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In “Steroids: Peyton Manning Caught on the “Dark Side,” December 29, 2015, I relegated this Football superstar to the rogues’ gallery of athletes who used steroids to fuel their way to fame, glory, and fortune. Here is an excerpt. __________________ I watched Al Jazeera’s “The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers.” And, I must say, 60 Minutes… Read more.
January 9 looms as a day of reckoning for Baseball (i.e., a referendum on steroids in Baseball). Candidates must be retired for at least five years and need 75 percent of the votes to be inducted. More to the point, members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BWAA) will either vote based solely on… Read more.
Notwithstanding all of the spectacular performances, the most compelling story in Baseball over the past 20 years has been the extent to which steroids fueled those performances. For the record, I believe performance-enhancing drugs and sports have become inextricably linked, and that only latter-day puritans masquerading as “sports purists” could believe otherwise. Lance Armstrong’s final fall… Read more.
Earlier this year a federal jury convicted Barry Bonds on one count of obstruction of justice but deadlocked on several other counts, including, most notably, three perjury charges stemming from lying about his obvious use of steroids. Back then virtually every legal commentator and sports analyst insisted that federal prosecutors would retry him on those… Read more.
It came as no surprise to me that a jury convicted Barry Bonds yesterday on one count of obstruction of justice stemming from his obvious dissembling during a federal investigation into the use of steroids in Major League Baseball. What was surprising was that the jury deadlocked on the other three counts of perjury. After all, he… Read more.
In a rambling, defiant, penitent, and – ultimately – pathetic stream of consciousness, Barry Bonds finally confronted his media hounds to deny ever taking steroids. At least I think that’s what he was trying to say. But watching this proud and very accomplished man squirm out tortured denials was sad. In fact, iPINIONS thinks he… Read more.
