"Americans come over here to get the stuff they can't get so easily in the U.S.," he said. "Steroids are very popular with the teenagers and guys from the universities."

We know anything goes in TJ, but still, this can't be good for business.

Skating on thin ice

As part of New York's revised bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced this week a plan to create an Olympic-size pool and ice skating rink in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

We understand the pool. You need a pool. Gotta have a pool. Now about that ice skating rink ...

Skating on thin ice ... again

In a similar story, The New York Times reported this week that 19-year-old figure skater Sarah Hughes has signed on to cover the Summer Olympics for a CBS affiliate in Gotham. Yes, ice figure skater Sarah Hughes.

It's unclear whether the mayor had a hand in the decision-making process.

Doubly awesome

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, freestyle motocross pro Travis Pastrana appears likely to attempt the first-ever double backflip in the closing event of the 10th-anniversary X Games tonight at Home Depot Center live on ESPN2.

"If you mess it up, you're unconscious for sure," Pastrana said at Wednesday's news conference. "Go straight to the hospital. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."

Despite its extreme nature, the Monopoly reference is not expected to increase ratings.

I feel happy

In a scene reminiscent of the "I'm not dead yet," exchange from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 77-year-old Penn State football coach Joe Paterno made the following comments at the Big Ten media day this week.

"I think that's the fascinating part of the situation I'm in right now. There are a lot of people out there saying, 'He's ready to be buried.' And I don't think I#m ready to be buried."