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...fast-talking, earnest boxer, especially on a 61-year-old body. Which was one of the reasons Stallone wanted to do it. He pumped up to a freakish 209 lbs. (95 kg); in Rambo II he weighed only 168 (76 kg). And, he insists, he did it without steroids, though with the help of a prescription testosterone. "HGH [human growth hormone] is nothing. Anyone who calls it a steroid is grossly misinformed," he says. "Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older. Everyone over 40 years old would be wise to investigate...
...Mitchell Report, baseball's bible of the steroid era that was released in mid-December, is a bulked-up 409 pages in length. Unfortunately, thanks to our elected officials in Washington, this book may go on for 400 more...
...Calling Selig and Fehr back does makes some sense. In 2005, in the face of skepticism about its motives, Congress effectively used its bully pulpit to embarrass baseball into strengthening its steroid penalties and testing procedures. Now Congress has a right to seek closure, to again goad baseball into accepting the recommendations. But the suits are just a prelude to the main event, a potential circus that doesn't seem to serve any real purpose...
...evidenced by the Mitchell Report, baseball is no longer in denial about its performance-enhancing drug problem. Back in 2005, Mark McGwire's low moment - "I'm not here to talk about the past" - shed light on the steroid issue, and forced baseball to act. But trying to shame, or even vindicate, Roger Clemens a month later? How does that reform the game...
...December the Mitchell Report on steroid abuse in the major leagues fingered the top players of the past two decades--slugger Barry Bonds and pitcher Roger Clemens--as having taken illegal substances. Bonds has dwelled mostly in sullen silence through the years of his charges. But Clemens, whose inclusion in the report was a jolt to fans, has taken the offensive, proclaiming his innocence against allegations by his former personal trainer Brian McNamee that he had injected the star multiple times with a banned steroid...