Boy, right as I was eating up the Rick Ankiel story hook line and sinker, here’s word he got a years worth of human growth hormone. From the article: The pitcher-turned-outfielder is the latest athlete to be linked to the Florida pharmacy at the center of an investigation by the Albany County (N.Y.) district attorney’s office into the illegal Internet...
Well it certainly wasn’t Carnastie today as Sergio Garcia fired a blistering 6-under 65 to lead by two over Paul McGinley and three over reigning U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera, 2005 U.S. OPen champion Michael Campbell and Boo Weekley. Eldrick T. Woods was tied for 8th after and up and down 69 that featured 12/15 fairways, 13 greens in regulation and 30 putts...
Well, here you go. The tour players voted in a landslide – 70% in favor of declaring The Players golf’s fifth major. That’s “fifth of five,” Geoff Shackelford. There is no need to resist this. Don’t be preconditioned and afraid of change. Embrace Sawgrass as hosting a major…after all, you can go play it. Now by an even...
Despite all the gibberish, unctuous self-righteousness, and unseemly crying that he didn’t do anything, Floyd Landis’ assertion that the French lab manufactured a positive test for performance enhancers has been vehemently debunked by YET ANOTHER responsible sports watchdog body. “The quality of the analyses cannot be questioned” said a...
This is the worst news we could have had. It looked like the LPGA was going to set a benchmark; seize the initiative from the PGA, lead the charge against steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. But even though 82 different substances are banned, the greatest scourge of the generation, HGH, is noticably absent. HGH should have been the first thing banned...
In this article, I lauded the state of New Jersey for passing legislation designed to test all high school athletes for eighty different steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Sadly, I learned today that the New Jersey testing program has a serious gaping hole. Athletes will only be tested during the playoffs and only if their team is competing. After forming a...
The news that the PGA Tour may lose the International (and indeed a Denver tour stop altogether) is upsetting. The players and fans loved the venue and the unique scoring system was a welcome refresher to tired old medal play AGAIN. Anthony Cotton reports that one of the causes of the rift was the International’s unwillingness to become part of the FedEx Cup...
Let’s sop up the weekend sports au jus in Bullet Points today: 1. We’ll start with golf. Tadd Fujikawa ended his dream weekend and started his dream career with a terrific T-20 5-under performance at the Sony Open. The roars heard all over the course for the kid were reminiscent of a rock concert and the kid was grateful, humble and fun to watch the whole...
The “Bunker Mulligan Award” for this year’s best sportswriting goes to Game of Shadows authors Mark Fainara-Wada and Lance Williams. The famed excerpt which appeared in Sports Illustrated is here. Not only does it read like a confession and detail to perfection Bonds’ alleged steroid use, it debunks the myth that performance enhancers like...
The AP reports that in 2008 the LPGA Tour will begin testing athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. Specifics as to testing will be determined over the next six to nine months – and therein will lie the truth as to whether testing will actually have some teeth or simply be lip service. This is the best decision Carolyn Bivens has made as...
Now the test results are infallible. No excuses, no re-dos, no third tests, it’s official. Floyd Landis had plant-produced testosterone added to his body when he made his now infamous charge in the last stage of the mountains that “catapulted” him to his short-lived victory in the Tour de Fraud. Here’s how the test works. Testosterone created...
Swiss hearing aid company Phonak confirmed that it would stop sponsoring its Tour de France cycling team. The decision to end its association with cycling’s top race was made earlier this year and confirmed over the weekend. The Phonak team was led by American Floyd Landis the surprise winner of this year’s Tour de France who subsequently tested positive...
Congratulations to Robert Thompson for having one of his travel pieces published in this month’s Travel and Leisure Golf. Rob wrote for a long time for the Canadian National Post. His blog is here. He’s also one of the original golf bloggers. Next, Eddie Peck is in town and the two of us will be out checking out either Bethpage or Tallgrass. Eddie –...
People can make all the New Jersey jokes that want, but when it comes to steroids, only the kids playing fair are laughing now. New Jersey became the first state to institute a state-wide steroid and other designer performance enhancing drug testing policy for high school athletes. This is a great victory for fairness in sports. It’s a victory for the kid who...
1. New Jersey will become the first state in the country to institute and drug testing policy for high school athletes. The program will screen random athletes for about 80 different designer performance enhancing drugs ranging from amphetamines to steriodal based old-style drugs banned for years. Final details will be released June 7. One state elected official, Sen...