Around the World of Sports

I’ve been away from the blog for a couple days because of schoolwork. Media Ethics paper. Don’t wanna talk about it. In the meantime, during what is usually a slow time in the world of sports, between the Super Bowl and Spring Training, a few interesting stories have arisen.

Roger Clemens gave his deposition about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball to Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. He once again denied using steroids. While I’m not rushing to judgment, it would be ill-advised for Clemens to lie at this point in time. So basically there are three possibilities:

Clemens did not use steroids. His former trainer, Brian McNamee, named Clemens for the Mitchell Report to appease investigators by giving them a “big name.” This is a strong possibility; most of the names in the report were of players who had a brief period of success in the major leagues. Steroids are known to be more of a “quick-fix” and promote more injuries. Clemens truly believes he did not use steroids. McNamee told him he was injecting him with”lidocaine...