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[Mr. Roboto]

NEW YORK (AP)—Already the highest-paid player, Alex Rodriguez wanted to prove himself one of the greatest. Instead, he wound up atop another list: the highest-profile player to confess to cheating in baseball’s steroids era.

The All-Star third baseman, responding to a weekend Sports Illustrated report that he flunked a drug test, told ESPN on Monday he used banned substances while playing with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03 to justify his 10-year, $252 million contract.

“Back then it was a different culture,” Rodriguez said. “It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid. I was naive, and I wanted to prove to everyone that, you know, I was worth, you know—and being one of the greatest players of all time.”

He said he didn’t do it before that and quit during spring training in 2003, before the first of three AL MVP seasons, because “I’ve proved to myself and to everyone that I don’t need any of that.” He was traded to the New York Yankees before the 2004 season, and said he hasn’t used since.

The admission came two days after Sports Illustrated reported on its Web site that Rodriguez was among 104 names on a list of players who tested positive for steroids in 2003, when testing was intended to determine the extent of steroid use in baseball. The results weren’t subject to discipline and were supposed to remain anonymous, but were seized by the government in 2004 and remain under seal.

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[Timothy]

Is anybody shocked by this???

[Macker]

I did them just to watch a game back then!

[LISA]

sorry but I think A-Rod is an A-Hole...no one should be surprised by this...I personally think he takes it up the hoop on occasion

[Timothy]

dude take a bat there.

[Macker]

They held a press conference........Who cares?

[Timothy]

Is it just me or is this much worse then the swimming dude smoking pot??

[Macker]

Again Who cares? Especially with Phelps. All you have is a picture of a guy with his mouth on a bong....There is no other proof except for the fact that he admitted it. He's human and has been training for years and years to win for his Olympic Team. He did and to totally humiliate him or tarnish him for smoking a bowl is wrong. It's more wrong for the scum to take and hand in pictures of him than him smoking pot. That's my opinion. Everyone was doing roids back then so who cares at this point. For the guys who are straight edge, more power to them I hope they do just as well or better.