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WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST called his punishment a "10-day slap on the wrist," while others sarcastically stuck up for Viagra's ex-pitchman. Noting that steroid users risk becoming impotent in order to pump up the game, SOMETHING'S GONE WRONG AGAIN! urged "Hall of Fame voters [to] remember this act of selflessness when the time comes...
Schwarzenegger, a former steroid user who now denounces the illegal drugs in his physical-fitness crusade, says he vetoed the bill because the language was "unclear" and "most dietary supplements are safe." But after a couple of days of attacks, he announced he would sever ties with the magazines. "I don't want there to be any question or doubt that the people have my full devotion," he said in a statement. It remains to be seen whether the people of California harbor such doubts; his approval ratings have already plummeted to 37%, down from 57% a year...
...work, ask Tom DeLay (still in Congress amid an ethics scandal), Bill O'Reilly (still on the air after a scandal involving phone sex and a loofah) or Barry Bonds (who will be welcomed back by the San Francisco Giants as soon as his knee is better, despite the steroid scandal...
Times columnist Maureen Dowd excoriated Summers in four separate columns between January and March, at one point comparing him to steroid-popping slugger Jose Canseco. “The ‘different socialization’ Dr. Summers talks about may be getting worse, thanks to goofballs like him,” Dowd wrote in that column. “How did he get to be head of Harvard anyway...
Everyone can agree that steroid use needs to be eliminated. But all those who watched the hearings could not help but feel a pang of sympathy for McGwire, who after his painful testimony has gone from a loved, classy hero to Public Enemy Number One. The former Home Run King has been called a cheater, even though he was well within his rights in denying answering questions about steroid use. If indeed McGwire juiced up, critics should consider the lack of a ban before 2002, as well as the highly ambiguous and unproven effects of steroids on actual performance, before...