More Steroid Mess -- John "Rockhead" Rocker, David Bell & Wrestler Kurt Angle Implicated...

Well, looks like we have a few more baseball entries into the steroid mess, infielder David Bell and, ugh, the ‘Rockhead’ John Rocker, along with popular wrestler Kurt Angle and professional bodybuilder Victor Martinez.

According to ESPN, “two other people linked to a nationwide investigation into the illegal sale of steroids were arraigned Tuesday on drug-related charges as published reports implicated more athletes, including former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker and veteran third baseman David Bell.”

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“Also Tuesday, SI.com reported Rocker, Bell and 1996 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kurt Angle all showed up on a client list of Applied Pharmacy, a Mobile, Ala., company raided in connection with the investigation.

Through his spokeswoman, Rocker, who pitched for the Braves, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, denied any knowledge of the prescription and denied ever receiving a banned substance, SI.com reported.

Bell, a veteran third baseman who is not on a major league roster for 2007, told SI.com he received the shipment of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) last April but said the drug was prescribed "for a medical condition," which he declined to disclose.

Soares also acknowledged that bodybuilder Victor Martinez was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case and is linked to the Lamperts' Anti-Aging Centers. Martinez won the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition Saturday in Ohio.

Martinez told The New York Times he bought testosterone from the Lamperts after their clinic told him he had low levels of the hormone. He also said the company asked him to become a partner, but he declined.

"I didn't trust them, and other people were warning me not to do business with them," Martinez told The Times. (ESPN)

It is safe to assume almost all athletes from all walks of life and involved in this mess.

Nothing really surprises me much anymore in sport, and athletes, much like anyone in human nature will sometimes break the ‘moral’ code and do what is needed to win.

Thanks to Ian of Random Thoughts for the tip!