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Published on Friday, Sep 12, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Ron Hornaday Jr., the defending NASCAR Craftsman Trucks champion who is second in this year's standings, admitted using testosterone for more than a year before it was added to the sport's banned list.
Hornaday, 50, told ESPN he received shipments of testosterone and human growth hormone from December 2004 to January 2006, and that the drugs came from an anti-aging center that has been linked to drug-related scandals in the NFL and Major League Baseball.
Hornaday, who won the Camping World 200 on Saturday, acknowledged taking testosterone when shown records from the Palm Beach (Fla.) Rejuvenation Center during an interview with ESPN at his home in North Carolina on Tuesday. He said the growth hormone was sent to his home for his wife's use. He said he used the testosterone to treat a medical condition that later turned out to be a hyperactive thyroid.
Hornaday provided records to ESPN showing that the drugs were prescribed by doctors at the clinic within a day of his visit. He said he didn't see or speak with a doctor before receiving the prescription, and used it roughly every day for 13 months by rubbing a ''pea-sized'' amount onto his thigh.
''I couldn't see a difference,'' he said. ''That's why I stopped.''
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston told ESPN that Hornaday had not informed anyone in the organization that he was using testosterone and that officials would seek more information from him before the Camping World RV Rental 200 in New Hampshire this weekend.
''It's hard to see whether it's a violation or not,'' said Poston, who noted that NASCAR's drug-testing policy prohibits the abuse of all drugs. ''There are certain prescriptions that drivers can take, and we look at them on a case-by-case basis. If it's not putting other drivers at risk or enhancing performance — and it's used as intended — we'll make determinations as they come up.''
NHL: Eric Staal gets $57.75 million deal
• The Carolina Hurricanes signed Eric Staal to a seven-year contract extension. The deal worth $57.75 million will pay the center an average of $8.25 million starting in 2009-10 and will last through the 2015-16 season. Staal, 23, was a two-time All-Star, most valuable player of last year's All-Star game and key component of the Carolina team that won the 2006 Stanley Cup.
• Patrick Roy will have his No. 33 retired by the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 22 before the team's game against the Boston Bruins. Roy, who previously had his number retired by the Colorado Avalanche, is the NHL's only three-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Roy, the winningest goaltender in league history, retired after the 2002-03 playoffs. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006.
Golf: Rookies share LPGA tourney lead
• China's Shanshan Feng shot a 5-under 67, playing a four-hole stretch in 5 under, for a share of the first-round lead with fellow LPGA Tour rookie Anna Rawson in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala. Nicole Castrale, Angela Park, Michelle Ellis and Irene Cho opened with 68s.
• Richard Finch of England and Jean-Francois Lucquin of France each shot a 6-under 66 to share the first-round lead at the Mercedes Benz Championship, a tuneup for the Ryder Cup, in Pulheim, Germany. Finch, who won the Irish Open in May, birdied five of his first seven holes and had four birdies on the back nine. Robert Karlsson followed the leaders with a 67.
NBA: Garrity retiring after 10 years
• Orlando Magic forward Pat Garrity is retiring from the NBA. Garrity, 32, played 10 pro seasons — nine with the Magic — after spending his rookie year with the Phoenix Suns. He appeared in 513 games for Orlando, second most in franchise history. Garrity averaged 7.3 points in 20 minutes a game.
• Minnesota Timberwolves center Jason Collins had surgery to repair a ruptured triceps tendon in his right elbow. The team said Collins was injured in a freak golf accident when his cart skidded on some wet ground and tipped over. The former Stanford star will miss all of training camp and the start of the regular season.
Cycling: Armstrong wins Aspen race
• Lance Armstrong won the Aspen Cycling Club's 10-mile Smuggler-Hunter Creek mountain bike race, one day after announcing his return to seek an eighth victory in the Tour de France. He finished in 57 minutes, 10 seconds — 14 seconds ahead of the second-place rider in Aspen, Colo.
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