting good examples for children and being role models. If that’s true, then why are sports treated so differently than everyone else. When can we expect the Congressional hearings on steroids in Hollywood? The truth about the steroid hypocrisy in America.
Marion Jones and the Case of the Legislated Morality
Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison today for lying about her steroid use and a check fraud scam. The sentence was the maximum allowed under her plea deal, imposed by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas.
While I am not against people having to pay for crimes they committed, this seems like a [...]
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