Source: Canseco Accuses A-Rod Of Steroid Abuse, Wife Coveting, In New Book [Jose Canseco Is Back]

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Blog Roundup
Published 3/25/2008 by World of Isaac at The World of Isaac
... Canseco says Arod roided up {Deadspin} Mr. Big Shot comes up Big(for once) {Need4Sheed} Boston bars open at 530am for opening day {SbB} Why MSU will win the South {Ghosts of Wayne Fontes}

Wake Up, Wake Up: Up You Wake!
Published 3/25/2008 by yaveras80 at When The Whistle Blows
+ Canseco accuses A-Rod of steroid abuse, wife coveting, in new book (Deadspin) + Why Ryan Clady's wonderlic score might make Chris Williams a better pick for Carolina. (Fanhouse) + How diamonds are made. (Yardbarker) + Canouflage is helping young sports fans. (Mister Irrelevant) + ESPN to send Gameday to Spring Football Game. (Awful Announcing)

Canseco fingers A-Rod and Clemens in "Vindicated" for steroids
Published 3/25/2008 by GRG51 at Steroid Nation
... Alex Rodriquez, Mags Ordonez, and Roger Clemens appear in Jose Canseco's book "Vindicated", according to Deadspin this morning. Not good. ...

Canseco Reportedly Unloads on A-Rod in New Book
Published 3/25/2008 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... have to wait a week or two to see if this is true, but Lavin appears to be a journalist of some type, so if he's making up the content of the book he has just committed career suicide. As for Canseco's allegations? He has a history of being right about the big things while being wrong about the little things, so who's to say how this all cuts? The only thing we know for sure is that the New York Post is going to have a blast coming up with headlines. (Link via Deadspin) ...

Canseco: I Introduced A-Rod To Steroids Supplier
Published 3/25/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
There’s now officially more evidence that Alex Rodriguez took steroids than there is that Barry Bonds took steroids. From Joe Lavin via Deadspin: As for Alex Rodriguez, [former Devil Ray great Jose] Canseco says he didn’t inject Rodriguez, but that he “introduced Alex to a known supplier of steroids.” Canseco didn’t mention Rodriguez in the first book because he “hated the bastard.” He was worried that people would have “questioned [his] motives” had he included ...

Book Leak: ARod, Magglio … Mike Wallace Juiced?
Published 3/25/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Will Leitch at DEADSPIN reports on a fan who bought and reviewed an accidently leaked copy of the new Jose Canseco book “Vindicated.” The book was somehow put out on sale at a Boston bookstore (oops!) - and purchased by someone named Joe Lavin . Unlike his namesake Steve, Joe actually has some noteworthy information for us. In the book Canesco apparently reveals that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroid supplier. He also claims that ARod was trying to sleep with his wife, and wrote, “ So A-Rod, if you’re reading this book, and if I’m not getting through ...

Jose Canseco Gives Alex Rodriguez Steroids, Draws Line at His Wife
Published 3/25/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... wife. And, in case there's any further confusion about Canseco's true feelings, he ends the chapter by saying: So A-Rod, if you're reading this book, and if I'm not getting through to you, let's get clear on one thing: I hate your f***ing guts. I guess that makes it official, everyone hates A-Rod. You've gotta draw a line somewhere. Canseco may be a drug-inflated narcissist but adultery rubs him the wrong way. (H/T Deadspin)   Permalink | Email this |  ...

Canseco’s New Allegations
Published 3/25/2008 by JC at Sabernomics
As has been reported on Deadspin, Baseball Primer, and soon-to-be everywhere on the internet, Jose Canseco’s latest list of names in his new book Vindicated has been leaked by Joe Lavin. The big names are Magglio Ordonez, Roger Clemens, and Alex Rodriguez. Even by Canseco’s standards, the evidence is weak. Ordonez is the only player whom he claims to have witnessed use, but we already knew about this story from Ordonez’s side. He accuses Clemens of telling jokes about steroids, and he says he ...

Here we go again with Canseco
Published 3/25/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
... The ever delightful Jose Canseco has another book coming out. According to a link featured on Deadspin.com, Canseco claimed he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids dealer. ...

Canseco claims he introduced A-Rod to steroid dealer
Published 3/25/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
In Canseco's new book "Vindicated," the former Bash-Brother says that he introduced the current Yankees third baseman to a steroid dealer, but did not inject him himself. Canseco also claims that A-Rod was constantly trying to sleep with his wife, a former Hooters girl. From Joe Lavin via Deadspin: As for Alex Rodriguez, Canseco says he didn't inject Rodriguez, but that he "introduced Alex to a known supplier of steroids." Canseco didn't mention Rodriguez in the first book because he "hated the bastard." He was worried that people would ...

The Canseco/A-Rod joke is on…someone
Published 3/25/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... By now, you, dear reader, may have read the Jose Canseco/Alex Rodriguez story spreading through the Internet. It started this morning with a Deadspin post, spread to ...

Blog Patrol: A-Rod Gets Shot Down By Jose
Published 3/25/2008 at FanIQ Blog
A surprisingly quiet day today. Guess everyone is gearing up for the Tourney. But here you go. Canseco is accusing A-Rod of not only taking steroids, but going after his former wife. [Deadspin] Long live the dreadlock rasta athlete. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante] Tiger Woods, F-bomb dropper. [The Big Lead] Tony Gonzalez - actor. [With Leather] The tale of Carmelo Anthony's kid's birthday cake. [Deuce of Davenport] Uh oh, Favre hasn't filed his retirement papers yet. Let ...

Canseco Says A-Rod Took Steroids
Published 3/25/2008 by NYteamsWin at Mets Prospects Minors Blog | MetsProspectus.com
Deadspin: "Once again, he's naming names, and, according to a man named Joe Lavin, who bought a copy accidentally put on sale early at a Boston bookstore, those names are Roger Clemens, Magglio Ordonez and Alex Rodriguez." Here are the excerpts Joe Lavin says were in the new book: (Spoiler Alert: Don't read any further if you don't want to know how the book ends!) "As for Alex Rodriguez, Canseco says he didn't inject Rodriguez, but that he "introduced Alex to a known supplier of steroids." Canseco ...

Who You Can Thank For The Juicy Canseco News
Published 3/26/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
The top story in the sports world so far this week is the leak of Jose Canseco’s new book “Vindicated.” The book wasn’t due out until next Monday, but a gent named Joe Lavin stumbled upon a copy and blogged about it . Will Leitch of DEADSPIN linked Mr. Lavin’s review of the book , and all hell broke loose. Every major media outlet is now reporting the news (or will be). An interesting question to ponder: Would Mr. Lavin’s revelations ever have made the main media without Deadspin’s help? We think we both know the answer to that. Can you imagine Lavin ...

Do we really still care about Jose Canseco?
Published 3/26/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... Truth is, there is only Canseco’s need to make money and his ax to grind against A-Rod. Did you ever notice, by the way, that the only players Canseco seems to try to impugn are guys who are better than he was? ...

A-Rod and Canseco Sitting in a Tree....
Published 3/27/2008 by Vince Mercandetti at Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball
... This whole Canseco-tell all-gossip fest is no exception. In case you missed it, here is the excerpt from the novel (because it is fiction), that includes Alex Rodriguez. Hopefully you caught earlier in the day when the full text was posted online. Here are the important notes to take out of this: ...