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Search Results from Off Wing OpinionWashington Capitals Possibly Connected to SteroidsIn an article from the Tampa Tribune, accused steroid dealer Richard Thomas of Lakeland, Florida and his wife were arraigned on charges of possessing anabolic steroids with intent to sell and importing anabolic steroids into Florida, among other counts. The...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 27, 2009 12:03 AM
Bonds or the BallAfter calling Marc Ecko an "idiot" and showing his disapproval of having his 756th home run ball branded with an asterisk, Bonds now says that if the ball goes into Cooperstown, he will not. After buying the ball, Ecko held...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 2, 2007 11:45 AM
Wrestling With the Issue of SteroidsDuring the "Hill Man Morning Show" on Boston rock radio station WAAF, host Greg Hill was discussing the Chris Benoit murder-suicide story, and how steroids may have played a part in Benoit's actions. He went as far as to suggest...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 29, 2007 12:43 AM
Congress To Investigate Relationship Between The NFL And The NFLPAIn the wake of Bryant Gumbel's broadside against Paul Tagliabue and Gene Upshaw, U.S. News And World Report says that Congress might investigate: We hear that members of the House Judiciary Committee are interested in just how cozy the NFLPA...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on September 5, 2006 12:51 PM
Landis Flunks Drug TestFloyd Landis, no more the hero. Long-time reader Jay Kumar passes along this comment: "I guess I should be shocked, but I’m just disappointed." I'm neither. More thoughts later. UPDATE: I can't help but point out these words that came...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 27, 2006 10:52 AM
Is Nazarov The Canseco Of The NHL?From today's Globe and Mail: Former hockey enforcer Andrei Nazarov has told the Russian sports newspaper Sport-Express that steroid use is universal among the National Hockey League's tough guys and that a majority of players are using some kind of...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 25, 2006 06:35 AM
Bronocs Punter Todd Sauerbrun To Be SuspendedFrom the AP: Broncos punter Todd Sauerbrun was suspended for the first month of the season after testing positive for the banned supplement ephedra, a person close to the player said Friday. Sauerbrun will miss the first four regular-season games...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 7, 2006 12:04 PM
Jose Canseco And The TruthIt's been a rough few days for Bud Selig and Major League Baseball. Consider: At the start of the week, former slugger Jose Canseco compared MLB to the mafia when it came to the way they handled the issue of...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 6, 2006 12:15 PM
The Latest Charges Against Lance ArmstrongIf you want to understand the background behind the latest charges against Lance Armstrong concerning performance enhancing drugs that have surfaced in the French press, you'd do well to read and listen to a report that ran on NPR's Weekend...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 26, 2006 06:49 AM
Dick Pound Still Not ConvincedWell, the NHL finished its first round of steroids testing, and everybody came up clean. But WADA head Dick Pound, who famously claimed last year that one-third of all NHL players were using performance-enhancing drugs -- isn't buying it: "All...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 14, 2006 06:40 AM
More Trouble For Italian FootballThe Juventus match fixing scandal continues to spread: Italy's Football Federation, shaking from match-fixing allegations, is set to be placed under emergency administration just 24 days before the start of the World Cup finals.' The country's national Olympic committee (CONI)...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 17, 2006 06:49 AM
Bonds WatchI was thinking hard about putting my reactions to ESPN's Bonds on Bonds reality program into pixels last week, but when bronchitis took me out at the knees I just couldn't get around to it. But after watching Harold Reynolds...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 11, 2006 12:10 PM
Barry Bonds And The 21st Century Show TrialJust about two decades after steroid use became rampant in Major League Baseball, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has finally decided that it's time for the league to undertake an official investigation. Color me unimpressed. There's only one real target of...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 30, 2006 12:27 PM
Athletes risk health to use growth hormoneThe BBC seems surprised in today's story that athletes will take health risks to enhance athletic performance. I have blogged on this subject many times on my medical blog - db's Medrants. I blogged on this story today - and...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 9, 2006 12:12 PM
The Hockey Gambling RingYesterday, the story about how ex-NHLer Rick Tocchet and some of his associates ran a nationwide gambling rink fell into a familiar pattern. After 36 hours of revelations and shock, all the players have collected themselves and talked with their...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 9, 2006 06:31 AM
NFL players at risk of early deathBeing an overweight NFL player puts one at risk of premature death. Heavy NFL players twice as likely to die before 50 Most of the 130 players born since 1955 who have died were among the heaviest athletes in sports...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 31, 2006 03:31 PM
Steroids, Drug Testing And The NHLIf you'd like to read a solid overview on the issue of drug testing in the NHL, a feature from today's edition of the Edmonton Journal by Dan Barnes might be a good place to start....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 29, 2006 03:18 PM
#10 Off Wing RadioIn this special edition of Off Wing Radio (click to download), my podcasting partner Joe Tasca interviews Rick Peckham, play-by-play voice for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sun Sports. They cover Lightning talk, rule changes, steroids and television - the...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 24, 2006 12:05 AM
Vince McMahon Sets The Standard In Drug Testing?NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has decided to take WADA head Dick Pound to task over his comments concerning the NHL and steroid abuse. It looks like Pound is ready for a fight: "This is classic," Pound said by phone. "The...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 5, 2005 06:50 AM
Dick Pound: One-Third Of NHL Players May Be On Performance Enhancing DrugsI hope all my readers in the U.S. enjoyed Thanksgiving Day. And while readers in the U.S. might not have been looking, the world's leading anti-doping official decided to call out the NHL: "I spoke with Gary [NHL commissioner Gary...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 25, 2005 09:23 AM
Be Sure To Come Back After Lunch...As I've scored a ticket to the National Press Club luncheon with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. I'll have a recap later. UPDATE: Press club appearances have a dog and pony show quality about them, and are often used to buff...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 4, 2005 12:04 PM
Palmeiro Was Positive For StanozololTwo days ago, I suggested that Rafael Palmeiro's positive test for steroid use was probably connected to use of a nutritional supplement that had been spiked with a banned substance. Turns out that guess looks like it was wrong. Here's...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 3, 2005 05:58 AM
Balko on PalmeiroHere's one of my old blogging buddies, Radley Balko, on the Rafael Palmeiro steroids bust: I'm just not buying it. Maybe Palmeiro took steroids early in his career. But why now? Here's a guy in the last season of his...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 2, 2005 12:23 PM
Palmeiro Tests Positive For SteroidsFrom SI.com: Rafael Palmeiro, who last month became the fourth member of baseball's 3,000-hit, 500-home run club, will be suspended for violating baseball's drug-testing plan, SI.com's Tom Verducci has confirmed. The penalty for a first offense is a 10-day suspension...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 1, 2005 12:36 PM
In The Interests Of Full DisclosureFrom the stifled yawn file: In a survey of 285 newspapers, about 43 percent of sports editors agreed that accepting such "freebies" didn't affect reporters' objectivity, said Marie Hardin, an assistant professor at the Center for Sports Journalism at Penn...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 11, 2005 11:20 PM
Lockout Extravaganza!If dealing with Jeff Van Gundy wasn't trouble enough, NBA Commissioner David Stern is depressed too: NBA commissioner David Stern called the NHL labor impasse "very sad" and said he was hopeful there will be progress in meetings next week...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 10, 2005 12:03 PM
Lunchtime LinksVia James Mirtle, I found this piece from the Ottawa Sun on what the NHL free agent picture might look like soon: "We could very well see the largest pool of young unrestricted free agent talent on the market in...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 27, 2005 12:56 PM
Late Night LinksJust one more day till the first round at Augusta, and Tiger Woods is sounding awfully confident. I wonder what he thought of Phil Mickelson's choice of lobster ravioli. Apparently, Martha Burk won't be back this year. Reggie says goodbye...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 6, 2005 02:03 AM
Lunchtime LinksIt's a new format for changing times. Let me know what you all think. New Year's Resolution 2006: Charles Austin fills out my NCAA brackets next year. And that's after I bagged three of the Final Four (except Michigan State,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 4, 2005 01:16 PM
Steroids And The NHLJes Golbez did a good job of outlining exactly how steroids can help a hockey player in a post on Wednesday. And click here for a post I wrote last December taking NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to task for his...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 25, 2005 01:36 AM
The Return Of LegovisionWhile I missed the Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball, Bat Girl didn't. Instant classic....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 23, 2005 08:05 PM
Baseball And SteroidsBeen having trouble finding a direct link to a video/audio link to today's hearing of the House Committee on Government Reform concerning steroid use in baseball, but it looks like the hearings will be streamed live by C-Span Radio. Click...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 17, 2005 06:35 AM
A Blogger Q&AOff Wing reader and UMass-Darthmouth Masters candidate Patrick Gleason is writing a piece about sports blogging, and sent along some questions for me to answer. My responses are below. 1. How long has your blog been operational? Off Wing Opinion...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 16, 2005 12:04 AM
Code Blue: Let The Market Work In Performance EnhancersDr. Tom Boyle at Code Blue thinks it's time to get sensible about steroids and other performance enhancing drugs: If the proper research is allowed, and free market systems are freed to act, then performance enhancing drugs will come under...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 18, 2005 04:21 PM
Props For The Crime DogIn light of the recent revelations about steroids use throughout Major League Baseball, the Sports Prof thinks it's time to show some respect for one of the recent past's most maligned power hitters, Fred McGriff: [T]here probably hasn't been a...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 11, 2005 12:42 PM
Canseco Names Names On SteroidsAll in his new book. Boy, is this getting ugly. UPDATE: Tony LaRussa is disputing Canseco's claims....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 7, 2005 06:59 AM
On The Steroids Beat . . .From this morning's New York Daily News: When Canadian customs officials stopped a vehicle crossing from Sweetgrass, Mont., to Coutts, Alberta in December 2003, they had no idea what vials of an oily, clear substance were. But after government scientists...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 2, 2005 06:45 AM
MLB, Players Reach Agreement On Steroids TestingESPN.com is reporting that Major League Baseball and the Players Association have come to an agreement concerning steroid testing and sanctions for those who violate the terms: Suspensions on the first offense will carry a maximum length of 10 games,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 13, 2005 12:42 AM
Who Leaked In The BALCO Case?Via Instapundit, I found this post at CrimProfBlog that does some extensive detective work to determine who leaked grand jury testimony in the BALCO probe: The defense attorneys and the defendants might have had an incentive to leak, since Bonds...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 10, 2005 12:30 PM
More On SteroidsFrom yesterday, here's the Baseball Crank with an exhaustive post on baseball and steroids that's definitely worth your time. Most importantly, the Crank takes a moment to dissect Will Carroll's New York Times op-ed on the subject -- an effort...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 5, 2005 07:14 AM
Jones Sues BALCO's ConteLooks like Olympic medalist Marion Jones is ready to go to court to protect her reputation: Track star Marion Jones filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the man whose company is at the center of a federal investigation into illegal...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 15, 2004 03:54 PM
From Matt Welch's MailbagHe's published a great e-mail that encapsulates the argument against steroid use in baseball: The dosage for steroids to be "therapeutic" for athletic training is substantially beyond the dosages used to treatment specific ailments. FDA and other drug testing has...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 13, 2004 12:09 PM
Just For LaughsThanks to reader Dave Smith for this link to The Brushback, a place where The Onion meets the sports page. Here are some ofmy favorite headlines: Eli Manning Demands Trade To San Diego Chargers MLB Owners Agree To Eliminate Steroids...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 10, 2004 06:58 AM
And For The Defense . . .Some of the best crtiques of the BALCO investigation, and the current state of steroids testing in international sports have come from the pages of Reason. For starters, read this well researched piece from Dayn Perry, followed by another by...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 9, 2004 07:11 AM
An Inapt ComparisonIn response to some e-mail I've received, I'm actually putting together a collection of links that support the use of steroids in professional sports in a regulated fashion. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a letter Andrew Sullivan...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 7, 2004 06:43 AM
Not The Whole Truth On SteroidsDuring an AOL chat session this weekend, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman fielded a couple of questions about steroids: Bettman said the NHL has "been fortunate that it hasn't been a problem for us as it may have been for other...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 6, 2004 01:10 PM
Dissing The Great OneTaking his turn to rant about steroids, ESPN's Peter Gammons takes a shot at an innocent bystander: What we do now believe is that when Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth sometime this spring, it will be greeted not by cheers,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 6, 2004 01:18 AM
Marion Jones In The DockAnd while everyone is concentrating on Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds, the world's leading anti-doping official is now turning his attention to American track and field star Marion Jones: Marion Jones should be stripped of her five Olympic medals if...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 3, 2004 04:39 PM
Finished In New YorkWake up to this. Lost in the wash of the Bonds revelation this morning is the incredible beating Jason Giambi is taking in the New York papers today. He's on the front page of all the tabloids, and it...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 3, 2004 03:21 PM
And The Last Domino Falls(CHECK THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR UPDATES) From this morning's San Francisco Chronicle: Barry Bonds told a federal grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream supplied by the Burlingame laboratory now enmeshed in a sports doping scandal,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 3, 2004 06:49 AM
Giambi: I Used SteroidsThe San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that brothers Jason and Jeremy Giambi testified to a federal grand jury last year that they had acquired steroids from Greg Anderson, weight trainer to San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds: In his testimony,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 2, 2004 06:50 AM
R.I.P. Ken CaminitiDead of a heart attack in the Bronx at age 41. Why he was in the Bronx, nobody, or at least his agent, can say. It was only eight years ago that Caminiti was National League MVP. But it was...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 11, 2004 02:34 PM
One Step Closer. . .After testifying before a Federal grand jury investigating BALCO and their involvement with professional athletes and steroid use, Gary Sheffield decided to tell all to Sports Illustrated*: In testimony before a federal grand jury last year, Sheffield admitted to unwittingly...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 5, 2004 02:57 PM
Killing The MessengerGuest blogging over at Hawspipe, Charles Tupper, Jr. exposes some of the weak thinking on steroids being fronted by the normally sane Sally Jenkins at the Washington Post....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 24, 2004 05:04 PM
Around The Sports BlogsSkip Sauer has lots of great stuff over at The Sports Economist, including a link to a New York Times piece on the rise of "peer-to-peer" betting based on the same technology that gave us online music services like the...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 8, 2004 06:26 AM
She Said, He SaidThere's an interesting back and forth taking place on the pages of the Washington Post Sports section between two of their most prominent columnists. One the one hand you have Sally Jenkins, the paper's New York-based columnist taking up the...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 30, 2004 07:03 AM
Montgomery: BALCO Supplied Bonds SteroidsHere's some interesting news out of the Bay Area this morning: San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds obtained the steroid Winstrol from BALCO founder Victor Conte, track star Tim Montgomery told a federal grand jury last year. Montgomery's testimony about...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 24, 2004 07:00 AM
Another Look At BondsVia Colby Cosh, I found this exhaustive study that attempted to find any other reason for Barry Bonds' late career offensive explosion other than steroids: There's a lot to digest here. The statistics say that he's much stronger and more...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 18, 2004 09:50 AM
Reilly On WarI don't know what else to add to what Ben Domenech and Nickspace had to say about Rick Reilly's column in a recent edition of Sports Illustrated where he makes his opposition to the broad war against terror pretty clear....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on May 13, 2004 03:55 PM
Tony K On Barry BondsIn today's Washington Post, Tony Kornheiser speaks an uncomfortable truth about Barry Bonds and his 661st home run: For all the celebratory ESPN coverage of Bonds's big homer on Monday night and yesterday morning I don't think I ever heard...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 14, 2004 12:31 PM
The Lowdown From TeemuA couple of weeks back, I made the point that the Major League Baseball Players Association was bitterly divided over the issue of steroids. Now, it's the National Hockey League Players Association that may be showing signs of division over...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 23, 2004 12:09 AM
Palmer On AndersonAnother Hall of Famer decided to speak up about steroids this week, this time it was former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer, when he weighed in on Brady Anderson's 50-homer season in 1996 during an interview with a Baltimore radio...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 16, 2004 12:01 PM
Point By Point With PintoOver the past few weeks, I've read a number of posts around the blogosphere concerning the use of steroids in Major League Baseball and been quite surprised by what I've read. In particular, Dave Pinto at Baseball Musings has come...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 5, 2004 03:36 PM
More On Plausible DeniabilityIn today's New York Times, Doug McNeil examines an issue we've referred to in the past -- that of steroids and plausible deniability: Mario J. Vassallo is a former semipro football player, a former steroid user and now the lead...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 4, 2004 12:52 PM
Bud Selig, Super GeniusWhat, did you read that right? The most maligned man in Baseball, getting praise on the pages of Off Wing Opinion? No, not exactly, but stick with me here, and you'll understand where I'm coming from soon enough. First, digest...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 3, 2004 12:16 PM
Balco Breaks BiggerThe Balco steriods story has just broken bigger, with the San Francisco Chronicle reporting that Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Marvin Bernard, Benito Santiago and Bill Romanowski all apparently having received steroids through Bonds' longtime friend and personal trainer,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 2, 2004 06:58 AM
Time Ticking Down On Baseball, SteroidsLate last night, we finally got confirmation of what plenty of folks already suspected -- that there are a number of Major League Baseball players who use steroids: The personal weight trainer for San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds admitted...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 18, 2004 07:14 AM
An Acceptable Risk?For more on sports and steroids, be sure to check out the latest issue of Reason. First, Dayn Perry clocks in with an impressively researched piece that makes the case that steroids, when used under the supervision of a physician,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 29, 2004 12:22 AM
Roids On IceRight on the heels of the steroids mention in the State of the Union address last night, comes this news item from a youth hockey league in Quebec: Twelve randomly selected players from a Quebec midget league will be tested...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 21, 2004 02:48 PM
Bush And SteroidsAll sorts of people are pointing to President Bush's statement about steroids and professional sports last night, but it's important to make a distinction between what he said and what he didn't say. From ESPN.com's account: Bush told Congress that...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 21, 2004 08:02 AM
Another Cautionary TaleMeet Bob Hazleton: Bob Hazelton spent the days before Christmas in a Minneapolis hospital. He had fallen trying to get into a building not accessible to the handicapped, and doctors had to reflap the bone over the muscle above his...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on January 7, 2004 06:56 AM
More On The Stringer AttackNewsday has a followup story concerning an attack on a stringer for it's sports section. As we linked yesterday, part-time reporter David Abramowicz was attacked by two teenagers in a Massapequa, New York park. Abramowicz had come to the park...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on December 2, 2003 07:15 AM
More On Arnold And SteroidsWith Arnold Schwarzenegger being sworn in as California Governor yesterday, ESPN.com's Tom Farrey takes a hard look at how Arnold's rise in the Bodybuilding game fueled the growth of steroids use, and how his new political career might begin to...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 18, 2003 07:15 AM
Now, It's The NFL's TurnDana Stubblefield. Barret Robbins. Bill Romanowski. Chris Cooper. Four Oakland Raiders. Four positive tests for THG, the latest in designer performance enhancing drugs. UPDATE: Selena Roberts in the New York Times has some other interesting factoids to share: Really, who...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 16, 2003 11:20 PM
Baseball And SteroidsBack in August 2002 when baseball owners and the players came to an agreement that avoided yet another strike, I said that the framework players and owners had agreed to in the area of steroids testing was a sham. Just...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 14, 2003 07:15 AM
Odds And EndsSince the end of October, the Washington Post has been running a poll on the best sports rivalries. Click here to cast your vote. By now, you probably know that Kellen Winslow, II won't be starting this Saturday for Miami,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 13, 2003 07:22 AM
News Blackout On Bonds Story?Last night ESPN reported on SportsCenter, that law enforcement authorities somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area had raided the home of Barry Bonds personal fitness trainer. The story was repeated this morning on ESPN Radio, where Mike Greenburg and...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on September 10, 2003 01:37 PM
Does Arnold Have A Steroid Problem?Even political enemies had to be impressed with Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance as he jumped head first into the California recall election last night -- both with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show and later as he faced the press outside...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 7, 2003 03:21 AM
What's Really Happening In The Dominican?More bad news from the steroids front -- this time from the front page of the Washington Post: The afternoon before his tryout with the Philadelphia Phillies, 19-year-old Lino Ortiz walked over to his friend Jose Manuel Avila's house with...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 24, 2003 12:26 AM
Sosa-Gate And The Real Scandal In BaseballThe 76 bats Major League Baseball seized from Chicago Cubs superstar Sammy Sosa tested negative for cork yesterday, but questions about his credibility will linger for much longer. Despite these bats having been cleared, the investigation continues and the possibility...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 5, 2003 07:31 AM
Memories Of Larry LegendOver at ESPN.com, Bill Simmons has written a great look back at the career of Larry Bird, and what it meant to him as a young basketball fan growing up in Greater Boston. Reading it, I couldn't help but remember...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 27, 2003 06:06 PM
Odds And EndsSorry for the light blogging over the last few days, Easter Weekend wasn't the best for me health-wise, and I've been feeling a little bit off my game. Then again, there's plenty happening out there, so lets dive back in....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 22, 2003 03:10 PM
Cassandra VindicatedIn the 1970s and 1980s, whenever Western athletes would compete against their counterparts from the Soviet Bloc, American viewers learned to manage their expectations. Sure, our young athletes would almost always acquit themselves well. However, there was always the suspicion...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on April 17, 2003 11:28 AM
The White Sox WalkoutNow this is probably baseball's biggest story today, one I missed when I didn't check the wires closely enough last night: Sixteen members of the Chicago White Sox seemed willing Tuesday to be labeled as failing a steriods test and...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 12, 2003 12:52 PM
Wells: I Misquoted MyselfA few days after a pre-publication copy of his new autobiography fell into the hands of the AP, New York Yankees pitcher David Wells decided to spend some time emphasizing that he didn't really mean to say what he said:...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on March 2, 2003 10:48 PM
This Afternoon On The WireThe mayor of Portland, Oregon met with the head of all the state's Native American tribes to discuss a plan that would help the city float bonds to build a new baseball stadium to help bring the Montreal Expos to...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 27, 2003 05:28 PM
Steve Bechler, R.I.P.An early pall was cast over the Baltimore Orioles Spring Training camp in Florida yesterday at the news of the death of Steve Bechler, a 23-year old pitcher who was expected to begin the season with the team's Triple A...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on February 18, 2003 11:30 AM
In An Effort To KeepIn An Effort To Keep Football Players. . . Off of banned substances, the NFL is seeking to designate a single source for all dietary supplements. The aim: to find one company that is willing to certify that the supplements...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 19, 2002 11:59 PM
In A Move I HaveIn A Move I Have To Applaud. . . The NFL has informed all 32 teams that they will be held responsible if it's found that they supplied their players with dietary supplements that include substances that are banned under...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 18, 2002 12:56 PM
Now Here's A Story OffNow Here's A Story Off Reuters. . . That provides some interesting counter-programming to some of the stuff I've been running on steroids. Over in Madrid, one doctor, a member of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, says a number...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 15, 2002 12:13 AM
NFL Sack Leader Julius Peppers.NFL Sack Leader Julius Peppers. . . Has been suspended 4 games by the NFL after testing positive for a "banned substance", according to the AP: Agent Marvin Demoff said the league office told him that Peppers had tested positive...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 14, 2002 11:24 PM
It's With Mixed Emotions. .It's With Mixed Emotions. . . That I read Scott Berg's piece in today's Washington Post concerning the rise of fantasy sports and how they've affected the way we watch games today. Berg's story is a fine survey on the...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 8, 2002 01:48 PM
Did You Know There WasDid You Know There Was A Time. . . When spectators under the age of 14 weren't allowed to watch professional wrestling? That's just one interesting tid bit you'll find in this unbylined piece from the Washington Times about wrestling...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on November 4, 2002 11:12 AM
English Soccer Player Banned ForEnglish Soccer Player Banned For Nandrolone: Over in England, they're having their own problems with steroids: An English league soccer player has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone. The Football Association declined to name the player involved, but said...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 31, 2002 11:30 AM
Buried Inside The Post's SportsBuried Inside The Post's Sports Section Today. . . You'll find a story about how Congressman John Sweeney (R-N.Y.), is starting to make some noise about drug testing in sports -- specifically, taking Major League Baseball to task for their...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 15, 2002 12:05 AM
Details On Baseball's New DrugDetails On Baseball's New Drug Policy. . . Can be found here. Bottom line: weak on steroids, but tougher on substance abuse than in the past....Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 3, 2002 01:11 PM
IOC Bans Genetically Engineered Athletes:IOC Bans Genetically Engineered Athletes: Not content with closing loopholes when it comes to athletes using steroids, the folks at the World Anti-Doping Agency has also taken action when it comes to athletes who might use genetic engineering to gain...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on October 1, 2002 11:42 PM
On Tony Kornheiser's Show ThisOn Tony Kornheiser's Show This Morning. . . Tony took some time to talk about last night Giants-Dodgers game, and in particular, the talents of one Barry Bonds. During his discussion, Kornheiser mentioned that while he could understand how taking...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on September 18, 2002 11:37 AM
I Hate To Say II Hate To Say I Told You So, But. . . Back in July a had a lengthy back and forth with fellow sports blogger Dan Lewis on the subject of steroids in Major League Baseball. In one of my...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on September 12, 2002 02:16 AM
Baseball Strike Averted: News justBaseball Strike Averted: News just off the wires, read the AP story on ESPN.com here. Biggest news so far -- contraction put off till 2006. How the Expos could survive in Montreal much longer I don't know, which leads me...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 30, 2002 01:29 PM
Case May Break Steroids Racket:Case May Break Steroids Racket: I've written plenty about steroids, and just how some athletes use them while attempting to maintain "plausible deniability" in the eyes of international doping agencies. Well, yesterday a court case wass filed that might close...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 29, 2002 01:57 AM
A Little More Than TwoA Little More Than Two Weeks Ago. . . I posted that I thought the baseball players association proposal for steroid testing was a joke. Just a little while ago, the AP's Steve Wilstein basically agreed with me: Along with...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 26, 2002 10:58 PM
Players Agree To Steroid Testing,Players Agree To Steroid Testing, Or Do They? At least that's what ESPN is reporting, but like usual, the devil is in the details: Under the proposal, which addresses one of the key issues in contract talks, players would be...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on August 8, 2002 03:30 AM
Lewis On Steroids, More ThanLewis On Steroids, More Than Meets The Eye: Dan Lewis has taken up the challenge and responded to my post yesterday saying that major league baseball needs to begin testing for steroids. Remember, the nub of my argument was that...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 24, 2002 05:04 PM
On Baseball And Steroids: InOn Baseball And Steroids: In the lonely world of sports blogging, there are few I admire more than Dan Lewis -- who I discovered via a link provided by Ken Layne. His site is a regular stop of mine, and...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 23, 2002 02:53 AM
Time Was, The Summer StoodTime Was, The Summer Stood Still. . . For the Major League All-Star Game. For me, it was the one night a year I knew the family television was reserved for my use, and my use alone. In those days...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 9, 2002 10:46 PM
In Case You Missed It.In Case You Missed It. . . USA Today published a survey that says nearly 80 percent of major league ballplayers support random testing for steroids, and another 44 percent feel pressure to use steroids. What's worse, some are beginning...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 8, 2002 07:16 PM
In Case You Missed ItIn Case You Missed It Before The Holiday. . . Seven-time American League batting champion Rod Carew has called for random steroids testing in Major League Baseball: "If you want the fans to respect what's left of the game's pureness,...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 5, 2002 12:28 PM
If I Had To CastIf I Had To Cast A Vote. . . For sportswriter with the biggest cajones, my vote would go to Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly. In the latest edition of SI, Reilly recounts a confrontation he had in the Chicago...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on July 3, 2002 12:12 AM
Johnnie Mac Was On Drugs,Johnnie Mac Was On Drugs, Steroids. . . Or so said his ex-wife, Tatum O'Neal, in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. She claimed McEnroe used steroids during a comeback attempt following the birth of their second child, Sean, back...Posted in Off Wing Opinion on June 26, 2002 09:15 AM
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