FameCrawler : steroids

Christian Bale Isn't a User

trix — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Christian Bale doesn't need any kind of anything to help him perform. He admits that he was, at one time, tempted to use steroids to build his physique.

He passed up the chance to be a 'roid head and do it all naturally.

The reason he passed it up?

He said, “I called up the store where they’re selling that sort of stuff and asked, ‘Have you used it? And side effects?’ ‘No no. I mean, really minimal. Your balls might shrink and you might get acne.’ I’m like, there’s no way in hell I’m going to touch anything like that and damn those who think I did.”

Ha ha that's funny, he didn't want his junk to shrink. It probably would have made him a little angry and intense. He needs nothing to help him in the intensity department.

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Manny Ramirez Busted!

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:04:00 GMT

Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez has failed a drug test and will be suspended by MLB for 50 games.

Admittedly, I'm not surprised. Man-Ram using performance enhancing drugs actually explains a lot. Not only is he too good, but he tends to be labeled a jerk by pretty much everyone that ever meets him. Think Barry Bonds with really bad hair. Really bad hair.

Ramirez will lose 7.7 million dollars during the suspension- which means that he makes more in two months than the rest of us combined will make in our collective lifetime.

However, I don't think we need to worry about his kids going hungry. The little Mannys (seriously, it's George Formanesque) should be able to get by on day old caviar and Happy Meals till this all blows over. Whether or not they get over the scar of their dad being called a cheater is a different story.

Here's Manny's spin. For the record, his new spin is the same as the old spin:

"Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.

"I want to apologize to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation."

Seriously? The blame the doctor angle? I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night, but I'm pretty sure medical professionals that are dealing with expensive commodities like professional athletes have a pretty good understanding of what they can and cannot prescribe.

Is it just me or is the American pastime going on a quick ride in a handbasket?

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A-Rod Admits Steroid Use (As if His Kids Haven't Had Enough Embarrassment)

Whit Honea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:45:00 GMT

For any of you kids reading this at home, this is how you have a banner year. First you wreck your marriage and put your wife and kids in the papers and then you admit to tarnishing the national pastime, which, granted, wasn't that shiny to begin with.

Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking ~~steroids~~ performance-enhancing drugs over a three-year period while playing with the Texas Rangers, hence damaging his role-model status. Did he still have role-model status?

What are A-Rod's kids supposed to think about this? Is Daddy the greatest baseball player of our day or just another hopped-up hoax.

A-Rod tells ESPN's Peter Gammons, "When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

"Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time.

"I did take a banned substance. For that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."

The full interview will air tonight during the 6 p.m. ET showing of "SportsCenter."

I'll admit that I'm a Yankee fan, but I've never taken to A-Rod, not even when I was living in Seattle and got to enjoy him and Jr. underachieving.

More news is sure to follow and it probably won't be good, but at least the image of Rodriguez and Madonna is finally out of my head.

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Jose Conseco Caught Smuggling Steroids

Karl Erikson — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:33:00 GMT

What do you know? Former baseball "great" Jose Conseco, father of daughter Josie, has been detained at the U.S./Mexico border for illegal posession of steroids. I KNOW! How shocked are you? Stunned, right?

Looks like Jose, who wrote a tell-all biography a few years ago about his use of steroids while playing major league ball, will be appearing in Federal Court on Tuesday.

Guess you can't unlearn stupid, can you?

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Dara Torres - Super Swimmer To Super Model

Sassy Smith — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:37:00 GMT

Silver medalist Dara Torres is a super swimmer, a super mom and now, apparently a supermodel!

Torres, 41, is reportedly set to walk the walk for designer Charles Nolan. Nolan apparently saw the attractive athlete on the Today Show and thought she would be a perfect fit for one of his shows.

Although it's not a for-sure thing, Dara would certainly look fabulous on the runway - she's in great shape, and is an inspiration to women everywhere!

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Silver Medalist Dara Torres Says Daughter Is Awesome

Sassy Smith — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Dara Torres, 41, a three-time silver medalist at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, says that her 2-year-old daughter loves the water and that she's "awesome."

Torres says to NBC, about her daugther with partner, David Hoffman, "Tessa's awesome. She's a fun kid and she just absolutely loves the water."

When Dara made the Olympic team, she knew she would have to be away from her little girl for a month since the toddler wouldn't be able to make the trip to Beijing. But Dara is looking forward to telling her daughter all about it when she's old enough to understand.

Torres says, "I'm gonna tell her how much she was a part of this. The sacrifices, the hard work, but still trying to balance the motherhood....I just know it's going to be so much fun when she finally can understand, and I can share all of this with her."

Dara is certainly an inspiration to women everywhere! She's won Silver for: Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, Women's 50m Freestyle and Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay.

Congrats!

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Little Girl Too Ugly For Olympic Officials - OMG!!!

Sassy Smith — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Lin Miaoke is the sweet little 9-year-old girl who sang Ode to the Motherland during the Olympics opening ceremony and she instantly became a hit - only one problem - it wasn't Lin Miaoke's voice....

The 'real' voice belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi but officials, at the last minute, didn't think Yang was cute enough - seriously?? Her voice was deemed the most beautiful but her looks, apparently not so much. Are they kidding?

Are Yang's parents not upset about this? Officials are basically saying that Yang's voice is good enough - it's beautiful - but that her face isn't good enough? That is wrong on so many levels!

An official was quoted as saying, "The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression." Uh, so ya, nice way of saying that you think little Yang is ugly?????? NICE.

Does this p*ss you off? It sure does me!

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Madonna Couldn't Decide Whose Sperm She Wanted

Sassy Smith — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has a lot to say about his sister, so much so, that he's written a tell-all book. Ah, the closeness of family right? According to Madge's brother, Madonna had wanted basketball player Dennis Rodman to impregnate her. He was apparently her first choice. She also considered John Enos, former Melrose Place star. And according to ball player Jose Canseco, Madonna wanted to marry him and have him get her pregnant, because she wanted a Cuban child. However, none of those men became her baby daddy - Carlos Leon is the father of her oldest child, daughter Lourdes. But, so says Ciccone, Madonna wasn't sure of Carlos - she thought he wouldn't fit the "intelligence requirement." Nice.

Christopher's book Life With My Sister Madonna, arrives out nexxt week, and he certainly dishes on her love life and relationships. Now, of course, it's sort of like a he said, she said, and you have to wonder why he's writing about his sister. Perhaps it's all true, what he writes. Maybe only half of it, or maybe none of it and he's only looking to make a buck. I'm guessing it's going to be a hot seller, especially with all of the Madonna/Guy Ritchie divorce rumors.

Ciccone claims that Madonna's current husband, Guy is a homophobic and "swells noticeably" when he's around gay men. Uh, not sure what he means by he swells?

And Madonna's bro says that the popstar keeps "an 8-by-12-foot photo of herself in S&M gear and lying on a bed with dead animals in her home." It's "the creepiest thing I've ever seen," writes Christopher.

I'm guessing these two don't get a long as siblings should.

And I'm on Carlos Leon's side. The man looks pretty intelligent to me.

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Jose Canseco: Madonna Begged Me To Impregnate Her

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Who knew Madonna was such a big baseball fan? First Alex Rodriguez is rumored to have rounded the bases with the Material Girl, and now former Oakland A and onetime Yankee Jose Canseco is claiming to have once been asked to impregnate the singer.

Us Magazine is reporting that Canseco says he was approached in 1991 by Madonna while he was still married. "She wanted to get married and have a child with me — she wanted a Cuban child," he says.

"We went downstairs [at her house in the Hollywood Hills] and she came over and said, 'What would you do if I kissed you?' and then sat on my lap and kissed me," Canseco recalls in the interview.

Madge even offered to be his sugar mama. "She said, 'I have lots of money. Don't worry about that,'" Canseco tells Us.

Keep in mind that Canseco has admitted to using illegal steroids and has been arrested at least once for domestic violence. Also, he seems to have some sort of beef with Alex Rodriguez over A-Rod hitting on one of Canseco's wives. I'm just sayin'.

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Dara Torres Is Going To The Olympics

sweatpantsmom — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Dara Torres, the 41-year-old mother of a 2-year-old, just won the 100-freestyle at the U.S. trials to reach the Olympics for a record fifth time. That's right - while the rest of us were splashing around in a wading pool with our water wings on, Torres was kicking butt at a pool in Omaha, winning the 100-meter-freestyle in 53.78 seconds. Damn - it takes me around fifteen minutes just to get across the pool using my swim fins and a water noodle.

Torres, who swam in her first Olympic games in 1984, came out of a seven-year retirement last year. This was her first Olympic trials in eight years.

Torres held daughter Tessa during the emotional awards ceremony on the pool deck. She says she was thinking about her late father, Edward, who died a year and a half ago before she could tell him about her comeback plans.

"I was feeling he was with me in that race and really feeling him at the end," she said. "I was trying to hold a brave face while I was out there because I didn't want anyone to see me crying."

This story totally inspires me. The next time I'm at the pool, I'm going to put down my daiquiri, get off my floating barcalounger and do a couple of laps.

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It's True: Mindy McCready Admits to Underage Affair with Roger Clemens

Whit Honea — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:23:00 GMT

The Rocket is having a tough time. What do you suppose is worse, being accused of steroid use during a legendary baseball career or being caught lying about having an affair with a minor?

That's a tough call. Both involve moral and legal issues. Granted, the steroid issue is being contested and the case against him does look overly staged, but to have Mindy McCready, the country singer identified as Clemen's mistress for over 10 years, admit that she "cannot refute anything in the story," well, you can't come back from that.

We've explained previously how Clemens, father of four boys, and McCready, mother of a two-year-old son, met when she was 15. This doesn't hold well for Clemens.

Is that an understatement?

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Marion Jones Sentenced to Prison

Whit Honea — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:27:00 GMT

Marion Jones has fallen. The one time track superstar pleaded with the judge not to separate her from her children with jail time for her steroid use, but was given the maximum sentence available under her plea bargain.

Judge Kenneth Karas said that he gave her 6-months in jail plus 800 hours of community service to make an example of her to other athletes that choose to use steroids instead of "hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship."

That's messed up. Yes, she was wrong. She is financially ruined. Her name is tarnished and her legacy in jeopardy. There is a long list of terrible things that she is now facing due to her choices. I don't have a problem with her being punished, but I don't see how she is responsible for other athletes. She was given steroids by the same people that gave them to Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds. Where is their orange jumpsuit?

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The Mitchell Report: Baseball, Dads and Steroids

Whit Honea — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:00:00 GMT

The Mitchell Report was released today. It is the findings of an investigation by George Mitchell into the steroid use of major league baseball players. There are lots of names on the list, 77, and many of them are fathers. That's why you're reading about this on FameCrawler.

I have a problem with the report for a number of reasons, among them it relies almost exclusively on the plea-bargained testimony of just a few men and it was conducted by an ex-Senator, which means the guy is most likely an idiot, who is also part of the Boston Red Sox management team. Guess how many prominent Red Sox players are mentioned? None. I find it hard to believe that those unshaven cowboys in Boston are the only pure of heart players in all of baseball.

What does my opinion mean? Not much, other than the fact that I'm not alone in such thought and that baseball should have considered it. They've allowed many a loophole for players named, guilty or not, to avoid penalty or scrutiny and have instead provided the opportunity for MLB to get a big black eye. We shall see how it plays out.

Among the players named: Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees, Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros, Eric Gagne of the Milwaukee Brewers and Paul Lo Duca of the Washington Nationals, Barry Bonds, Kevin Brown, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa and the late Ken Caminiti.

Apparently the players were giving an opportunity to explain themselves to Mitchell prior to the release, but only Jason Giambi did so.

This could have huge implications for the game and everyone involved. I'm guessing Mitchell isn't the only idiot in this post (not counting me).

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Travis Barker Dead: The Hoax

Whit Honea — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:25:00 GMT

The word is everywhere, Travis Barker of the Transplants, +44, Blink 182 and "Meet the Barkers" fame was apparently found dead in his garage. Yet the internet holds no official statements or acknowledgments- either way.

While I feel that this is most likely a hoax, where are the statements from Barker? I understand that a celebrity can't go around and comment on every rumor that starts about them, but one that has this much fever should be acknowledged. It's like Paul McCartney all over again*. He shouldn't just ignore it and stay out of view. Who is he- Castro**?

In fact, while most sites tend to agree that this is not true, only one actually states it, that being the Travis Barker Wikipedia page. Sure, that's more official than... well, nothing. Anyone can add to a wiki.

So where is Barker? Is he going to let his fans know that he is okay or just let it escalate to the heights of unforgettable urban legend. If the latter is true there must be a CD or DVD tie-in coming. The press is fantastic.

UPDATED: It's not true!!

*Paul McCartney was rumored dead back in the day. The Beatles had some fun with it.

**Castro, the leader of Cuba has been rumored dead recently. Official statements came from Cuba that he was well, but they did not provide any proof that the ailing dictator still lived.

***Sorry, I bought a ton of these *'s because of the Bonds thing. I'm going to be rich!

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Indicted: Barry Bonds Strikes Out

Whit Honea — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:06:00 GMT

According to The Smoking Gun home run king Barry Bonds was indicted today on perjury and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a years-long federal probe that examined his alleged use of steroids.

If convicted of all charges Bonds may be sentenced for up to 30 years in prison.

Note to self, by stock in *'s.