Month: January 2010 (Page 15 of 65)

      Steroid dealer claims he supplied Vick

      January 23, 2010 /

      A former steroid dealer named David Jacobs (now deceased) has come out and said that he supplied Michael Vick with steroids when Vick was a member of the Falcons.

      From the Dallas Morning News:

      Authorities said Jacobs ran one of the largest doping networks in the country before he was arrested in May 2007.

      The new document, which summarizes Vick’s interview with investigators, surfaced because of open records requests by media outlets.

      Agents told Vick that a DEA informant said that Vick was talking about steroids and human growth hormone with someone at the Falcons party and that Vick was overheard saying he “liked his product.”
      Vick immediately denied to the investigators that the conversation ever happened and said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs.

      Names, other than Vick’s, were redacted from the government summary, so it’s not clear whether the DEA informant referred to was Jacobs.

      But in several interviews with The News that took place in the months before authorities say Jacobs killed himself and his girlfriend in June 2008, Jacobs said that at that 2006 gathering he was with Vick and other players who used his drugs.

      Baseball has long been the focal point for performance-enhancing drugs in sports, but it would be naïve to think that drugs aren’t being used in other sports. After all, steroids first gained national attention thanks to the Olympics decades again. I don’t want to make generalized claims without having hard facts, but again, it would be naïve to think that baseball players are the only ones doping to gain a competitive advantage.

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      Are the Packers a legit Super Bowl contender in 2010?

      January 23, 2010 /

      Bruce Smith of PackerChatters thinks so…

      Looking at the basic structure and foundation of the Green Bay Packers and the significant progress they made as a team in ’09, I think the answer in an unequivocal YES!

      As in any off season, there are many questions to be answered and there is much work to be done. How will Ted Thompson handle his own free agent possibilities UFA and RFA? What will Thompson do with the draft? How much player development will happen during the OTA’s, mini-camps and training camp? I could add many more, but that goes with the turf of life in the NFL. There will be many threads and discussion regarding these and other questions as the off season unfolds, but back to the basic structure and foundation – Here are a few areas that I believe are likely to improve the team greatly:

      * Aaron Rodgers will head into just his 3rd season as a starter. In many ways he played great, even beyond what was reasonable to expect, but there is one very fixable problem with his game right now – he holds the ball too long and takes too many sacks. The Packers led the league in taking sacks – this is attributable to many things, injuries, inconsistency in the offensive line, questionable play calling, penalties and bad plays putting them in bad situation… But there was a factor that Aaron has control of and can change. By a conservative count Rodgers was responsible for taking at least 17 sacks that were directly attributable to him holding the ball too long and/or making the wrong read. That number (17) is way too high, and you can trust that it will be a primary focus by the coaching staff and Aaron on reducing that number to 6 or less. No one is suggesting that Aaron should start chucking the ball up for grabs, rather, for him to simply trust his reads more and if it is NOT there take off and use his superior athletic ability to make a play or chuck the ball past the line of scrimmage and out of bounds.

      Smith makes several spot-on observations. It’s a good read for Packer fans.


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      Tebow given a third round grade by scouts

      January 22, 2010 /

      According to the Florida Times Union (via NFL Network’s Mike Mayock), Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has been given a third round grade by NFL scouts.

      What Tebow does during the week is probably more important than what happens in the game because Mayock said the practices are set up by the NFL coaches to expose weaknesses in individual and one-on-one drills. Do well and Tebow’s stock will rise from a third-round pick — which is where Mayock said most NFL scouts have projected Tebow — into the second and possibly first round.

      Struggle, and Tebow would have to have outstanding individual works to repair that damage.

      “Most people think that he’s risking the most of any player coming to play in this game,” Mayock said. “I think it’s a brilliant move. Here’s a guy who’s arguably the best player to ever play college football, yet most NFL scouts will probably put him in the third round.

      Tebow said following the SEC Championship Game that he wants an opportunity to prove that he can play quarterback at the next level. I’m paraphrasing here, but he said something to the effective that he wants to show teams that he can play quarterback and if he can’t, he’ll be willing to play any position the club wants.

      I have my own doubts about his long delivery, his slow windup and his ability to play under center in a prostyle system, but it’s hard not to love Tebow’s attitude. If any player was going to put in the work necessary to succeed in the pros, it’s him and I can’t wait to see how he performs over the next couple months.


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      Angels rid themselves of Gary Matthews Jr.

      January 22, 2010 /

      The Angels traded outfielder Gay Matthews Jr. to the Mets in exchange for right-hander Brian Stokes. As part of the deal, the Angels will eat $21.5 million on the two years and $23.5 million that still remain on Matthew’s contract.

      Since signing a five-year, $50 million offer with the Angels in 2006, he has hit .248 and had just 316 at-bats last season. With Carlos Beltran expected to be out until at least May following knee surgery, Matthews will add some insurance to the Mets’ outfield.

      But general manager Omar Minaya following the trade, Matthews isn’t guaranteed playing time. Angel Pagan hit .306 with six home runs in 88 games last season and will have the opportunity to earn more playing time in spring training. If Matthews wants to play, he better hit in the spring.

      Even though they acquired Stokes, this trade was largely about the Halos ridding themselves of Matthews, who turned out to be a massive free agent bust. Stokes, 30, isn’t expected to make much of an impact in L.A. this season after posting a 1.56 WHIP last season for the Mets.


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