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Kimbo Slice Blew Perfect Opportunity With UFC; Gets Released

Published: May 17, 2010

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Going from a streetfighter propelled into the spotlight with YouTube clips to fighting with the top mixed martial arts organization in the world did not happen overnight for Kimbo Slice. No, the man formerly known as Kevin Ferguson spent a few years climbing the ladder in fly-by-night promotions such as EliteXC before getting a chance [...]

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Kimbo Slice Gets Last Shot on UFC Reality Show

Published: August 8, 2009

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Kimbo Slice, who was all set to be the face of EliteXC, is now relegated to keeping his name alive in the sport of mixed martial arts by way of a reality television show. After being knocked out by a replacement fighter in October, Slice and the new MMA league quietly went away. Now close [...]

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Raul Ibanez Steroid Talk A Lot of Bull

Published: June 11, 2009

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I bet that you have never heard of a blog entitled Midwest Sports Fans or ‘JRod,’ the guy who started this whole Raul Ibanez/performance-enhancing-drug controversy. What the blogger insinuated was that due to the 37-year-old outfielder’s fast start (which includes 19 home runs through the Phillies’ first 55 games) he may be using PEDs. Why [...]

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‘Car-Flipping Iranian Anadrol’ Part of the Florida Steroids Bust

Published: May 27, 2009

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I guess they don’t call them A-bombs for nothing! Perhaps the most entertaining part of the Polk County, Florida steroid bust was this gem of a statement from Sheriff Grady Judd, who apparently has been appointed the czar against performance-enhancing drugs in his own mind: “Cops are afraid of this steroid because it can make [...]

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Is Netherlands Bodybuilding Drug Testing the Wave of the Future?

Published: May 20, 2009

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By now the story has made the rounds through the newspapers and websites worldwide and the bodybuilding community appears to be the only one taking it in stride. The mainstream media has reported the Netherlands doping test incident as if it were a badge of honor and the slanted way in which the story was [...]

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A-Rod Tested Positive for Steroids

Published: February 7, 2009

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How bad will the ‘mainstream’ media get with the latest revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids back in 2003? Especially with the newest ‘nickname’ that the Bronx Bomber’s third baseman has acquired from the release of Joe Torre’s book, “The Yankee Years,” it will come as no shock to see ‘A-Fraud’ splashed [...]

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Paranoid MLB Banning 6-OXO and Halodrol a Joke

Published: January 8, 2009

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What’s Next – No Flintstones Vitamins for America’s Pastime? Call it a knee-jerk reaction from the entire Mark McGwire/Andro fallout. Anything that can be perceived as more than a multi-vitamin will be scrutinized by a performance-enhancing drug paranoid Major League Baseball. The latest to take the fall are pitchers J.C. Romero and Sergio Mitre, who [...]

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