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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Kirk Gibson, Steroid User?
By Tangotiger, 02:07 PM
Steroid grandfather still physically and mentally muscular
He said that while Barry Bonds is made the personification of a cheater, others are given free rides. By way of example he points to one of the most famous home runs in baseball history. It was struck in the 1988 World Series by Kirk Gibson of the Dodgers, who received a cortisone shot before the game.
“Another steroid,” Clapp said.
Cortisone is a type of steroid that is produced naturally by a gland in your body called the adrenal gland....Cortisone is a powerful anti-inflammatory medication.
Ban on cortisone a giant headache, May 2005.
Eight Olympic sports ... pleading for the removal of glucocorticosteroids - commonly called cortisone - from WADA’s list of banned drugs.