Entries from March 2009

March 27, 2009

The Government’s Obsession with Baseball Players, Take 3: Roger Clemens and Ben Bernanke

What do embattled pitcher Roger Clemens and embattled Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have in common? A lot. And not enough.
Both went on 60 Minutes to address a public controversy. Clemens sat down with Mike Wallace a year ago January to answer questions about steroids and said he didn’t use them. Bernanke sat down with Scott [...]

March 9, 2009

A-Rod: One-for-One

That didn’t take long. So, Alex Rodriguez split the difference and decided to have arthroscopic surgery that will keep him hidden for six to nine weeks. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3961898)
Expect the rest of the prediction — the next A-Rod scandal — to come true sometime in mid-April. Looks like Will Leitch of New York Magazine also has his [...]

March 7, 2009

The Government’s Obsession with Baseball Players, Take 2

Thoughts after another bad week for America and Alex Rodriguez
1. Am I the only one who thinks the sudden A-Rod hip injury sounds a lot like Michael Jordan’s sudden desire to play baseball back in the early ’90s? Something doesn’t add up here. I’m hearing there’s another big A-Rod story that hasn’t yet hit. Prediction: [...]

March 1, 2009

The Government’s Obsession with Baseball Players, Take 1

 Over the Line?

IRS Agent Jeff Novitzky Has Exposed
Steroids Cheats. But at What Cost?

By JON PESSAH ESPN the Magazine Senior Writer March 1, 2009
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Federal Agent Jeff Novitzky has brought down Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez. Is that really a good thing?

THE DETECTIVE and the scientist are hard to miss. It’s Oct. 23, 2003, and [...]