No Juice For You - Update

Just kidding, Vikings! Your defense will be in tact this sunday.

CBSsports is reporting that a US Circuit Court Judge has blocked the NFL from suspending Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Vikings and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the Saints this Sunday. The judge needs more time to go through all the evidence, and in the meantime, the boys can play.

Vikings DTs cleared to play: A federal judge on Friday blocked the NFL from suspending five players for violating the league's anti-doping policy. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said he needed more time to consider the case after hearing several hours of arguments from the league and the NFL Players Association. Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Vikings and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the Saints were suspended this week for four games each for testing positive for a banned diuretic in the dietary supplement StarCaps. The union argued the NFL didn't properly inform players about the substance. The NFL's attorneys argued that that claim, and others, had been considered and rejected in a process set out by the league's collective bargaining agreement.

Hmmmmm. Sounds a little strange to me, but whatever. I do have the Vikings D starting on my fantasy roster this week :D

I know my Viqueens-hating buddy Mr. IllOrange is not happy!

-boogie

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No Juice For You.

CBSSsports reports:

"The NFL has suspended Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the Saints, Vikings DLs Pat Williams and Kevin Williams and Houston's Bryan Pittman for violating its steroid policy. All of these players are suspended through the end of the NFL's 2008 regular season and are eligible to return for the playoffs this year if their team advances that far. In a statement, the NFL said that "the players specifically violated a longstanding provision of the policy relating to the use of diuretics and water pills, which serve as masking agents for steroids and are potentially dangerous to the health of players. The policy states that the use of so-called 'blocking' or 'masking' agents, including diuretics and water pills, is prohibited and that a positive test will not be excused because it results from the use of a dietary supplement that unknowingly contained a banned substance. Supplements are not regulated or monitored by the government and players have been warned about the risks of supplement use."

Kids: Just say no.
Adults: Update your fantasy line-ups accordingly.

-boogie

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Jose Canseco Just Doesn't Know When to Quit

After being a dominant player in a scandal that rocked the baseball world, it seems Jose Canseco still hasn't learned his lesson. Canseco was caught with HGC, which essentially is a drug that reverts your balls to normal size after a round of steroid treatment.

Now, the question is.. is he kidding me? Is he absolutely kidding me? The man marred his name and his otherwise brilliant career with steroids and he is back on the wagon. Anabolic steroid abusers do face some of the pains of drug withdrawal, so quitting for Jose may not be as easy as he would like.

But here's the thing, Jose retired from Major League Baseball in 2002. What, pray tell, does he need steroids for? His independent baseball league that he no longer plays for? His celebrity boxing match stints? Or maybe just to beat the tar out of more people at clubs?

Jose is a damn shame.

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