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So Is This Better or Worse For Sports Than Using Steroids?

Sez here that "A Congolese boxer has been accused of using black magic to overpower his opponent and weaken the referee during a grudge match in Zambia." Best round, I'd say, was the last one, when "a referee collapsed and had to be carried from the ring."

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Comments to "So Is This Better or Worse For Sports Than Using Steroids?":

WSDave | February 10, 2005, 6:16pm | #

Black magic? Wasn't he a basketball player?

That would explain the Bo-sox last year.

digamma | February 11, 2005, 12:12am | #

That would explain the Bo-sox last year.

Or it could explain the Bosox every year between 1918 and last year.

Sen. John McCain, R, AZ | February 11, 2005, 11:56am | #

I fully expect that the major sports governing bodies will take action to prevent any use of black magic in sports in the U.S. Otherwise, I will have to convene immediate Congressional hearings into the matter, and introduce legislation banning this odious performance-enhancing magic.