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Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for performance enhancers

John M. Guilfoil

May 7, 2009

Baseball superstar Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has been suspended 50 games, starting Thursday. Ramirez released a statement acknowledging the suspension. "Recentl...

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Alex Rodriguez admits using steroids

John M. Guilfoil

February 9, 2009

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003. ESPN is reporting that Rodriguez, in an exclusive interview with Peter Gammons, has admitte...

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SI: Arod tested positive for steroids in 2003

John M. Guilfoil

February 7, 2009

New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, Sports Illustrated is reporting. Rodriguez won his first American League Most Valuable Player award in 2003 while with the Texas ...

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Uh oh, Dustin Pedroia’s brother

January 26, 2009

Brett Pedroia, older brother of Red Sox second baseman Dustin, recently turned himself in to authorities on charges of child molestation. The incident occurred four years ago, but the victim just recently told ...

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Boomer Esiason actually not a murderer

January 9, 2009

Not that anyone ever really thought he was a murderer, but his name certainly came up in an investigation. A Woburn, Mass. man admitted in court that he made up his testimony regarding the 1993 murder of Dr. Li...

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Don’t annoy the radio station

John M. Guilfoil

January 9, 2009

A Cambridge man has been charged in connection with a series of allegedly obscene phone calls he made to Boston sports radio station WEEI late last year, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. ...

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Plaxico in more legal trouble

December 22, 2008

It looks like plaxidents tend to follow Giants WR and soon-to-be-convicted-felon Plaxico Burress around. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that a 27-year old woman is suing Plaxico for an auto accident in...

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Jets’ Ellis arrested for weed

December 6, 2008

The day after the NY Jets lost to the Denver Broncos 34-17, Jets DE Shaun Ellis decided it would be a good idea to get pulled over for speeding while possessing a green, leafy substance that tends to make peopl...

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Was Hixon with Burress during the shooting?

November 30, 2008

I just witnessed an awfully peculiar post-game interview with Giants WR Domenik Hixon. Hixon was asked whether or not he had spoken to Plaxico Burress recently and he said he had and that he went to a Knicks g...

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Report: Burress had no permit

November 30, 2008

Plaxico Burress, Giants WR and everyone's favorite chowderhead, did not have a permit for the gun that he fired into his own leg Friday night at New York City's Latin Club, according to the New York Post. Bu...

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Vick laughed as dogs were injured

November 22, 2008

According to a USDA report released on Friday, Michael Vick placed family pet dogs into the ring with his trained pit bulls and laughed as the dogs "caused major injury" to the pets at Bad Newz Kennels. The ...

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Vick plans to plead guilty to dogfighting charges

October 21, 2008

According to papers filed in Surry County Circuit Court, Michael Vick plans to plead guilty to local dogfighting charges in Virginia in an effort to get an early release from federal prison. I know what you ...

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More from Pacman

October 16, 2008

As a writer/blogger, when I crack open the newspaper in the morning and see that Pacman Jones is still in the news, I think 'bad day for him, good day for me.' Two new developments have arisen following Tuesday...

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Pacman Jones suspended indefinitely

October 14, 2008

The NFL has suspended Adam "Pacman" Jones indefinitely for his role in a scuffle in a Dallas hotel bathroom. Jones got into it with a team-ordered security guard and hotel employees had to call the police. T...

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Pacman does it again

October 8, 2008

Adam "Pacman" Jones, cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys and general knucklehead, has had another incident. Early Wednesday morning in an upscale Dallas hotel following a screening of Max Payne, Jones reportedly...

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Packers file tampering charges against Vikings

July 17, 2008

It's not yet known who the Vikings were tampering with, but I think it's a QB. Brian Brohm? Probably not. Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com said it's actually Brett Favre (gasp!) who was allegedly communicating wi...

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Don Imus at it again

June 23, 2008

Don Imus apparently doesn't get it. On his radio show today he had this exchange with Warner Wolf: Wolf: "Defensive back Adam â€˜Pacman' Jones, recently signed by the Cowboys. Here's a guy suspended a...

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Ken Stabler arrested for DUI

June 9, 2008

Ken Stabler, one of the all-time great quarterbacks for the Oakland Raiders, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. He was pulled over around 1 a.m. Sunday morning in Alabama for ...

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Spygate makes my brain hurt

May 14, 2008

There are so many stories and reports and theories and opinions out there about this Patriots videotaping scandal that I can't make heads or tails of it. Did they do something wrong? You bet. Does the NFL have ...

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Leonard Little tried to kill himself

May 11, 2008

Those who follow the NFL closely know that Rams DE Leonard Little killed Susan Gutweiler years ago while he was driving drunk. Well it turns out, he took it a lot harder than we first thought. He only served ...