Mark F-Wada and Lance Williams - JackAss Of The Week April 11th, 2006 - April 20th, 2006 - April 12th, 2006
Maybe I am a bit prejudice due to the fact that I am a San Francisco Giants fan. Maybe this news item is getting old and you are tired of discussing the steroid issue in general, but after finishing chapter 13 in the new book Game of Shadows, I could not help myself. Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams easily win this weeks Jackass of the week. You probably ask the reason why I am picking these two as co-jackasses, well let me explain.
I am probably the last person on earth who is against freedom of the press, if it was not for this righteous right Sportsrant.com would not exist. I always, at least try, to back my stories, rants, or editorials with facts. Wada and Williams have so many facts in their book it just amazes me, some being so detailed; you wonder where they got them from. This is something that we probably will never know, something that they will always decline to offer I am sure.
So far the only stated source in the book is Kimberly Bell, Bonds’ ex-girlfriend who lost in court to Bonds and wrote her own book on her life as Barry’s biatch. This is common sense, if I was trying to sell a book about someone in the media, I would bad mouth them anyone that would get in my way.
The trouble that I have with these two reporters/authors is that their detailed events are by “anonymous’ sources and they refuse to share at a breathe where they received their information. Are they totally relying on Bell’s accounts of everything or is Barry’s Family leaking everything. Is it Greg Anderson, Bonds’ trainer who is trying to make a fast buck since he is not getting paid any longer?
If these two want any sort of credit, the please come forward and share some of your sources or at least make them credible, not “he said, she said”
For this Mr. Fainaru-Wada and Mr. Williams you are here by awarded Sports Jackass of the Week for April 12, 2006 to April 20, 2006.
Mike Simonds is the founder of Sportsrant.com and a self-proclaimed idiot on all sports topics from A to Z, You can reach him at simonds@sportsrant.com
