From time to time, we’ll be sounding off on what sports figures would be better off shutting their mouth. We start with Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who has come out and criticized players for using steroids.

Curt Schilling loves opening up his mouth. He’s done it his entire career, whether it’s criticizing Phillies closer Mitch Williams or sounding off on steroids. It looks like Curt has opened up his mouth again, stating that steroid users should have all their accomplishments erased from the records. But for once, somebody besides the blogging world is sick of Curt Schilling. His name is Jose Canseco.

“What a horrendous performance he put on with the spotlight on him in front of the whole world and he could have said something important. Of all people to be saying something like that. Are you kidding me? He’s a complete hypocrite. Nobody takes him seriously. People around baseball all feel the same way about him.

“I could care less what Schilling thinks.”

For once, Canseco isn’t talking out of his ass and making some sense here. When various Major League Baseball players went in front of Congress in 2005, they all gagged in the spotlight and said nothing worthwhile. Sammy Sosa forgot English, Mark McGwire didn’t want to talk about the past, and Curt Schilling simply talked out of his ass, something he does quite a bit. Two years ago, Schilling said the steroid problem in baseball was “overstated and that he “never saw a syringe.” Now he’s bashing his fellow players. Tell us Curt. What do you really think?

For being an incredibly clutch pitcher and one of the best in the last 25 years, it’s really hard to like Schilling. He’ll throw fellow players under the bus when talking to reporters or writing on his blog. But when the time comes for Schilling to make a difference and take action, he backs into a corner. Do us all a favor, Mr. Schilling. Shut the hell up. Thank you.

With Barry Bonds hitting his 750th homer to move just five away from Hank Aaron, the inevitable discussion of steroids will only continue. But as it turns out, juicing is not some new fad. It’s been going on for millions of years. The following clip is from Dinosaurs, one of my favorite TV shows growing up. The show dealt with a number of adult topics: Endangered species, “Happy Plant”, and steroids. This clip consists of Robbie Sinclair roiding out and feeling the negative effects. Take note Barry. You don’t want to be throwing bathroom sinks around, do you?

If you’ve ever attended a PGA Champion’s Tour Event, you’ll notice the average person on the property has probably fought in a world war. Nevertheless, president Rick George is taking no chances with the integrity of the game. It will adopt a steroid policy that coincides with the regular PGA Tour, which is possibly the best thing I’ve ever heard.

“We’ll adopt whatever policies the PGA Tour does,” George said Monday during a midseason report on the state of the tour. “I certainly don’t (think it’s a problem). But I think if the tour adopts a policy, it’s important that the Champions Tour adopt the same policy.”

To play in the Champion’s Tour, a player must be over 50 years old. That essentially eliminates any chance that someone will be cheating. By that age, taking any juice is probably going to send your shriveled body into shock. The only performance-enhancing drug these guys take are Cialis and the effective steroid cocktail, Iced Tea Lemonade. Considering most players on tour probably have uncooperative bladders, getting everybody’s pee into a cup is going to be a difficult proposition.

I understand the need for drug testing in nearly all sports or competition. Hell, I can even justify it for chess tournaments. But old fogies on a golf course are not ‘roiding. All this is going to do is trigger an outcry when someone’s Osteoporosis medication triggers a positive test. Does this guy look like a steroid user? I think not.

Note: The picture is not of any particular person. He was just the result when I Googled “old man steroids.”

Bud Selig continued his tap dancing around the issue of steroids in Major League Baseball again this week, this time, with Jason Giambi. After Giambi basically came out and told the media that he had taken steroids, Selig demanded that he meet with George Mitchell, the head of an investigation into steroids in baseball. I have no idea what Selig was trying to accomplish here. This meeting is pointless and probably won’t aid the investigation, while at the same time making Selig look like a bum, as ususal.

Giambi admitted to using steroids, the issue should end there, Selig demanding a meeting from him isn’t going to change the fact that he took steroids. Nor is it going to change the fact that Major League Baseball is doing everything that they possibly can to cover up the problem with steroids. Selig claims that he wants to fight the steroids issue, but I for one don’t see him taking any proactive steps in that direction. The Mitchell investigation is a joke, in the time it has been going on nothing definitive has been decided, and Giambi will be the first current player to talk to the committee. Why should a committee designed to find out the extent of steroid use in baseball bother interviewing people who are no longer in the game? I guess you could argue that Giambi testifying for them is a step in the right direction, but when it comes with an ultimatum of talk or face “disciplinary actions” then it shows exactly how little power this organization has.

This uproar just seems ridiculous to me. Maybe its because I’ve become so accustomed to hearing stories of steroid use and investigation that I’m just unaffected by it now, but I don’t understand the big deal. Giambi admitted under grand jury testimony to taking steroids, and then he repeated himself to the press. So why now is this demand by Selig necessary? Why not 6 months ago? Is it because Giambi came out to the public and now baseball has to again look like they’re actually doing something about steroids? In my opinion; yes. MLB only acts upon this steroid problem when their name begins to get trashed, and that is exactly what we’re seeing right now with Jason Giambi.

The WWE tag team combination of Randy Orton and Edge may want to consider changing their name from Rated RKO to Rated HGH. This would be in light of the recent allegation that both of them took steroids. I know, shocker of the century. How could a WWE wrestler possibly take steroids or human growth hormone?

Edge and Orton are among four WWE wrestlers who have been outed during the most recent round of steroid investigation. They join Kurt Angle and the Hurricane as the members of the WWE who have been outed. Orton is one of the most obvious cases of steroid use; but Edge, not so much. Regardless, you have to assume that these guys are using whatever they can to sculpt their bodies as well as get in shape for their blows they take week after week.

I guess it’s almost comical that amongst the serious investigation into allegations about Evander Holyfield, Gary Matthews Jr. and the like, these two come up. I think more people would be surprised if they were told that neither of these men took steroids than people will be surprised when they find this out.

If you were to do a drug test on everyone on the WWE I would expect that only Jim Ross would come up clean. Of course, all of the wrestlers implicated have declined to comment, leaving me with less material to make fun of them with. The fact that they can’t get their HGH or steroids straight from the WWE says something about the organization though, I guess they’re trying to keep it clean. It doesn’t help that their stars can simply get it online.

Evander Holyfield wants to know why his name is being thrown around in the most recent steroids scandal. He might also want to know what 2+2 is, and what his name is. Come on Evander, you aren’t that dumb are you? I’ve got an answer for you, and it lies in your profession.

Why would a boxer possibly use steroids or HGH? Hmmmm, I don’t know, maybe because it builds muscle? Or are we in a new era where boxers aren’t supposed to be ripped? I’m not saying Holyfield took steroids, I have no way of knowing that, but it would be naive to think that there aren’t boxers out there who would take them. In a sport essentially dominated by who can hit harder, wouldn’t building muscle mass be a nice advantage?

Holyfield points to the fact that his weight has stayed essentially the same throughout his career as his defense that he hasn’t taken steroids. Because you know, he couldn’t possibly have taken them his entire career. Holyfield couldn’t have pointed to negative drug tests or some other more definitive proof as his defense, no that would have made too much sense.

Again, I’m not accusing Holyfield of taking steroids, I just think his addressing of this issue was done poorly. I hoped that he would have had a manager or publicist to manage a situation like this. If he does, that’s someone I sure as hell don’t want on my side. Holyfield insists his name will be cleared, but if it isn’t this could create a big problem for the boxing world.