Former-players-turned-analysts unsympathetic to Romanowski

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2005 | by Michael McCarthy

Not another steroid user crying crocodile tears on national TV. First there was the weepy Mark McGwire taking the fifth on whether he took illegal drugs. Now we get Bill Romanowski, king of cheap shot artists during his 16-year NFL career, sniffling in an interview with Scott Pelley on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday.

This is the same Romanowski who snapped the finger of Dave Meggett in a pile, shattered Kerry Collins' jaw with a questionable hit and ended the career of ex-teammate Marcus Williams by punching him in the face (in practice), breaking his eye socket.

The same Romanowski who practically drools over the Collins jawbreaker, saying it was one of the "best hits of my career." The same Romanowski who not only admits taking steroids to Pelley but also injecting...