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NEW YORK (AP) -- Bill Romanowski used steroids and human growth hormone supplied by Victor Conte, the former NFL linebacker tells CBS' ``60 Minutes'' in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.

Romanowski said he took illegal steroids for a two-year period starting in 2001 and got them from Conte, the former head of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which has been at the center of a steroids controversy in several sports.

``I took (human growth hormone) for a brief period and ... I definitely didn't receive what I got out of THG,'' Romanowski said, referring to another drug he got from Conte.

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</NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>In November 2003, the NFL notified Romanowski that he tested positive for the steroid THG.

Romanowski played linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders in a 16-year career that ended in 2003.

Last May, he agreed to pay former Raiders teammate Marcus Williams $415,000 in damages for a hit to the face during a practice drill in 2003. Williams' career ended after his eye socket was broken.

Romanowski played for the Raiders during their 2002 Super Bowl season. He writes about his NFL career in a soon-to-be-released book, ``Romo, My Life on the Edge.''
 

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"Romo, My Life on the Edge.''

"My Vida Loca"

Anytime there is some big admitance of drug use, it should be a no brainer the new book is right there along with it.
 

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This guy is a piece of trash. Bulked up on illegal steroids to prolong his career. Snapped, broke a guys face and cost that guy millions. And now he's going to profit more from his roid use by writing a book about it. A total f'n loser.
 
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This guy is a piece of trash. Bulked up on illegal steroids to prolong his career. Snapped, broke a guys face and cost that guy millions. And now he's going to profit more from his roid use by writing a book about it. A total f'n loser.

That's a pretty damn accurate description of how I feel about it. That roid rage punch ruined a career, and the juiced up prick got off damn cheap.
 

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"Romo, My Life on the Edge.''

"My Vida Loca"

Anytime there is some big admitance of drug use, it should be a no brainer the new book is right there along with it.


I really liked the way this guy played. This book sickens me
 

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Romanowski was a warrior who basically had two full careers, pre roids and post roids....when you look abck at his final days in SF, he was clearly slowing down...he leaves SF and has many great years in Denver and several well publicized 'roid rage' meltdowns , a couple court battles ...if there is any justice he will drop dead at 52...sorry if that sounds harsh, he knew what he was doing.....

He once said something to the affect his body was a Mercedes that need the top fuel to put into it ,and lets not forget he was the Bowflex guy lol.
 
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Roid rage & whacked out on meth (diet pills) would probably do it to anyone.
 
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Romo juiced while a Bronco
Ex-player admits steroid use in '01
By Mike Klis
Denver Post Staff Writer

No longer can Broncos fans dismiss the transgressions of Bill Romanowski as those of an aging linebacker who didn't cheat until he started playing with the Oakland Raiders.

Baring his soul during a "60 Minutes" interview, Romanowski said he first started using steroids during his final season with the Denver Broncos in 2001.

In an interview that will air Sunday night on CBS, Romanowski said he took illegal steroids from the spring of 2001 to the fall of 2003.

"I don't know if you actually knew, but I don't think you're surprised," said former Broncos offensive lineman David Diaz-Infante, who was Romanowski's teammate during the Super Bowl championship seasons of 1997-98 and during the 2001 season. "Was it prevalent in the locker room? No way. Romo was into a lot of different things. He had the passion for training and was always looking for every way to improve himself. Where those boundaries crossed, I don't know."

Broncos spokesman Jim Saccomano said the team would not comment Thursday night. Romanowski could not be reached.

In excerpts from his "60 Minutes" interview released Thursday, Romanowski said he received his illicit performance-enhancing drugs from BALCO co-founder Victor Conte Jr., who has since pleaded guilty to selling illegal steroids. The case against Conte involved the designer steroid THG and implicated many high-profile athletes, including baseball slugger Barry Bonds. No athletes were charged in the federal case against BALCO, a sports nutrition center in Burlingame, Calif.

The NFL reported Romanowski tested positive for THG while playing his final year in the league with the Raiders in 2003.

"I took (human growth hormone) for a brief period and ... I definitely didn't receive what I got out of THG," Romanowski told "60 Minutes." The interview was granted to promote his upcoming book, "Romo, My Life on the Edge," co-authored by former Denver Post reporter Adam Schefter.

Romanowski was known as a fierce hitter who played with a game-day rage, and his arrival in Denver coincided with the Broncos' meteoric rise from 8-8 in 1995 to 13-3 in his first season of 1996. Next came two Super Bowl championships, but despite all his success, Romanowski often drew as much disparagement as praise.

His spit in the face of San Francisco receiver J.J. Stokes during a 1997 game was captured up close by "Monday Night Football" cameras. He mocked the intelligence of Pittsburgh quarterback Kordell Stewart during the 1997 AFC Championship Game. In his "60 Minutes" interview, Romanowski spoke about how he purposely snapped a finger that he felt at the bottom of pile, thinking the finger belonged to New York Giants running back Dave Meggett. It did.

And in 2001, Romanowski was embroiled in a highly publicized trial in which he was charged with acquiring illegal prescription diet pills. He was acquitted. After leaving Denver, Romanowski signed with the Oakland Raiders, where he punched a teammate, Marcus Williams, essentially ending the backup tight end's career.

Stokes, Stewart, Meggett and Williams are all African-American, which prompted accusations of racism against Romanowski.

And now comes Romanowski's confession that he began using illicit drugs in his final season with the Broncos.

"I had a little boy who looks up to his dad and he said, 'Dad, did you do drugs?" Romanowski said in the "60 Minutes" interview. "That one hurt more than anything. ... I compromised my morality to get ahead, to play another year, to play two more years, to win another Super Bowl."

Former teammate Mark Schlereth, a Broncos offensive guard who retired after the 2000 season, said that while Romanowski made some unfortunate decisions, he understands how athletes, particularly those at the end of their careers, could be tempted by steroids.

"Romo was always an extremely hard worker," he said. "He had a frenetic pace about him when it came to training and taking care of himself. One thing people need to understand, taking a steroid or growth hormone unto itself does not increase performance. You still have to work very hard for those drugs to have an effect on your body.

"And another thing people don't understand is that it's not the fear of losing fame or money that motivates athletes to use steroids. It's the fear of failure. When you watch yourself on film and go, 'I'd have made that play three years ago,' that would be motivation to use steroids. That doesn't make it right, but I understand how he got to where he is."

http://denverpost.com/sports/ci_3115222
 

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I cant wait to see this. What a nut job this guy is. He talks about how he purposely broke dave meggets finger and that when he broke kerry collins face it was "the best hit of my carrer"

the way he talks too. He sounds so creepy, like a damn lunatic.

Shannon sharpe said worst thing about romo is he'd do something like what i described above, then he'd apologize and say "thats not me, thats not who I am" then he'd be out there next week trying to twist a guys ankle or gouge someone in the eye.
 

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i doubt that book will sell 25,000 copies.. publisher will lose money on that deal..
 

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Steroids

I Know This Will Start Some Sht But When I See And Listen To More And More Of This Drug Crap Maybe Pete Rose Should Have Been A Doper.
I Think More High School Athletes Etc. Have Been Influnced By The Dopers
Then The Bettors. Just My Opinion
 

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“I felt I could take myself to a place where other guys weren’t willing to go because come Sunday after a game, I already started hating the next opponent. I started hating the guy I was going to go against,” says Romanowski. “I hated the coaches. I hated their fans. I hated their family. You name it. And by the time I got onto that field come Sunday, watch out because there was rage.” :mad::mad::mad:
 
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I Think More High School Athletes Etc. Have Been Influnced By The Dopers

I was a walk on wrestler at Nebraska....TRUST ME, a LOT of the high school kids have been influenced by the dopers. I had no idea until guys 35 pounds lighter than me could toss me around like a rag doll.
 

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SAD STORY..Guy lives his life being the toughest he can be, then weeps like a baby because of the choices he made..
 

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Not a shocker to me. He looked too obvious that he took it. I watched a real sports segment one time about roids and one former nfl player was like if I had to use it to keep my job i would. You know what, I know alot of people who would juice if it gave them an opportunity to play in the nfl. Shit I'm know one guy who plays for den now and he def was on it. When he was in High school he was 215 and then in college 240-259 umm.... right.
 

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Romo's career was nearing its end when hewas with SF! He literally had a rebirth after the drugs...I distinclty remember wondering how he made it back, and looked like brand new player.
 

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SI had an article a couple months ago about Marcus Williams, the TE whose career Romo ruined with the puch to the eye socket. Romo looked like a total jerk in that article, winking and smiling at Williams in the courtroom when the jury was not there, and bargaining with Williams before trial, saying: "I owe you man, call me anytime and I'll help you", then not giving Williams his phone number or any way to contact him.

Guy was and is a jerk.
 

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Romo will drop dead at 55 , the things he did, he ruined a few peoples lives and didn't care...

he looks much smaller from what I saw of the 60 minutes piece, what a scumbag!
 

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Very sad story. But i am sure that Romo was not, and is not, all by himslef in this. There are others right now that are doing no telling what to themselves. As always the truth will come to the surface, someday!
 

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