Great piece on NPR today...If you are a sports fan take the time to listen...
Been quite a time for doping revelations in sport — although as well we know, athletes accused of taking illegal drugs are invariably just downright flabbergasted to find out what has gotten into their bodies by immaculate infusion.
The NFL defensive rookie of the year, one Brian Cushing, tested positive at the start of the season for a banned fertility drug that users employ to make steroids work more efficiently, but the NFL didn't bother to reveal this 'til after the season, and when it did, the reporters voted to let Cushing keep his ill-gotten award.
Some cynics might say that NFL writers, like the NFL and its players union, care naught for the integrity of the game — so long as it's more popular and more violent. The league features a great many monster players who appear larger than the average John Deere tractor. But it still doesn't perform blood tests for human growth hormone, because this would mean sticking these poor behemoths with a widdle needle....
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