NFL coach admits taking steroids as a player

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — New Orleans Saints coach Jim Haslett admitted taking steroids during his days as a player for American football's Buffalo Bills.

The Los Angeles Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspapers reported the revelation came during the NFL owners meetings this week in Hawaii and just one week after US lawmakers conducted an 11-hour hearing in Washington on the impact of steroids in Major League Baseball.

"I didn't think it (steroids) was very good for you," Haslett told the Times. "I was hyper all the time. Got bloated, a fat face.

"But if you didn't (take steroids), you weren't as strong as everybody else, you weren't as fast as everybody else.

"That's the only reason to do it. Everybody's looking for a competitive edge."

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