Archive for the 'Steroids' Category

Cinemarati discusses juicing in MLB, the NFL, and in Rocky

Nice post over at Cinemarati about the use of juice in sports and in the movies.

From sports…As Barry Bonds limps his buckled knees closer to Hank Aaron, baseball fans are nearly unanimous in their hatred for Bonds because he used steroids.  The steroids issue casts a shadow over
the game, …

Dick Butkus wants his award backmail

For over 20 years the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando awarded the Dick Butkus trophy to their pick of the best linebacker in college football.  Butkus filed suit on Orlando District Court on Monday to sack the club, then recover his award.  Story in the New York Times (which will take r…

Did steroids made Todd Sauerbrun smart

The Nation knows Carolina steroid user/punter Todd Sauerbrun, currently the punter for the New England Patriots shows a penchant for stupid comments.  We know he juiced to get ready for his rigorous role as defensive tackle, linebacker, punter and whiner.

We know Sauerbrun paid weekly fines f…

Sammy Sosa blows into the Windy City

Former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa looped a couple hits in his return to the city with a Loop.  Story in the Chicago Sun Times.

Although Sosa played in the South Side White Sox park, US Cellular Field, this constituted his first visit since giving the Cubs the finger back in 2004.If you want ”Cu…

Going outside ‘roids: updates on campus shootings

We are going beyond steroids today, and into the world of campus shootings.  Two reasons give us some cred on this subject:

We are in psychiatry and in the business of evaluating violence

We are on the campus of the University of Iowa, where in 1991 Gang Lu, 28, a graduate student in physics…

French Anti-doping lab begins to repeat tests on FLoyd Landis samples; Tyler Hamilton rides again

Here from a Quebec source is a story on the second round of tests on Floyd Landis’ sample from last year’s Tour de France.
PARIS (AP) - France’s anti-doping laboratory began analyzing Tour de France champion Floyd Landis’ B urine sample Monday.

The tests, which were requested by the U.S. Anti-D…

Hokie coaches react to tragedy at Virgina Tech.

Update:Virginia Tech cancels spring football game
Christopher Ritter, CT Online Director

Virginia Tech has canceled the remainder of the spring football season.
This includes the Saturday, April 21st spring football game.
Occasionally we step out of the steroid world to examine a story.  Thi…

Baseball, baseball, baseball times 3

Several stories out there on baseball today:

1. UticaOD.com says Hank Aaron should take a stand on steorids:Henry Aaron is making a bold statement by refusing to attend the coronation of the new home run king.

Too bad not everyone will get the message

2. Jay Mariotti talks about Sammy Sosa: In …

Daily News reports Barry Bonds cited the Therapeutic Use Exemption

The New York Daily News reports that following his bust for amphetamine use, Barry Bonds cited the TUE - Therapeutic Use Exception. (The Nation addressed amphetamine use yesterday)  It appears there is less to this Bonds angle than the News would like, though.  The paper doesn’t say Bonds…

Iowa City police see into the future

The University of Iowa Hawkeyes held their spring practice (not game, but practice) on Saturday April 14, 2007.  However, they should have delayed the outing for a week because nose guard Ryan Bain will be arrested this coming Thursday, April 19, 07, according to the Iowa City police blotter (…

Next Page »