Earlier, we asked whether American runner Antonio Pettigrew is a doper. Now we know the answer. From the AP:

Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew admitted publicly for the first time Thursday that he used performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful sprinting career in which he passed all drug tests.

So our Doper’s List of Shame continues to grow longer. Pettigrew was coached by American Trevor Graham who, as we reported here, is under trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators.

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Poor Ronaldo. First he hires prostitutes who turned out to be men. Then one of them prostitutes, the fame seeking Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino a.k.a Andreia Albertine, tried to extort money from him. Then Ronaldo tried hiding from the public hoping that the issue will die but the scandal raged on.

Then TIM, a mobile company, canceled Ronaldo’s endorsement contract worth US $4.8million. And then our reliable source (yeah, we have reliable sources here at the blog hehe) tells us that Nike is also reviewing its endorsement deal with Ronaldo.

Hah. These companies. Talk about fairweather friends. Now they’re dumping Ronaldo because he mistakenly went out with trannies? Come on, be kind to the guy. He was denied sex, for crying out loud. Are you going to deny him his millions too?

And you, Nike, I hope you don’t go dumping our fav, Liu Xiang. Yeah, even if he too mistakenly hires trannies. Or steps on them Beijing cats that Olympic organizers are trying to kill.

Take note, Nike, if you ever dump Liu Xiang, my old Nike running shoes will fly to the garbage can faster than you can say “Swoosh”.

This is just sad. Someone needs to help this guy. He’s American but if his free fall continues, he might end up like former Nigerian star athletes who, according to Olusuji Fasuba, end up begging in the streets.

Associated Press: Former track star Tim Montgomery has been indicted on heroin distribution charges, the Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reported Thursday.

The 33-year-old sprinter was arrested Wednesday on a sealed indictment, accused of dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia over the past year, according to the newspaper.

Montgomery was being held at the Portsmouth city jail, said Karin Johnson, public information officer for the Portsmouth sheriff’s office. She said U.S. marshals brought him in Wednesday night.

Montgomery told the newspaper he knew nothing of the accusations and that his arrest was a “total surprise.”

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Here’s The Olympian Blog’s first rule in good manners and right conduct (GMRC): If you just qualified for the Olympics, don’t get drunk and elbow a fellow swimmer — or anyone for that matter — in the face.

This is the lesson we learn from the story of swimmer Nick D’Arcy who was dropped from Australia’s swimming team after his teammate Simon Cowley charged him with serious assault. Here’s Cowley with a bruised face (photo courtesy of news.com.au). You can read the report about the charge here.

D’Arcy plans to appeal his dumping so you can be sure we will have future posts on him. Do you think his remorseful puppy dog look in the photo below (courtesy of Sydney Morning Herald) will help him in his appeal?

We’re undecided whether Australia’s swimming authorities overreacted in kicking him out but we certainly do not condone his alleged act of violence.

By the way, what’s up with Australian swimmers, ba? Is there something wrong in the swimming pools Down There that make its Olympians go astray. We first reported about Scott Miller being charged with drug dealing. And then we have this D’Arcy vs. Cowley elbowing-in-the-face incident.

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Olympic silver medalist Scott Miller of Australia was arrested following a drug bust by authorities in Sydney.

Miller, according to Australia’s heraldsun, used to be the “pin-up boy of Australian swimming”. Unfortunately, if the charges stick and he’s convicted, he’ll be staring at pin-ups in a jail cell or something. You can read the report about Miller’s arrest here.

Ahh, Olympians, we admire them for their achievements but we have to remember that they are people too.