It's not a big deal if your brother knows AC Slater.

You actually think Greenberg would consciously do anything the least bit controversial?

He's the epitome of a Disney Corporate suckhole.

Isn't this the general issue the media has with steroids. They act as though it will destroy the sport in baseball and if a player comes up on some list as having purchased HGH six years ago for something he is considered tainted. When an NFL player such as Merriman is suspended for using it is a blurb off the AP wire in the sidebar on ESPN.com. Greenberg is simply following ESPN editorial policy. Ignore steroids except when it happens in baseball.

Anon has it right. ESPN is in the NFL's pocket. If there are steroids in baseball, even when it's ancient history, Pedro Gomez is immediately helicoptered to the player's house so he can hide in the bushes and look for clues. Steroid use in the NFL is rampant by everyone's estimations, and ESPN refuses to even report on it. There's a reason why Playmakers was pulled so quickly: it was too close to the truth.

Yeah, because you know that if Michael Vick or Terrell Owens said that they used steroids, ESPN wouldn't cancel primetime programming to run "special reports" and "town hall meetings" on the topic, right?

Hell, those two guys don't even have to do or say anything to be the top story on SportsCenter.

Sort of like how ESPN thought "Roger Clemens MIGHT retire" was a big news story a couple of days ago.

I was listening to the show when the caller asked his question. Greenie tried to cut off the caller while he was asking the question; Golic went ahead and still answered. Still seems kind of hazy with his "I used it for a couple of weeks" response.

No way that Greenie is going to put Golic on the spot, unannounced, in the middle of the show. Golic would probably beat his skull in.

Golic also uses pot roast.

He's an addict.

brian,

i agree, this is shameful. even a statement from greeny that said, "i am against players using steroids and do not condone what my partner mike golic did years ago. That having been said, we will not discuss this on the show." would be better than completely ignoring it.

reason #197 that i prefer steve czaban and the FOX morning show to these guys.

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It's really, really odd at best, especially because Golic hasn't really hemmed on the admissions as far as I can tell -- Greenberg then just cuts it off. I don't know whether he's doing it to protect Golic or at his paymasters' bidding not to harm the NFL.

ESPN's policy:

-Make MLB look like a bunch like a bunch of greedy cheaters with terrible ownership and commissioner.

-Make NBA look like greedy thugs with corrupt officials everywhere.

-Ignore the NHL except when something bad happens.

-Make NFL players look great except for a few bad seeds that the great commissioner, Roger Goodell, will weed out of this great sport.

Steroids are common to take to rebuild muscle after surgery, and to aid in recuperation after illness or injury. We don't know if the steroids Golic took were for these reasons, or for the reasons that you're trying to jump at. Give it a rest until

...until more is found out, if it's even pursued.

I wonder if Greenie idolizes Bill O'Reilly...

Yeah, Corbin. ESPN never blows anything out of proportion.

Or maybe Kobe's trade demands are this important.

Greenie or Greenzo?

Maybe Greenie is on Greenies.

I never said anything about them blowing it out of proportion. I'm saying that Golic could have taken them for very different and normal reasons than we are seeing today.

You mean the Rodney Harrison defense: "I did it to recover from injury not to gain an unfair advantage."

How is that not an unfair advantage?

I'm the guy who made the call to ESPN ... hello all. I called in because I read on this very blog about Golic's admission earlier in the week and the refusal of Greenberg or Golic or anyone else to follow-up on it.

corbin is correct that Golic may have been prescribed steroids by a physician. I have no idea. The reason that I do not know the context of his steroid use/abuse is because Golic and ESPN refuse to discuss it. Considering that the Mike & Mike Show discusses steroid abuse quite regularly, it is absurd that they do not address Golic's own history head-on.

One minor quibble with the ProFootballTalk post; I was not cut off by anyone. They rarely take calls, and the screener (who had no idea that I would mention Golic's steroid use) was clear to me that I would only have 10-15 seconds to speak. I was allowed to ask my question, and they put it on air. They certainly could have dumped it. For that, I give them credit. For their refusal to acknowledge this elephant in the room, I give them no credit.

I made the call to try to keep the topc alive, in the hope that Golic will eventually discuss this in further detail. If you agree that this is newsworthy and interesting, please continue to raise the question online, in print, and by calling in to radio shows. I doubt Mike & Mike will be taking many calls soon, so you may not have a chance to ask the question directly. Ask other ESPN hosts. Eventually, we can probably force this topic to the foreground.

All I can suggest is to bombard them with e-mails asking about it. Kudos for having the guts to call in about it.

Greenberg is a shill, and he would never do anything to damage the M&M brand.

PS - The reason they mock hockey is because ESPN doesn't have an NHL deal anymore.

Greeny completely side stepped the question like the caller flung poo at him. Lame. But seriously, if you go to M&M for hard hitting journalism, you're about as dumb as Sean Salisbury.

greenberg is so horrible.

Whenever I see his book in Borders, I make sure to hid it behind another title.

I think we can safely say, Mike Greenberg, "JUST SHUT UP!!"

hawkeye state, I agree 100% In fact, one of the sports talk hosts in Detroit had a rant about this very topic a few months ago.

who cares? get a life people. i don't care if golic or anybody else uses steroids or hgh. every athlete tries to enhance their performance anyway they can, from grade school to the pros. find something else to whine about.

Ignorance doesn't make things that are illegal right or go away, anon.