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If Everything Is a Drug, Then Nothing Is a Drug

I saw Harry Edwards on Jim Rome on Showtime argue that we are in no position to judge athletes for using performance-enhancing drugs since we’re all drug addicts, taking our coffee, aspirin, wine, sleeping pills, Cialis, etc. 

I concede we medicate ourselves with all those things, including TV and sugar, but if we say everything is a drug and make a moral equivalent to all “drugs” we consume, then the idea of “drug” and “addiction” become meaningless.

There must be a scale or hierarchy in which we determine magnitude and application of a product and how we use or misuse it.

If, for example, an organization says an even playing field is produced by banning Substance X, then that substance is illegal and can’t be compared to coffee.

In these kinds of arguments, I find inflexible moral relativism as useless as inflexible moral absolutism.

 

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Dan Patrick Dismisses Rumors That Keith Olbermann Has Reached Out to ESPN, "The Mothership"

Today Dan Patrick said Keith Olbermann would be better suited to the MLB Network, not ESPN, where it is rumored that Olbermann is trying to get his job back there. 

Patrick said he wanted to make it clear he himself would NEVER attempt to return to "The Mothership," as he calls ESPN with a certain ironic disdain.

Patrick made it clear that most of ESPN employees are fine people but a few producers "behind the scenes believed they were bigger than the talent and you can't have that."

"I outgrew the Mothership and they outgrew me so we're both better off," he said, in my attempt to capture Patrick's words as good as possible. 

Regarding Olbermann, Patrick said he was "too polarizing" for ESPN and while he'd provide them "good buzz" the buzz would be short-lived.

For the record, I'm a huge Dan Patrick fan, have been for 25 years, so you know whose side I take.

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Dan Patrick and His Co-Host Seton Both Use "Sociopath" to Describe Lance Armstrong on Oprah

At different points of Dan Patrick's radio program, first co-host Seton and then Dan Patrick used "sociopath" to describe Lance Armstrong's personality as he attempted damage control on Oprah.

The competitor in Armstrong, Patrick said, is the same fuel behind Roger Clemens and others. These men cannot save themselves from themselves. 

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Dan Patrick Says the Mothership (ESPN) Quoted Deadspin So the Manti Te'O Story Must be Big

This morning Dan Patrick says when he worked at the Mothership (ESPN), he and the others were under strict orders to never use Deadspin as a source, but he explained that ESPN is crediting Deadspin for the Manti Te-O Hoax story evidencing how big the story is. 

Update:

After Dan Patrick's intro, he had on Deadspin reporter who speculated that ESPN knew about the hoax before the Notre Dame game but didn't report it because "corporate politics" dictate that the games' ratings on ESPN come before any breaking and distracting news. 

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When Your Sports Idols Fall Short of Your Ideal

Today Colin Cowherd began his show by explaining that for many people the story of Lance Armstrong is similar to that of Ken Griffey, Jr. Both were adulated as sports icons. But Cowherd said over and over he heard stories about these guys having personalities that fell woefully short of the tall pedestal their fans put them on. 

It turns out in Armsstrong's case, he didn't just lie. He destroyed those who told the truth because the truth threatened Armstrong. That is perhaps Armstrong's biggest failing. 

That's a lot to swallow for those who looked at Armstrong as a hero and an inspiration for overcoming a life-threatening disease. 

There's another disease: blind idolatry. 

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Pete Carroll Displaying Worst NFL Coaching I've Ever Seen

In today's playoff game against the Falcons, the Seahawks have twice been close for an easy 3-point field goal but Pete Carroll opted to try for touchdowns and the Seahawks have ZERO points. This is the worst coaching I've seen in a playoff game. 

CBS Sports Radio and Jim Rome Have Been Added to the Jack 93.1 HD 2 Feed in Los Angeles

Karl writes:

CBS Sports Radio and Jim Rome have been added to the Jack 93.1 HD 2 feed in Los Angeles as of Wednesday.

http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=226757.0

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Colin Cowherd said Dwight Howard had to be retrained from attacking Kobe Bryant when Bryant called him soft. 

They're losing, they're slow, they're old, they're overpaid.

In contrast, local ESPN reporter said if you listen to recent interview with Clippers' Matt Barnes you can hear children playing nearby. Players' kids at the training facility? Sounds like Chris Paul is keeping things loose.

On the other hand, Kobe seems to assert his ego and authority in a way that is causing his team to implode. 

Kobe's legacy could be tainted by this, far worse than stories of Michael Jordan bullying his teammates. Jordan's tactics usually had a positive outcome. The same cannot be said for Kobe. 

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RGIII's Injured Knee a Blip Or Part of Long-Term Problem?

Colin Cowherd said this morning that RGIII's knee injury is not a small glitch in a glorious career, but part of the fragility that will define an injury-prone career.

RGIII ranks so high in likeability that I can only hope Cowherd is wrong. 

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I'm Not Feeling the Jim Rome Magic on the New Show, 1090 AM

Something is lost. The Jim Rome show seems less intimate and personal, more business to me. I could be wrong. Maybe the show will find its tracks in the next month or so. Another blogger has noticed some changes, not necessarily for the better, as well. 

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