Author: Dr. Steroids

Tagged as “The Next One” when he came into the NHL eight years ago, Eric Lindros brought speed, strength, and skill to a Philadelphia Flyers team desperately seeking a redeemer. The 18-year-old also brought a nastiness and a willingness to go that made him a fan favorite in the city that uncorked rock-em, sock-em hockey on the league 30 years ago. The only thing he can’t do is stay healthy. Over his career, Lindros has missed more than a season-and-a-half worth of games to injury, the latest a brain-bruise suffered March 4 in Boston. And the repercussions of that concussion…

Eastern Conference Round-up These guys just can’t stand prosperity. With the East-leading Devils in disarray, the Leafs took a week off, the Caps made up some ground, and the Flyers are still paying for their 0-5-1 season start. In the bottom of the draw, it’s OK for a nice guy to lay the lumber on a goon, Ottawa faces an uphill run, Buffalo seems to have found an answer, and the grittiest team in hockey may be the Montreal Canadiens. Next week, the West. The Mogilny Watch NEW JERSEY DEVILS 75GP, 42W, 25L, 5OTL, 8T, 97P Robby Ftorek gets fired,…

Ben Miller: Can you discuss your legal situation with WCW? Shane Douglas: Since Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have been brought back, my lawyer, Eric Weisenburger, has contacted Dinah Myers, their chief counsel, thinking that something might have changed in their situation and her words to my lawyer were, “Nothing has changed in WCW’s official stand against Shane Douglas (or Troy Martin), and basically, we are where we were last week. My lawyers contacted Mr. Thorton at King and Spalding in Atlanta, GA and go ahead and proceed. We had the papers all drawn up for litigation and we were…

Tell me about how life with Kidman has been? Are you confident you two can win matches together? Booker: Well, I’m sure of my part and what I am going to do when I go out to the ring. My main concern is Kidman. He’s running around with this blond haired blue eyed hoochie and right now, his nose is wide open. Hopefully, we’ll get on track tonight (ed.- vs. Harlem Heat 2000, which they won) because I’m looking into going into bigger and better things after this match. What would those bigger and better things be? B: The bigger…

You are now known as “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea,” or as someone I know calls you, the acronym. How do you like this change in gimmick? Iaukea: I enjoy it, I’m enjoying it right now. I spent about 16 months just trying to get on TV and do something. This is a lot of fun, it’s all I’ve ever asked for. How long is this title reign going to last? You’ve been taking on all sorts of competition. PI: Well, I don’t really consider it competition. I haven’t met up with anyone yet who has given me…

It just doesn’t get any better than this. The play-offs are just around the corner and there is great hockey every night of the week. The contenders are getting their game faces on, and even the pretenders are getting their last licks in before they get their golf clubs out. The lowly Nashville Predators, for instance, beat Edmonton and Phoenix, tied Colorado, and extended (but lost to) Detroit last week. From top-to-bottom, West to East, here’s the early call… Western Conference St. Louis Blues — The best road record, the most wins, the best defense pairing (Pronger for the Hart…

THESE GUYS CAME TO PLAY Who are the NHL’s money players heading down the stretch? These are the top performers for the two weeks ending 3/20 Eastern Conference LW   Gary Roberts, Carolina, 6 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8P C   Ron Francis, Carolina, 6 GP, 2G, 7A, 9P C Yannick Perrault, Toronto, 6GP, 5G, 4A, 9P RW Steve Thomas, Toronto, 8GP, 6G, 4A, 1P D Sean Hill, Carolina, 6GP, 6A, 6P, +3 D Wade Redden, Ottawa, 6GP, 1G, 4A, 5P, +6 G Curtis Joseph, Toronto, 4GP, 3-1, 1.75GAA, 1SO, 7G/115S Western Conference LW Markus Naslund, Vancouver, 8GP, 4G,…

Obviously, Miss Hancock is new here on the scene with WCW, how do you like it so far? Miss Hancock: Oh, I love it, it’s a blast. It’s like a big family, everyone’s been treating me so good, so I’m very happy to be here. How have you been getting along with the management? MH: I’ve been getting along great with the management. I appreciate that they come to me and ask me ‘would you this?’ or ‘would you not do this?’ So I am glad that I have some input in what I can and cannot do. You know,…

Scott, you’ve been out of action for a while, when can we expect you to be back on the scene? Scott Steiner: It all depends. I think everybody has heard why I was suspended, because I did an interview on Ric Flair, and I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true, but since this company is run by a bunch of old men, his friends, they tried to give me the heaviest fine in the history of wrestling. Of course, that didn’t hold up in a court of law cause it’s a bunch of bullshit. It just shows you that this…

Tank, give me your thoughts regarding the night of your title shot against Sid? Tell me about how you felt about that match. Tank Abbott: Well basically, I was out there and I achieved my objective, which was to hurt him. When he was getting his ribs checked out in the hospital, I was at the bar having a cocktail. I didn’t really care about what was going on, because he was in pain and I was in ecstasy having a good time. Could you take Ken Shamrock in a fight? TA: Well let’s put it this way, he had…