Friday, December 03, 2004
No Joy in Mudville Thursday December 02, 2004 6:00PM PT
Jason Giambi Nothing sends folks rushing to their keyboards like a controversy -- just ask Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi (+224%). The former league MVP and a star slugger in the center of the much publicized BALCO case has admitted taking steroids, according to grand jury testimony from last year. While many have long believed Giambi's talent wasn't exactly 100% natural, his testimony is the first admission that strange things really were afoot at the BALCO lab. The news (which was just made public) sparked searches on the deodorant pitchman, the case, and several other athletes under fire for alleged doping. Searches on household names Barry Bonds (+87%) and Gary Sheffield (+74%), two power hitters also rumored to be "juicing," took off on the Giambi news, as did interest in track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Also spiking were searches on Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, and the late Ken Caminiti, another former MVP who admitted he used steroids during his prime.
Jason Giambi Nothing sends folks rushing to their keyboards like a controversy -- just ask Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi (+224%). The former league MVP and a star slugger in the center of the much publicized BALCO case has admitted taking steroids, according to grand jury testimony from last year. While many have long believed Giambi's talent wasn't exactly 100% natural, his testimony is the first admission that strange things really were afoot at the BALCO lab. The news (which was just made public) sparked searches on the deodorant pitchman, the case, and several other athletes under fire for alleged doping. Searches on household names Barry Bonds (+87%) and Gary Sheffield (+74%), two power hitters also rumored to be "juicing," took off on the Giambi news, as did interest in track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Also spiking were searches on Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, and the late Ken Caminiti, another former MVP who admitted he used steroids during his prime.
