define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); PEDs – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court On Arizona’s Uncertain (Immediate?) Future… http://rushthecourt.net/2018/02/23/on-arizonas-uncertain-immediate-future/ http://rushthecourt.net/2018/02/23/on-arizonas-uncertain-immediate-future/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:45:13 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=132755

Allonzo Trier’s suspension yesterday came with great emotion, at least from the perspective of an Arizona fan. Immediately, it’s upsetting. Trier is in his third season in Tucson but it’s been closer to one-and-a-half. It was a broken hand during his freshman year that led to missing seven critical mid-conference games. The Wildcats went 5-2 in his absence during that stretch. They’d finish 6-4 upon his return. His sophomore campaign started in January because of a 19-game suspension. The Wildcats went 17-2 without him and 15-3 after his return. So while his absence hasn’t always led to Arizona’s demise, his [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2018/02/23/on-arizonas-uncertain-immediate-future/feed/ 0 Mark Cuban’s Little Shop of PEDs http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/08/mark-cubans-little-shop-of-peds/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/08/mark-cubans-little-shop-of-peds/#respond Tue, 08 May 2007 18:54:17 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/08/mark-cubans-little-shop-of-peds/

In June’s Men’s Journal magazine, Mark Cuban has created a bit of a stir by saying that, as long as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) do not cause harm to the athletes, he doesn’t see anything wrong with their use in sports. Maybe his reaction is a response to the Mavs’ somnambulant appearance last week during the Warriors – if anyone needed an “upper,” it was those guys – but it is an interesting proposition.

Again, the assumption here is that a PED of the future would not cause physical, mental or emotional harm to the athlete – we can [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2007/05/08/mark-cubans-little-shop-of-peds/feed/ 0