Mark Zeigler from the San Diego Union Tribune is the very best when it comes to covering the Olympics and drugs in sport. Our chat this time, for a change, had nothing to do with cycling or track and field, but instead our focus was on the fact that the national media continues to ignore the very real possibility that the steroids, HGH, testosterone, and other performance enhancing drugs being used routinely by professional football players could be playing a huge role in the domestic violence epidemic the NFL is now dealing with. Compared to the drug testing programs of the Olympic sports, the NFL’s testing is an absolute joke, according to Zeigler. As usual, this conversation is a must listen.

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