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Who else other than Alex Rodriguez have taken Steroids?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

seth-edward-oneal.jpgMake that A-Roid.

And in case you’ve been living under a rock, we already had the latest bombshell about this entire steroids mess blown even before the 2009-10 MLB baseball season had the chance to kick-off with Alex Rodriguez now being questioned for steroids use back in the 2003 season.

Yes, Alex Rodriguez back in 2003, was fueled by performance-enhancing drugs when he won the AL home run title and Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Texas Rangers.

Good thing MLB baseball had no steroids Alex Rodriguezpolicies then. You see, it was only in January of 2004 when the league announced a new steroid policy which included random, off season testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30-days for second-time offenders, 60-days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use in professional baseball.

This policy strengthened baseball’s pre-existing ban on controlled substances, including steroids, which was in effect since 1991. The policy was to be reviewed in 2008, but under pressure from…

Jose Canseco and his new book about Alex Rodriguez

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

With the media frenzy A-Rod has been having lately, you can just feel Canseco wants to put an end to it.

Yep, after Jose Canseco wrote the book entitled, ”Juiced” in 2005, exposing the use of steroids in MLB baseball and naming MLB players who did use the said illegal substance, including himself, Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire, the guy has a new one and he said he has some JUICY stuff on poor A-Rod.

Canseco told a radio station in Boston that his new book, which will be out this fall by the way, will have some juicy info, so to speak, about New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.

Get this, Jose Canseco called Alex Rodriguez a ”hypocrite” who ”was not all he appeared to be.” Hmm… Creating some hype for a new book eh? Well, if he is indeed trying to generate some hype for his upcoming book, he sure is doing a damn good job of it.

Is he saying Alex Rodriguez uses steroids too? (Like most home run kings on that diamond these days?..) All Canseco said about that is, ”Wait and see.”

”Jose has information about A-Rod and…”

Nomo Momo: What’s Next For Maurice Clarett?

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

MoMo.jpgIn case you’ve missed it, Maurice Clarett has been cut by the Denver Broncos. Since the kid couldn’t even pass Ron Dayne on the depth chart, this was inevitable. You know what else was coming? An oddsline as to what’s next for Mo. After the jump, we’ve culled together the possibilities. Click on in… WE KNOW OLANDIS GARY, AND MAURICE, YOU’RE NO OLANDIS GARY So what happens next for Maurice? He’s 20 years old, unemployed, and a college dropout. · Signs immediately with the Raiders as another locker room cancer/reclaimation project – 1/9 · Signs on with Bush Administration, does series of public service announcements titled, "See, this is what happens when you cross the Government." – 5/1 · Shows up on doorsteps of various Ohio State boosters, wonders if he can wax their cars in exchange for another $1k handshake – 6/5 · Has autobiography ghost written, sells in volume somewhere between Keyshawn Johnson and Jose Canseco

Fantasy Football: Ben Troupe’s Got Fever, But Gonzalez Has Balls

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

TROUPE.jpgYahoo Fantasy Sports’ bubbly little boob Mike Harmon breaks down the tight end rankings for fantasy football this year and not surprisingly, Kansas City Chiefs’ Tony Gonzalez is once again at the top. And let’s give Gonzalez even more credit for dating Jessica Canseco, who according to this month’s Playboy magazine realized that men are supposed to have testicles once she dated Gonzales after Jose:

With other guys, she says, "I was like, Wow, those are some very large balls!"

Heh. Anyway, Harmon’s breakout tight end this year is the Tennessee Titans’ Ben Troupe.

Home Run Derby: I Like It When You Call Me Big Papi

Monday, July 11th, 2005

ORTIZCHAMP.jpgSo, the kooky whiskey bums at Covers are all confused by the Home Run Derby odds. They’re confused because Boston Red Sox’s designated hitter David Ortiz is the favorite, even though he’s not the league leader in home runs in the competition. In fact, he’s not even in the top ten. But, then again, when you look at the field of competition, it’s easy to see why many bettors would take a flyer on Ortiz(+280). Has the home run derby gone the way of the NBA dunk contest? It seems that way with this type of field: Philadelphia`s Bobby Abreu (+500, Venezuela), Pittsburgh`s Jason Bay (+800, Canada), Atlanta`s Andruw Jones (+400, the Netherlands), Detroit`s Ivan Rodriguez (+1000, Puerto Rico), Los Angeles Dodgers` Hee-Seop Choi (+1200, Korea) and Texas` Mark Teixeira (+450, United States)

MLB: Where the Over Shriveled Up and Died

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

brokenbat.jpgHas anybody else felt the pinch from the decrease in run production in MLB this year? Join the unhappy club as Covers reveals that the trend is not just a simple speedbump in the long road of gambling. The story reports that runs are down 4 percent from last year’s numbers and that many bookmakers are adjusting their plays to overcompensate for the uptick in under betting so far this year. The lack of production is blamed on the usual suspects: better pitching, better defense, and the mandatory steroid testing policy. So we can officially blame Jose Canseco for something else. But karma has finally caught up to him. Public Reacting to MLB Scoring Decline [Covers]



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