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A candid conversation with Tony Mandarich

By Sam Alipour
Special to Page 2

Friday, October 3, 2008

On Tuesday morning, Showtime circulated a news release stating that Tony Mandarich, the epic NFL draft bust, would appear on "Inside the NFL" and admit to using steroids in college, cheating a drug test on the eve of the 1988 Rose Bowl and underachieving during a turbulent NFL career. On Tuesday afternoon, America yawned. We suspected Ante Josip "Tony" Mandarich, once billed as "The Incredible Bulk" and "the best offensive lineman prospect ever" by Sports Illustrated, was too good to be true. ...

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