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Some time back, I wrote an article calling out Al Jazeera for outing athletes for PED use from a single source that later recanted his testimony. Regardless of the questionable sourcing, Al Jazeera took no responsibility for the damage they were causing while the athletes involved were left to rebuild their tarnished image.
Fast Forward to right after Arrieta’s second career no-hitter, professional blow-hard and morally compromised Stephen A. Smith took to his usual soapbox to spout off about a subject he has absolutely no understanding in.
“I’m just looking at it, and I’m saying to myself, alright, I’m not going to accuse you of using performance-enhancing supplements, drugs, whatever you want to call them, but I will say that you shouldn’t just be laughing at those who are looking at you and saying, ‘Excuse me, what the hell is going on here?