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Former Steelers doctor embraced HGH

By Mike Fish
ESPN.com

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- At 6:45 on a Friday morning in October, Dr. Richard Rydze is perched behind the cluttered desk in his second-floor corner office, surrounded by autographed Pittsburgh Steelers footballs and photos. Just over his shoulder, a window provides a view of the Monongahela River and, just beyond it, Heinz Field, home to the Steelers. Rydze wears a thick Super Bowl XL ring on his right hand, a reward for his work during the Steelers' 2006 championship season. A nurse scurries about the ex ...

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