Posted on 04/10/2005 11:17:22 AM PDT by nuconvert
Newspaper Apologizes to Bo Jackson for Reporting He Took Steroids
The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2005
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - A newspaper being sued by former pro football and baseball star Bo Jackson apologized to him Sunday and retracted part of a story saying he used steroids. "Jackson has stated publicly he has never used steroids," the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin said on its Web site. "We retract the quote and the further statement that the speaker personally witnessed this damage to his life. We apologize to Mr. Jackson, without reservation."
In a story published March 24 under sports editor Jim Mohr's byline, dietary expert Ellen Coleman was quoted as saying she knew personally that "Bo Jackson lost his hip because of anabolic abuse."
Jackson responded last week by suing the newspaper, MediaNews Group Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc., Mohr and three other employees for unspecified general and punitive damages in Illinois.
"I've got nothing to hide," Jackson said. "If anyone wants to check into my medical past, go get blood tests, go check up on those blood tests and see if there was any anabolic steroids in it. You're more than welcome."
Coleman later denied making any statements about Jackson.
Jackson, the only player to be named to the NFL's Pro Bowl and appear in baseball's All-Star game, injured his hip playing for the Oakland Raiders in 1991 in a playoff game. He had a hip replacement the following year.
It was unclear how the retraction would affect Jackson's defamation suit. A message left with his attorney, Dan Biederman, wasn't immediately returned Sunday morning.
The newspaper, based about 30 miles east of Los Angeles in Ontario, didn't immediately respond to messages left Sunday morning.
you know, I could have sworn that Bo was tackled from behind and it dislocated his hip to the point that he wasnt ever going to be an effective football player ever again...
This steroids story is beginning to look like a witch hunt.
Apologies aren't worth the paper they're written on.
Hope he wins his suit.....BIG TIME.
I think that tackle was from his right side because he was running along the left sideline.
Anyway, I hate that he suffered an injury like that. I believe that he would have broken Jim Brown's record and put it out of reach for just about anyone else if he could have had a full NFL career. He was an outstanding athlete.
This is nuttiness! What makes her an expert on steroid induced injuries?
Bo Jackson was simply one of the greatest athletes ever. He wasn't too muscular or bulked up, like steroids would have done to him, he was simply very well proportioned for sports. You can BUY a body like that..
If I remember correctly, Bo got a really nasty career-ending injury. I've never heard anything about his hip degenerating over time. The paper is in big trouble.
me too
it was....
it was against the Bengals in like 1992 or 1993 I think....
Flat out making up the quotes and claims, are we?
Most of the steroids stories tend to be of these outrageous claims that don't make a whole lot of sense. They're just kind of an irrational response upon hearing the word "steroid," as though it is responsible for all the ills of contemporary life.
The common use of steroids is as an aid in recovering from injuries. Almost anybody who's had a fairly debilitating injury has been prescribed steroids to speed the recovery process. As such, it'd probably be difficult to find anyone who hasn't taken steroids at some point in their lives.
But then when a guy dies from some massive abuse of opiates or speed, they try to implicate steroids as the major cause of that event. And then, how does a substance produce feminine characteristics in males and masculine characteristics in females is puzzling and contradictory, as though they were using any tactic to produce an irrational fear in using them.
What has been noted is that the level of testosterone in both males and females is an indicator of the general of health and robustness of individuals. It seems as though the media is trying to build the case that one should not be healthy but suboptimal as the ideal, or at least normal.
It would seem to me that the good use of steroids is in the elderly in which the levels of testosterone drop quite dramatically -- and if this is the lacking ingredient, it would make sense to boost this presence at that stage of one's life, as a standard practice. Young people obviously have less of a need for hormonal enhancements -- and have a great tendency for the abuse of anything because of their inexperience.
That is my concern -- that one of the most promising and well-proven effective therapies may be thrown out because it is too successful and too effective -- which is too disruptive to the status quo, and it is the status quo that is threatened and must be protected at all costs -- even if it doesn't serve our longterm self-interests.
It sounds as though you are confusing corticosteroids and anabolic steroids.
Anabolic-androgenic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones. Anabolic(andrgenic) steroids promote growth of skeletal muscle and the development of male sexual characteristics.
Corticosteroids (glucocorticoids) are drugs closely related to cortisol, a hormone which is naturally produced in the adrenal cortex. They are prescribed for use as anti-inflammatories and act on the immune system by blocking the production of substances that trigger allergic and inflammatory actions.
I was at that game. Saw the tackle from the nose bleed section. He might still be playing baseball if he didn't try to do football as well.
Anyone remember how he'd break his bat in half after striking out?
By "steroids," I'm referring to that broad category of products with notable anabolic effects of optimizing cell and tissue functionizing that are the requisites for growth, health and optimal performance. It is highly unlikely that the favorable bodybuilding effect is limited only to the muscle tissues.
In one of the recent "steroid" stories I was referring to, the culprit was ephedra.
Bo knows legal action.
I hope Bo knows the newspaper business, 'cause he's about to own one.
yeah remember when he was going to bunt, but pulled the bat back and hit a homer?
he would also break them over his head too if I remember correctly....
Bo knows lawsuits.
"I'm not going to sit here and say, `Maybe I did or maybe I didn't,''' Jackson said. "I didn't. Never did. Never had to do."
Way to stand strong Bo!
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