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News That’s Fit To Punt 23/04/2010

In Brief… Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt tested positive for anabolic steroids found in his over the counter penis enlargement product. Merritt, who is also the world champion at 400 metres, said in a statement via his lawyer that he … Continue reading

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David Ortiz Was On PEDs In 2003

What Am I Supposed To Feel? Good? Since the A-Rod thing in spring, we’ve seen Many Ramirez suspended for testing positive to PEDs, and now we find that he along with David Ortiz were two of the 103 names on … Continue reading

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Roger Clemens’ Denial

What To Make Of This? He really sounds like he means it when he says he never did it. Either he’s got extremely selective memory where he’s totally blocked out the fact that he did do it. I don’t think … Continue reading

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Athletes As Role Models

Matthew Johns, Group Sex Enthusiast It’s coming to light that Rugby League celebrity Matthew Johns participated in a bit of group sex with the lads. He’s apologised for ‘it’ though it is unclear what bit exactly for which he is … Continue reading

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Enhancing A-Rod

The Olympic Ideal of Performance I was walking on a flat paved road a couple of days ago, pondering how a flat track pavement would have been a bit of a marvel to a caveman. Maybe it was a marvel … Continue reading

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Say It Ain’t So – Redux

Okay, I Admit It, I Stayed Up Late To Watch The Grilling So I watched the statement on video, and I watched the other bits of the Q&A. A-Rod really does himself no favors. He’s a terrible interviewee in that … Continue reading

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A-Rod Apologia Part 25,701,932,947,462,514,234

Groan A-Rod has his big press conference today. It’s pretty grim. He says evil cousin Kevin gave him the drugs and he took it unquestioningly. We’re all having our credulity stretched to breaking point, but that was the gist of … Continue reading

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So Jose Canseco Says…

He Just Wants To Help The original steroid monkey who got himself unwelcome to all the major league clubhouses because of his steroid-proselytising, now says he wants to help MLB. “I think I have the ear of the nation now,” … Continue reading

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More On The ‘A-Roid Scandal’

He Admits It Now In the confusion that followed the allegations, A-Rod seemed to be avoiding a comment, but he came out swinging by admitting to years of use, to Peter Gammons. “When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I … Continue reading

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A-Rod Was ‘A-Roids’

Wouldn’t You Know It? Jose Canseco Was Right Jose Canseco was out to out everybody with his books. One of the big names he claimed was on steroids was A-Rod, and A-Rod in turn shrugged as if to say it … Continue reading

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