Athletic Enhancement

Victor Conte of Balco, admitted supplier of anabolic steroids to pro athletes:

“Steroids can help a female sprinter to lower her 100m time by about four-tenths of a second or four metres faster. The effects of steroids upon male 100m sprinters are about two-tenths of a second or two metres faster.”

Perhaps. But what about genetic enhancement?

“The rise of performance-enhancing genes,” Chris Cooper The Guardian

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Sports Souvenirs

There’s a new sports collectible for baseball buffs — the grand jury indictment against William R. Clemens, aka Roger Clemens. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is accused of obstruction and lying to Congress about his use of steroids and human growth hormone during his Major League career.  Mr. Clemens pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday.

More from Mel Antonen here.

 

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Unfortunate Sports Quote of the Day

Millionaire baseball player Alex Rodriguez, speaking to the press about injecting steroids: “I’m here to take my medicine.”

 

 

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A-Roid Park

The University of Miami named its new baseball stadium after a famous U of Miami dropout: Alex Rodriguez Park. The steroid-using Yankee slugger will be celebrated at a special event in Coral Gables this Sunday. This fundraising dinner is bound to give university president Donna Shalala indigestion.

A-Rod’s A-Pology

The highest-paid player in Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, admitted to Sports Illustrated that he used steroids in while with the Texas Rangers, despite his previous denials.  The magazine had determined that Mr. Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003 but was never disciplined.

The millionaire Yankee slugger repeated this admission of illegal drug use in a televised interview with ESPN’s Peter Gammons, adding that he was very, very, sorry.

As Rob Neyer observes, “”A-Rod is sorry — sorry he got caught.”

 

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