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Ex-Players Analysts Unsympathetic to Romanowski
Not another steroid user crying crocodile tears on national TV. First there was the weepy Mark McGwire taking the fifth on whether he took illegal drugs. Now we get Bill Romanowski, king of cheap shot artists during his 16-year NFL career, sniffling in an interview with Scott Pelley on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday.
This is the same Romanowski who snapped the finger of Dave Meggett in a pile, shattered Kerry Collins' jaw with a questionable hit and ended the career of ex-teammate Marcus Williams by punching him in the face (in practice), breaking his eye socket.
The same Romanowski who practically drools over the Collins jawbreaker, saying it was one of the "best hits of my career." The same Romanowski who not only admits taking steroids to Pelley but also injecting "live" cells from Scottish sheep and swallowing 100 assorted pills a day.
Howard Cosell said the "jockocracy" of ex-players/coaches-turned-sportscasters protected each other. But give points to the team at CBS' NFL Today and others for not making excuses for Romanowski. Or calling him a "warrior."
Dan Marino of CBS called him "sad," while ESPN's Mike Ditka noted most of Romanowski's greatest hits were "from behind, out of bounds or after the whistle." The harshest comments came from Shannon Sharpe, a former teammate and opponent.
CBS showed a disturbing clip of Romanowski twisting Sharpe's arm on a tackle, dislocating his elbow. Sharpe said he'll "go to his grave" believing Romanowski deliberately tried to injure him. And that Romanowski would do anything - taking steroids, gouging eyes, breaking ankles - to stay in the NFL.
In an interview Sunday with USA TODAY, the CBS analyst added he didn't believe Romanowski's excuses about the play then and doesn't believe his claim now that he only used steroids for his last two seasons. Said Sharpe: "He didn't play because he was talented. He played because he cheated the system."
Similar to Jose Canseco's situation, Romanowski's steroid revelations are timed around a new autobiography, Romo: My Life on the Edge, hitting bookstores this week. CBS analyst Boomer Esaison called Romanowski's comments a "pathetic attempt to sell a book." You think?
Source: usatoday.com
This is the same Romanowski who snapped the finger of Dave Meggett in a pile, shattered Kerry Collins' jaw with a questionable hit and ended the career of ex-teammate Marcus Williams by punching him in the face (in practice), breaking his eye socket.
The same Romanowski who practically drools over the Collins jawbreaker, saying it was one of the "best hits of my career." The same Romanowski who not only admits taking steroids to Pelley but also injecting "live" cells from Scottish sheep and swallowing 100 assorted pills a day.
Howard Cosell said the "jockocracy" of ex-players/coaches-turned-sportscasters protected each other. But give points to the team at CBS' NFL Today and others for not making excuses for Romanowski. Or calling him a "warrior."
Dan Marino of CBS called him "sad," while ESPN's Mike Ditka noted most of Romanowski's greatest hits were "from behind, out of bounds or after the whistle." The harshest comments came from Shannon Sharpe, a former teammate and opponent.
CBS showed a disturbing clip of Romanowski twisting Sharpe's arm on a tackle, dislocating his elbow. Sharpe said he'll "go to his grave" believing Romanowski deliberately tried to injure him. And that Romanowski would do anything - taking steroids, gouging eyes, breaking ankles - to stay in the NFL.
In an interview Sunday with USA TODAY, the CBS analyst added he didn't believe Romanowski's excuses about the play then and doesn't believe his claim now that he only used steroids for his last two seasons. Said Sharpe: "He didn't play because he was talented. He played because he cheated the system."
Similar to Jose Canseco's situation, Romanowski's steroid revelations are timed around a new autobiography, Romo: My Life on the Edge, hitting bookstores this week. CBS analyst Boomer Esaison called Romanowski's comments a "pathetic attempt to sell a book." You think?
Source: usatoday.com