THIS WEEK IT WAS REVEALED THAT ALONG WITH BASEBALL'S GARY MATTHEWS JUNIOR, THERE WERE 11 PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS CAUGHT UP IN THE LATEST FEDERAL STEROIDS RAID.
UNLIKE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS, TRACK STARS AND ROCKY BALBOA...PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS READILY ADMIT TO HEAVY STEROID USE. THEY ARE ALSO HELD UP AS THE POSTER CHILDREN FOR ALL OF THINGS DANGEROUS IN THE DRUG. A 7 YEAR SURVEY OF 1000 WRESTLERS YOUNGER THAN AGE 46 WAS COMPLETED THREE YEARS AGO. OF THE 1000 OVER THE SURVEY PERIOD, 65 DIED. 25 OF THOSE DEATHS WERE DUE TO CORONARY DISEASE CAUSED BY STEROIDS AND HEAVY USE OF PAIN KILLERS. THAT'S 6.5 PERCENT OF THE SURVEY BASE GONE BEFORE THEY REACHED MIDDLE AGE. . MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE SAYING THIS IS MERELY THE "CANARY IN THE MINE". A WARNING OF THINGS TO COME IN OTHER SPORTS.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED REPORTED A SURVEY A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY ASKED ATHETES WOULD TAKE A BANNED DRUG AND BE GUARANTEED THEY WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT..AND WITH THE DRUG THEY WOULD WIN EVERY COMPETITION ENTERED FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS, BUT THEN WOULD DIE FROM THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTANCE. MORE THAN 50% SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THE DRUG. THAT DRUG IS TURNING OUT TO BE STEROIDS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE LISTENING.
Monday, March 26, 2007
March 17 2007
HOCKEY COMMENTATORS AND FANS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A COLLECTIVE CATHARSIS OVER THE ISLANDERS CHRIS SIMON. SIMON GETS THE LONGEST SUSPENSION IN NHL HISTORY AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO THINK HE AND HIS ILK HAVE DONE IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE NHL'S IMAGE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. I WILL GRANT YOU THAT EVERY SPORTSCAST FROM HERE TO KEY WEST, FLORIDA LED WITH SIMON'S STICK SWINGING AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY RESURRECTING THE TAPE OF TODD BERTUZZI AND MARTY MCSORLEY'S MISCONDUCT. BUT THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN ABOUT ONCE A DECADE IN THE NHL AND AGAINST THE OTHER SO-CALLED MAJOR SPORTS THE NHL LOOKS LIKE THE TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC.
IN THE NFL THE CINCINNATI BENGALS HAVE 9 PLAYERS FACING FELONY CHARGES AT THE SAME TIME. TANK JOHNSON OF THE BEARS IN JAIL FOR 4 MONTHS. TODD BERTUZZI MAY BE A THUG BUT THE NFL CAN OFFER UP PACMAN JONES. NOWHERE IN THE NHL DO WE HAVE A TERRELL OWENS OR RANDY MOSS NO MATTER HOW HARD SEAN AVERY TRIES.
MAJOR LEGUE BASEBALL HAS IT'S OUT AND OUT CHEATING. STEROIDS RULE--- WITH GARY MATTHEWS JUNIOR THE LATEST ACCUSED. AND DON'T FORGET PETE ROSE.
AND THE NBA. WHAT IMAGE COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAMES ARTEST, KOBE BRYANT, ALAN IVERSON ALL OF WHOM HAVE HAD RECENT RUN-INS WITH THE LAW.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WRONG WITH THE NHL. SOME SAY FIGHTING SHOULD GO. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT BLOWS TO THE HEAD AND THE LEAGUE STILL PUTS STICKS IN THE HAND OF DELINQUENTS BUT COMPARED WITH THE OTHERS THE NHL COULD BE NOMINATED FOR SAINTHOOD.
IN THE NFL THE CINCINNATI BENGALS HAVE 9 PLAYERS FACING FELONY CHARGES AT THE SAME TIME. TANK JOHNSON OF THE BEARS IN JAIL FOR 4 MONTHS. TODD BERTUZZI MAY BE A THUG BUT THE NFL CAN OFFER UP PACMAN JONES. NOWHERE IN THE NHL DO WE HAVE A TERRELL OWENS OR RANDY MOSS NO MATTER HOW HARD SEAN AVERY TRIES.
MAJOR LEGUE BASEBALL HAS IT'S OUT AND OUT CHEATING. STEROIDS RULE--- WITH GARY MATTHEWS JUNIOR THE LATEST ACCUSED. AND DON'T FORGET PETE ROSE.
AND THE NBA. WHAT IMAGE COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAMES ARTEST, KOBE BRYANT, ALAN IVERSON ALL OF WHOM HAVE HAD RECENT RUN-INS WITH THE LAW.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WRONG WITH THE NHL. SOME SAY FIGHTING SHOULD GO. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT BLOWS TO THE HEAD AND THE LEAGUE STILL PUTS STICKS IN THE HAND OF DELINQUENTS BUT COMPARED WITH THE OTHERS THE NHL COULD BE NOMINATED FOR SAINTHOOD.
March 10 2007
ALAN EAGLESON WAS BACK IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK AFTER ANNOUNCING HE WAS SELLING 98 ITEMS OF MEMORABILIA VIA INTERNET AUCTION.....THIS HAS MADE TEETH GRIND IN THE HOME OF HOCKEY CANADA WHO THINK THEY SHOULD BE GETTING A PIECE OF WHATEVER LIMITED ACTION THERE IS FOR WHAT IS FOR THE MOST PART A COLLECTION OF JUNK.
EAGLESON SERVED 7 MONTHS IN JAIL AND WAS FINED 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HIS MISCONDUCT IN RUNING THE NHLPA. SUDDENLY HIS GHOST IS LOOMING OVER THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AGAIN. WHEN HE HEADED UP THE PLAYERS UNION HE PUSHED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE ASSOCIATIONS BYE-LAWS THAT SAID THE "EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO BIND ALL MEMBERS. IN THE PRESENT DAY THAT MEANS THAT 30 PLAYER REPRESENTATIVES CAN DICTATE TO THE 700 PLAYER MEMBERSHIP. AS FIRST MIKE MILBURY BACK IN THE EAGLESON DAY...AND CHRIS CHELIOS TODAY ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT ---THAT IS HARDLY DEMOCRATIC.
ARMED WITH CLOSE TO ABSOLUTE POWER WE HAVE HAD IRREGULARITY AFTER IRREGULARITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PLAYERS UNION.......E-MAILS..A 50 MILLION DOLLAR STRIKE FUND THAT HASN'T BEEN GIVEN BACK TO THE PLAYERS. A WRITTEN-OFF 300 THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN USING PLAYER FUNDS WITH NO EXPLANATION.
SO ALAN EAGLESON LIVES AFTER ALL. AND WHILE HE SITS HOME HOPING TO MAKE A KILLING ON HIS GAME-WORN CANADA CUP JERSEYS...THE SAME AUCTION COMPANY HAS ANOTHER CLIENT WHO IS SELLING THE JERSEY THAT BOBBY ORR WORE WHEN HE SCORED THAT FAMOUS AIR-BORNE GOALAGAINST ST. LOUIS TO WIN THE 1972 STANLEY CUP. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THE BIDDING FOR THE SWEATER IS UP TO 81 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOW DID THE EAGLE MISS THAT ONE.
EAGLESON SERVED 7 MONTHS IN JAIL AND WAS FINED 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HIS MISCONDUCT IN RUNING THE NHLPA. SUDDENLY HIS GHOST IS LOOMING OVER THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AGAIN. WHEN HE HEADED UP THE PLAYERS UNION HE PUSHED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE ASSOCIATIONS BYE-LAWS THAT SAID THE "EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO BIND ALL MEMBERS. IN THE PRESENT DAY THAT MEANS THAT 30 PLAYER REPRESENTATIVES CAN DICTATE TO THE 700 PLAYER MEMBERSHIP. AS FIRST MIKE MILBURY BACK IN THE EAGLESON DAY...AND CHRIS CHELIOS TODAY ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT ---THAT IS HARDLY DEMOCRATIC.
ARMED WITH CLOSE TO ABSOLUTE POWER WE HAVE HAD IRREGULARITY AFTER IRREGULARITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PLAYERS UNION.......E-MAILS..A 50 MILLION DOLLAR STRIKE FUND THAT HASN'T BEEN GIVEN BACK TO THE PLAYERS. A WRITTEN-OFF 300 THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN USING PLAYER FUNDS WITH NO EXPLANATION.
SO ALAN EAGLESON LIVES AFTER ALL. AND WHILE HE SITS HOME HOPING TO MAKE A KILLING ON HIS GAME-WORN CANADA CUP JERSEYS...THE SAME AUCTION COMPANY HAS ANOTHER CLIENT WHO IS SELLING THE JERSEY THAT BOBBY ORR WORE WHEN HE SCORED THAT FAMOUS AIR-BORNE GOALAGAINST ST. LOUIS TO WIN THE 1972 STANLEY CUP. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THE BIDDING FOR THE SWEATER IS UP TO 81 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOW DID THE EAGLE MISS THAT ONE.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
March 7 2007
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN SPORTS IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEAM MEDICAL PERSONNEL....ALWAYS HIRED BY THE CLUB...AND THE WELFARE OF THE PLAYER. THE MOST GLARING EXAMPLE OF ABUSE INVOLVED MIKE ROBITAILLE OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS WHO, IN 1976 SUFFERED A BACK INJURY WHICH THE CANUCKS DOCTOR SAID WAS NOT SERIOUS. ROBITAILLE WAS FORCED TO PLAY..
HIS CAREER WAS ENDED AND IN THE ENSUING LAWSUIT A JUDGE RULED THE ACTIONS OF COACH PHIL MALONEY AND THE DOCTOR WERE SO HIGHHANDED AND ARROGANT THAT HE AWARDED MAJOR FINANCIAL DAMAGES TO ROBITAILLE. ROBITAILLE IS NOW A BUFFALO SABRES BROADCASTER.
LATEST EXAMPLE OF THE "FOX IN THE HENHOUSE". DOCTOR ELLIOT PELLMAN...
THIS WEEK PELLMAN SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AS THE SO-CALLED NFL "
CONCUSSION EXPERT ". IT'S BEEN DISCOVERED THAT PELLMAN'S RESUME WAS FILLED WITH OUT AND OUT LIES. THAT HIS MEDICAL DEGREE CAME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA IN MEXICO IN SOMETHING FAR REMOVED FROM NEUROLOGY. PELLMAN WAS AUTHOR OF A NUMBER OF PAPERS THAT WENT AGAINST THE OPINION OF EVERY NEUROLOGY SPECIALIST IN THE WORLD. AMONG OTHER THINGS PELLMAN ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT IN SUCCESSIVE CONCUSSIONS.
THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE NFL WANTED TO HEAR. BY IGNORING THE REST OF THE WORLD IT GAVE THE NFL CARTE BLANCHE TO RUN PLAYERS WITH HEAD INJURIES RIGHT BACK INTO THE GAME WITHOUT REGARD FOR THEIR SAFETY.
OH.....A WORD TO RYAN SMYTH. WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN THE ISLANDERS DRESSING
ROOM TONIGHT. PELLMAN REMAINS THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES. RYAN....JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.
HIS CAREER WAS ENDED AND IN THE ENSUING LAWSUIT A JUDGE RULED THE ACTIONS OF COACH PHIL MALONEY AND THE DOCTOR WERE SO HIGHHANDED AND ARROGANT THAT HE AWARDED MAJOR FINANCIAL DAMAGES TO ROBITAILLE. ROBITAILLE IS NOW A BUFFALO SABRES BROADCASTER.
LATEST EXAMPLE OF THE "FOX IN THE HENHOUSE". DOCTOR ELLIOT PELLMAN...
THIS WEEK PELLMAN SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AS THE SO-CALLED NFL "
CONCUSSION EXPERT ". IT'S BEEN DISCOVERED THAT PELLMAN'S RESUME WAS FILLED WITH OUT AND OUT LIES. THAT HIS MEDICAL DEGREE CAME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA IN MEXICO IN SOMETHING FAR REMOVED FROM NEUROLOGY. PELLMAN WAS AUTHOR OF A NUMBER OF PAPERS THAT WENT AGAINST THE OPINION OF EVERY NEUROLOGY SPECIALIST IN THE WORLD. AMONG OTHER THINGS PELLMAN ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT IN SUCCESSIVE CONCUSSIONS.
THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE NFL WANTED TO HEAR. BY IGNORING THE REST OF THE WORLD IT GAVE THE NFL CARTE BLANCHE TO RUN PLAYERS WITH HEAD INJURIES RIGHT BACK INTO THE GAME WITHOUT REGARD FOR THEIR SAFETY.
OH.....A WORD TO RYAN SMYTH. WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN THE ISLANDERS DRESSING
ROOM TONIGHT. PELLMAN REMAINS THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES. RYAN....JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.
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