Author: Dr. Steroids

The Miami Heat have gotten off to a disappointing start with a 9-8 record. Even for people with realistic expectations of the difficulties involved in acclimating an entire roster to a new system, it has been disappointing. There were several questions surrounding the highly hyped team. Who would play point guard, did they have enough big men, and how would the ball sharing work? The biggest pre-season question was whether or not Erik Spoelstra was the head coach for this team. Team president Pat Riley was the engineer and architect for what people were calling a super-team. Many of us…

I know, you’ve probably never heard of teff. I hadn’t either until three years ago when I started reading the blog of a friend with adopted children who still makes their Ethiopian favorites. There, among the exotic names and beautiful faces, was a tiny little grain with big fat nutrition. Since that time, I’ve come to regard teff as the most nutritious grain you’ve never heard of. It’s so healthy that it’s used to treat malnutrition in Africa. It’s so small that 150 grains equal the size of one kernel of wheat. Today, I hope you’ll come to recognize its…

The San Francisco 49ers lost RB Frank Gore for the season to a broken hip. Gore was hurt on the Niners first series, but returned to the game briefly before he was forced out by pain. He had 5 carries for 52-yards in the 27-6 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Gore’s replacement, veteran Brian Westbrook, filled in with 136-yards rushing and a touchdown. Westbrook had only nine yards rushing entering Monday’s game, but it looks like he will receive the bulk of the carries with the injury to Gore. Gore finished the season with 853-yards rushing and 452-yard receiving. This…

Mindi Smith is as decorated a bodybuilder as she is stunningly beautiful. She has a contest history of 2009 WBFF World Championships – 5th place Pro Fitness; 2009 NPC Sacramento – 1st place Figure; 2009 NPC Nationals – 1st place Overall Figure; 2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro – 1st place Figure; 2010 IFBB Figure International – 4th place; and 2010 IFBB Europa Super Show – 7th place Figure. She started lifting weights and working out at the gym during her senior year of high school after being involved in cross country, track & field, basketball, and volleyball. She turned to the…

On Monday a source confirmed to ESPN.com’s Joe Schad that Texas Christian University would join the Big East conference effective 2012. TCU currently plays in the Mountain West Conference and has a 12-0 record placing them third in the BCS standings. By switching to the Big East, TCU would automatically qualify for a major BCS bowl game with their current record. Without the Boise State loss on Saturday night to Nevada it is likely TCU would have been forced out of an opportunity to play in a major BCS bowl game. There is still the possibility that TCU could play…

We had some changes in life over the last two weeks, but not such big changes on the scale. I’m surprisingly OK with that, given how busy life has been. I started Rolfing, changed gyms, and took a more moderate approach to my weight loss efforts. New Digs I joined a different gym, and the class menu is exciting. There are almost 70 classes per week, giving me zero excuses to skip. The childcare area is lovely, though the new baby has to be three months old before she’s allowed to go. Given that we’re heading into cold and flu…

The University of Miami has got to be the stupidest college in America.  I don’t care if it’s a private school.  I don’t care if they have “good programs,” and I certainly don’t care that they used to have Butch Davis, Larry Coker, Dennis Erickson and Jimmy Johnson coaching them. They don’t now, and that’s their problem.  They think it’s still 1991 and they should be undefeated, etc.  They think they should own the college football landscape.  They think they should be almighty and powerful (and they forget that they lost the national title in 2002 to Ohio State.  I…

Anthony Roberts is in hot water again, and it appears his blog www.anthonyrobertsonline.com, which was seized by US marshals was the first, but not the last of his cyber-hate platforms to be seized. Thanks to a brave new host in South Africa, along with the work of many forensic specialists and coordinated legal teams here and abroad, www.anthonyroberts.co.za has also been shut down. Years ago, if a bully was picking on you at a playground, you’d tolerate it for only so long before reaching your breaking point – the point where you’ve received enough torment –  you’d decide to wait…

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Madonna and every new boyfriend she has  — these are a few famous women who have gone younger when it comes to their men. Once upon a time the common story of a young woman being whisked away by an older man has expanded to include young men and older women. An older woman represents wisdom and confidence. She knows what she wants in a relationship because she’s had a few in her lifetime that taught her exactly about who she is. Like wine, she is refined and sophisticated, but…

The first quarter of the 2010-2011 National Hockey League has passed for most teams and, while Stanley Cups are not won or lost in November, the time is arriving soon to sort out the pretenders from the contenders. What follows is a report card for all 15 teams in the Eastern Conference through the first 20 games of this new season. Eastern Conference Philadelphia Flyers Through 22 games, the Flyers have compiled 30 points and lead the Atlantic Division by 4 points. The Flyers are second in the league in goal scoring with an average of 3.5 goals per game…