The great thing about the item below is the next time Clemens & his lawyer are at an airport and Rusty Hardon is paged, they can both accept the phone call. From the New York Daily News‘ quintet of Thompson, Red, O’Keefe and Vinton :
Roger Clemens, whose claims he never took steroids are under federal investigation, has apparently discovered the benefits of another performance-enhancing drug sweeping the sports world – Viagra.
Clemens stashed the clearly marked, diamond-shaped pills in a GNC vitamin bottle in his locker at Yankee Stadium, according to a source familiar with the clubhouse, perhaps keeping the drug undercover to avoid the inevitable wisecracks about all the girlfriends he needed to please.
Clemens wasn’t alone. The pitcher, who is believed to have scored the drug from a teammate, joined the burgeoning number of athletes who have turned Vitamin V and its over-the-counter substitutes into one of the hottest drugs in locker rooms.
Among the off-label uses for Viagra, which first went on the market in 1998, it:
* – Helps build endurance, especially for athletes who compete at high altitudes
* – Delivers oxygen, nutrients and performance-enhancing drugs to muscles more efficiently
* – Counteracts the impotence that can be a side-effect of testosterone injections
Many jocks even use Viagra for its intended use – as an erectile dysfunction drug, particularly as a remedy for too much partying.
With 5 reporters on the case, I don’t wanna challenge the Daily News’ findings. But there’s something screwy about claiming the Rocket “scored the drug from a teammate”. Don Zimmer would have to be considered a coach.