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  • The Pittsburgh Steelers quietly fire testosterone/HGH doc

    06/16/2007

    The Steelers have removed Dr. Richard Rydze from their medical staff roster, an apparent reaction to the revelation in March that he had purchased $150,000 in testosterone and human growth hormone with his own credit card.

    Rydze was interviewed by investigators from Albany County, N.Y., in February, but never accused by them of any wrongdoing. Nevertheless, his employers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center began their own investigation after his name surfaced in the New York case.

    More than three months later, UPMC officials are not ready to comment about their investigation, said Susan Manko of the hospital's news bureau.

    Steelers President Art Rooney II declined comment yesterday on the team's dropping Dr. Rydze, an internist, after 21 years of working mostly on game days for them. Previously, Rooney said, "There is no evidence that Dr. Rydze prescribed or provided any hormone treatments to any of our players. Dr. Rydze has assured me that this has never happened and will never happen."

    Nevertheless, having a doctor on their staff connected to steroids purchases apparently was not something the Steelers believed they could tolerate.

    The NFL bans the use of any kind of steroids or human growth hormone. Dr. Rydze previously told Sports Illustrated he uses the HGH to treat older patients. He is medical director of the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Facility, according to his bio on a UPMC Web site.

    Rydze's name surfaced during an investigation by an Albany, N.Y., prosecutor into an illicit steroids distribution network that led authorities to raid two facilities in Orlando, Fla., and arrest four company officials in February

  • The Rooney family have lobbied the NFL to officially change their name to "The Roidsburgh Cheaters."

    The three "cycloids" in the Squealer logo will be changed to to the shape of HGH pills. Vertical stripes will be added to the jersey and pants to reflect the Squealers CLOSE relationship to the NFL officials.

    Doug

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    The Rooney family have lobbied the NFL to officially change their name to "The Roidsburgh Cheaters."

    The three "cycloids" in the Squealer logo will be changed to to the shape of HGH pills. Vertical stripes will be added to the jersey and pants to reflect the Squealers CLOSE relationship to the NFL officials.

    Doug

    @furnier said:

    The Rooney family have lobbied the NFL to officially change their name to "The Roidsburgh Cheaters."

    The three "cycloids" in the Squealer logo will be changed to to the shape of HGH pills. Vertical stripes will be added to the jersey and pants to reflect the Squealers CLOSE relationship to the NFL officials.

    Doug

    1. This happened a few years ago. Way to beat a dead horse (of course, what else can you beat)

    2. The league tests for roids so to blindly say all the Steelers are on roids is as dumb as the one idiot on here saying the browns were gonna win today!

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