Viva Viagra

The continuing story about Roger Clemens and performance enhancing drugs took an unexpectedly bizarre turn the other day when it was revealed that Rocket kept pills of Viagra, the erectile-dysfunction drug, in his locker. Clemens' interest in the drug was spurred not by performance between the sheets but between the white lines. Apparently, many athletes in a variety of sports "have turned to Viagra because they believe it helps dilate blood vessels and delivers oxygen, nutrients and steroids to various muscle groups more efficiently." However, Dr. Lewis Maharam, medical director of the New York Marathon, notes that the benefits might be overblown: "I don't think there is any evidence it's a performance enhancer, except in the bedroom."