A high school teammate of Alex Rodriguez's told Roberts that A-Rod was on steroids as a prep player.
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Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts joined the show to discuss the excerpt of her upcoming book on Alex Rodriguez that ran in the New York Daily News.
Roberts commented on the report A-Rod may have used steroids in high school. She pointed to Rodriguez's own statements on his high school career.
"He said as a sophomore he could barely bench press 100 pounds," Roberts said. "Six months later he's bulked up 20-25 pounds and he had increased his level from 100 pounds to 310 pounds. That's a pretty shocking leap for six months. That, in conjuntion with the reporting that I did with [his high school] teammates would make it irrefutable to me, not a 'may have.'"
-- Roberts thinks A-Rod was lying during his Spring Training press conference. "Sources came to me and said there were some things he said during his the press conference that just didn't jive," Roberts said.
Roberts said that people approached her after the press conference: "The issue of him saying it was just from '01, '02 and '03 raised a lot of suspicion among everyone that was listening to it. But also the people who knew him and had evidence of other issues with him at other times came forward to me and said, 'Listen, that's not exactly what's going on here. Here's what else went on.'"
-- Roberts says people around the Yankees thought he was still taking something because of the visual evidence. Roberts thinks Rodriguez knew his teammates called him "B--- T---s." He was in on the joke. And it's visible in the YouTube clip of A-Rod on Letterman.
-- Roberts thinks a lot of people around Rodriguez took advantage of him when he was young. People needed him to be great for their own selfish reasons. "He was molded from an early stage by the adults around him," Roberts said. "I do think he's in some ways a sympathetic character."
-- Dan asked Selena if she thought A-Rod was doing steroids with the Mariners. Roberts said there is visual evidence he did and cited Jose Canseco's statements that Rodriguez did.
-- Roberts said she did not write about extra-marital affairs or A-Rod's sexuality. "I never wrote anything about his bedroom life," Roberts said. "That was pure speculation on other people's part."
-- Roberts said that she has no idea how the New York Daily News got a manuscript of the book, because she doesn't even have a book in her hands. "I don't have any issues with the way they described [the book]," Roberts said. |
SI's Selena Roberts clarifies A-Rod steroids report
Robert Beck/SI
Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts joined the show to discuss the excerpt of her upcoming book on Alex Rodriguez that ran in the New York Daily News.
Roberts commented on the report A-Rod may have used steroids in high school. She pointed to Rodriguez's own statements on his high school career.
"He said as a sophomore he could barely bench press 100 pounds," Roberts said. "Six months later he's bulked up 20-25 pounds and he had increased his level from 100 pounds to 310 pounds. That's a pretty shocking leap for six months. That, in conjuntion with the reporting that I did with [his high school] teammates would make it irrefutable to me, not a 'may have.'"
-- Roberts thinks A-Rod was lying during his Spring Training press conference. "Sources came to me and said there were some things he said during his the press conference that just didn't jive," Roberts said.
Roberts said that people approached her after the press conference: "The issue of him saying it was just from '01, '02 and '03 raised a lot of suspicion among everyone that was listening to it. But also the people who knew him and had evidence of other issues with him at other times came forward to me and said, 'Listen, that's not exactly what's going on here. Here's what else went on.'"
-- Roberts says people around the Yankees thought he was still taking something because of the visual evidence. Roberts thinks Rodriguez knew his teammates called him "B--- T---s." He was in on the joke. And it's visible in the YouTube clip of A-Rod on Letterman.
-- Roberts thinks a lot of people around Rodriguez took advantage of him when he was young. People needed him to be great for their own selfish reasons. "He was molded from an early stage by the adults around him," Roberts said. "I do think he's in some ways a sympathetic character."
-- Dan asked Selena if she thought A-Rod was doing steroids with the Mariners. Roberts said there is visual evidence he did and cited Jose Canseco's statements that Rodriguez did.
-- Roberts said she did not write about extra-marital affairs or A-Rod's sexuality. "I never wrote anything about his bedroom life," Roberts said. "That was pure speculation on other people's part."
-- Roberts said that she has no idea how the New York Daily News got a manuscript of the book, because she doesn't even have a book in her hands. "I don't have any issues with the way they described [the book]," Roberts said.