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drug taking

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:24 pm
by awgazzm69
was chatting a couple of years ago to a just retired reporter who had covered the last god knows how many olympics , heavyweight boxing title fights,world cups etc etc blah di blah, and i was amazed when he told me they ( the press lads ) all knew ages before about the likes of flo jo,carl lewis,ben johnson, and linford christies drug raps he told me they all knew but were told under no circumstances were they ever to say a word in their reports or pieces written to papers etc the threat?? no more interviews EVER!! he said its a terrible thing to know they are cheats and then have to watch and report on them to the media ie;reteurs etc and get articles published to make a living all the time knowing they are frauds and cheats

Re: drug taking

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:51 pm
by max_tranmere
That may have happened years ago in the pre-internet days but now things can be put out there very anonymously. Stuff like that today would be all over the web and everyone who is interested in these type things would know. Just look at the footballer Ryan Giggs and that Big Brother bimbo he was banging. It was against the rules for newspapers to name him but it was already all over the internet.

Re: drug taking

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:10 pm
by Essex Lad
Some things are put out there but an awful lot stays hidden... still. Oooh the stories I could tell you...

Re: drug taking

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:21 pm
by Arginald Valleywater
The entire world of Golf knew Woods was banging everything in site and there were rumours of him using non approved drugs to help his knee rehab but the press were warned off by Nike. Out Tiger and a whole host of Nike stars will be damned hard to interview.