Found February 09, 2009 on The Chuck Knoblog:
As I said before A-Rod should come clean and that is exactly what he did today on ESPN. What he generally said was that he took PEDs from 2001 to 2003. Here is his full quotes from ESPN
"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at ...
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