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WWE stopped my steroid use

MR KENNEDY has hit back at the WWE's critics - insisting that, while there have been many drug problems in the wrestling business, the majority of today's stars are now clean.

In the lengthiest interview with any current WWE employee since grappler Chris Benoit murdered his wife and child, Ken admits that he, like Benoit, took steroids.

But he adds when the WWE introduced their Wellness Policy after the death of Eddie Guerrero in November 2005 it forced him to give them up.

He told us: "I don't take steroids, but I have taken steroids in the past.

"I never took a lot, but when I was working the independent scene I was trying everything I could.

"I never took massive amounts of steroids and do you know why I stopped taking them?

"Because of the Wellness Policy...More?

Ex-NBA Referee Tim Donaghy to Name Others in Betting Probe

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty this week to felony betting charges, will point the finger at other officials as he cooperates with federal authorities in a betting probe, ESPN reported Friday.

Donaghy will give prosecutors as many as 20 names of other NBA officials and will detail their participation in gambling activity, ESPN reported. The specifics of the gambling allegations are reportedly believed to include betting in casinos, which referees are banned from doing by NBA regulations...More?

George Foreman: "I Love The UFC

The following is from a Yahoo! Sports interview-article with former boxing Heavyweight champion George Foreman:

"I love the UFC. I love it," Foreman said. "If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me."

Not every boxer has something negative to say.

Hulk Hogan's Miami Mansion Robbed

TMZ.com is reporting that Hulk Hogan’s family home in Miami, Florida was robbed of an estimated $100,000.00 in jewelry last night.

According to reports, the jewels were taken while the Hogan family was in the process of moving out of the home. Among the stolen goods were a diamond-encrusted watch and two gold chains.

WWE Tidbit

Annually, WWE distributes about 40,000 backstage passes in all. About 30,000 for local and WWE crew, 7,000 VIP, 2,000 full access and about 1,000 photo passes.

Chyna In Rehab After Relapse

Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer has checked herself into the Pasadena Recovery Center after suffering a relapse several weeks ago. Many news websites have reported Joanie has inked a deal with VH1 to turn her stay in rehab into a reality TV series, which has now been confirmed by her managers. "Joanie was already set to got to rehab when VH1 approached her about doing a TV deal". Anthony Anzaldo (Laurer's manager) said. "VH1 agreed to pay for Joanie's rehab if she allowed them to film certain aspects of her recovery...More?

Death Grip - Pro Wrestlers' Grim Cycle: Pain, Drugs And Doom

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, best friends through thin times and thickening bodies, strutted in shared triumph around the ring in Madison Square Garden. Guerrero had just successfully defended his World Wrestling Entertainment title; Benoit had defeated two opponents to wear the belt as world heavyweight champion.

The wrestling was scripted, but the mutual sense of achievement on March 14, 2004, was real. After all the travel on back roads, the spiritual and pharmacological comfort, the dreams and near-death, the two pals had reached the professional pinnacle together.

Both were relatively small men in a business of behemoths, and both had built stupendous physiques by pumping their muscles with steroids and human growth hormones. After years of wandering through wrestling's grimy lower levels, the men -- now in their mid-30s -- had grown into well-paid star attractions in WWE, the richest and most glamorous wrestling enterprise.

Side by side at the Garden, their boyhood dreams finally realized, the easygoing, Mexican-born Guerrero and the intense, Canadian-born Benoit stood on the mountaintop, seemingly in peak physical form.

Within a little more than three years, both would be dead...More?

WWE Stock Plunge

WWE's stock (NASDAQ:WWE) closed at $13.89 yesterday, the lowest it has closed since November 2005. The stock closed at $14.06 on Tuesday.

Man Reveals Legend of Mystery Visitor to Edgar Allan Poe's Grave

For decades, a mysterious figure dressed in black, his features cloaked by a wide-brimmed hat and scarf, crept into a churchyard to lay three roses and a bottle of cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.

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D.C. to Fire 3 Over Woman's Detention as a Man

District officials plan to fire three corrections officers who failed to realize a woman was being held in the male detention unit at the D.C. jail last month even after she had been strip-searched and allowed to shower with male inmates, government sources said yesterday.

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WWE Statement On Congressional Submission

WWE has responded to the request it received from the Congressional Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection and submitted information on Wednesday August 15th 2007 regarding WWE’s Talent Wellness Program. To view WWE’s response in full, please click here