Jerry McGuire Super-Agent Perpetuates the Lyle Alzado Steroid Myth

[Steroid News]

Renowned super sports agent Leigh Steinberg, the inspiration for movie “Jerry Maguire”, fails in his attempt to connect steroids to football deaths. "The deaths of Raider defensive linemen Lyle Alzado and John Matuzak from cancer that many felt was steroid induced sent a ripple of fear through the NFL,” according to Steinberg. While John Matuzak may have used anabolic steroids as Steinberg suggests, Matuzak did not die from cancer. The official cause of death was heart failure due to an overdose of Darvocet (dextropropoxyphene) with traces of cocaine found in his system. This hardly represents an example of the deadly dangers of steroids.

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