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Lenny Dykstra Isn’t Living in an Airplane Hanger Anymore, So There’s That

Posted October 6, 2010, 3:40 pm by Jason McIntyre (72 Comments)

Lenny Dykstra: Checking in on that giant fraud … “When not in court, the retired center fielder spends most of his time in his living room staring at two flat-screen computer monitors, firing off e-mails to people involved in his case, plotting a financial comeback and chugging Red Bull energy drinks … Dykstra said he [...]

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Mark McGwire Seems So Friendly and Approachable

Posted September 30, 2010, 3:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (70 Comments)

Mark McGwire: The admitted steroid user, now the hitting coach on the about-to-miss-the-postseason St. Louis Cardinals, remains friendly and approachable. “Former slugger Mark McGwire at Rosebud Steakhouse on Walton Saturday night eating alone at the bar, while wearing earphones and ignoring fans who tapped him on the shoulder.” [S-T]

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The Feds Are Coming For LeFraud Armstrong

Posted August 5, 2010, 11:45 am by Jason McIntyre (187 Comments)

Lance Armstrong is being hotly pursued by federal prosecutors in a criminal investigation that he and his cycling team participated in systematic doping. The Feds – led by special agent Jeff Novitzky, aka, the dumpster diver who nailed Marion Jones and Barry Bonds – have interviewed Armstrong’s former teammates and they’re closing in on the [...]

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Lenny Dykstra and Jim Cramer Were a Shady Pair (Allegedly!)

Posted June 28, 2010, 10:30 am by Jason McIntyre (47 Comments)

Lenny Dykstra & Jim Cramer: “Dykstra took money—$250,000 worth of secretly issued stock—in exchange for recommending that stock to TheStreet.com subscribers. He also promised access to [Jim] Cramer in exchange for the stock, which he apparently hid under his brother-in-law’s name.” Jon Stewart exposed Jim Cramer as a fraud last year, but hopefully this one [...]

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Floyd Landis Admits Doping, Accuses Lance Armstrong of EPO Use and Blood Doping

Posted May 20, 2010, 9:05 am by Ty Duffy (96 Comments)

Floyd Landis finally came clean about performance enhancement.  I guess it wasn’t a French lab conspiracy.  He wanted to “clear his conscience,” which means he’s broke and probably has a book coming out in the near future.  Landis admitted his own use in a telephone interview with ESPN.com.  According to The Wall Street Journal, Landis sent [...]

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Mark McGwire’s a Fraud, and So is Tony LaRussa (Can We Toss Bob Knight in There, Too? Cool.)

Posted January 12, 2010, 11:05 am by Jason McIntyre (98 Comments)

Mark McGwire’s steroid “apology” was going well … and then he said that steroids never helped him. “I did this for health purposes. There’s no way I did this for any type of strength purposes … There’s no way a pill or an injection will give you hand-eye coordination or the ability or the great [...]

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