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Sports Illustrated has added a story today on its website concerning the recent allegations of steroid/HGH sales at Florida's Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. The story broke last week after several professional athletes were listed as customers. In today’s article, the story lists Kurt Angle as a new name added to the list of people being investigated. The article states:

Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic gold-medal-winning freestyle wrestler and now a star professional wrestler, received two prescriptions for trenbolone and one for nandrolone between October 2004 and February '05. (Angle did not return messages left with his spokesman.)

Both trenbolone and nandrolone are anabolic steroids; during the time of receiving these prescriptions, Angle was under contract with WWE.

Batista, reportedly, is not the most popular guy in the WWE locker room these days.

Looks like the same can be said of TNA Wrestling, at least as far as one star is concerned.

In the April edition of Men’s Fitness, Kurt Angle lashes out at the WWE World Champion. During an interview, Kurt speaks on several different topics from the transition from amateur to professional wrestling, getting in barroom brawls with his brother, and of course, the differences between WWE and TNA. While talking about this subjec,t he said the following about Batista:

"A guy like [WWE star] Batista can't walk and chew gum at the same time. He prefers wrestling with smaller guys than jacked up guys who "look” good to the crowd but doesn't know what he's doing."

TNA Wrestling star Kurt Angle is receiving a lot of press this week for appearing at the St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp.

The Associated Press, ESPN, MLB.com, and several other media outlets have featured stories on the Olympic Gold Medallist, who participated in batting practice with Albert Pujols. The former WWE great said the following about the National League MVP:

"By the time he retires, he'll be considered one of the best ever. It was an honor him telling me what to do in there. It would be like me getting him in the ring. I really admire these guys because of their work ethic and the way they go all year long."

• The debut of Kurt Angle in New Japan Pro Wrestling on February 18 will see Angle team with Yuji Nagata against Giant Bernar (former WWE star Albert/A-Train) and current TNA star Tomko.

• According to the website for the Family Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, ticket prices for TNA Wrestling's Lockdown PPV on April 15 will be $150, $125, $65, $55, $40 and $20. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 16.

Kurt Angle gave another candid interview to Bubba The Love Sponge on Thursday. Highlights of the discussion follow:

• Dixie Carter is paying him more than Vince McMahon ever did. He called her a better businessperson than McMahon and said that there's a rumor going around that an NFL owner might begin backing TNA Wrestling.

• Angle said that TNA has opened discussions with Hulk Hogan and Chris Jericho. He believes Jericho, Big Show and Hogan are the top free agent prospects. Angle did a great job putting over Big Show, claiming that he was one of WWE's hardest workers and that, should he sign with TNA, Angle would push for him to have a long undefeated streak.

• He said that TNA's ratings are now beating ECW and SmackDown.

• Claimed a doctor once told him that Vince McMahon has blood vessels on his nose (which he masks with makeup on television) that signal high blood pressure; McMahon, according to this doctor, is at risk of a heart attack.

• Angle put over Test (and Bobby Lashley); he had nothing positive to say about Triple H.

• He called his match with Hulk Hogan a "five-star" bout; he put over the Hulkster.

• He said that he hopes Christian Cage gets a chance to headline as a long-term champion, but that he needs to change his style to become a more effective heel.

• He criticized Shawn Michaels by mentioning his own track record as someone who has done more jobs than anyone yet not lost overness (but he did admit that HBK offered to put Angle over at WrestleMania). He also mentioned that HBK refused to move to SmackDown.

Kurt Angle will be making his debut New Japan Pro Wrestling on February 18 at Sumo Hall. Angle's opponent for the event hasn't been named yet. This appearance was booked through TNA Wrestling and we hope to have more on it soon.

Kurt Angle suffered a concussion eight minutes into last night’s Iron Man Match against Samoa Joe at last night’s Final Resolution pay-per-view.

The injury occurred when Angle caught a stiff boot to the head from Joe. Angle was said to be in a lot of pain following the match and spent a considerable amount of time on the ring apron before making his way backstage.

Angle appeared on the syndicated NBC program iVillage this morning where he talked in detail about the injury and went on to plug TNA over WWE, claiming that the talent in TNA in more athletic and active.

On the UFC website homepage, you can check out the latest "Real Quick with Mike Swick" video, where he interviews celebrities at the 2006 Spike Video Game Awards. One of those celebrities was Kurt Angle, who said the following:

Kurt Angle: Hopefully in the future, Dana [White] will have me on his show and we'll be able to do one fight. I'd like to go against Tito Ortiz, maybe Chuck Liddell. Randy Couture. Of course, Randy's out of ... He'll come out of retirement for me. Him and I used to go blows back in the amateur days, so.

Mike Swick: So, not only are you a fan of the UFC, you wanna get in there and fight in the UFC.

Kurt Angle: Oh yeah, you know what, I'm 38 years old. I want to at least get one fight in before I'm 40.

Kurt Angle recently gave an in-depth interview to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The piece began with an introduction, explaining how Angle began his career in the WWE and how the experience took a toll on his body. From there, Kurt talked about his addiction to painkillers and how many he's take each morning.

"Not just a handful," Angle said. "A large handful. I'm telling you, excruciating pain, all of the time. Cold sweats. I felt like a shell, like I didn't have a body or a soul. I was just a skeleton ... until I took those pills. About 18 [in the morning]. I'd lie there for five minutes with my eyes closed, and then it would kick in, and I could open my eyes again. Like, OK, I was ready to get up. That would carry me for about four hours."

As a result, Angle's wife, Karen, briefly took his daughter and left. But the wrestler only had himself to blame.

"It was my fault," he said. "It was my abuse. It was me not caring about anything, not even myself. I was just doing my job, making a lot of money and thinking that was good enough for my family and that they should just shut up. I was happier on the road anyway, because nobody was there to stop me from taking my pills."

Of course, as all fans know by now, Angle eventually received his released from the WWE and signed with TNA wrestling. He can work a lighter schedule there. He also now refers to the company as "home."

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Bubba the Love Sponge was in the news again last week.

This time, he had Kurt Angle on this show. The TNA star recently spoke on his WWE departure, specifically his feeling on two rather prominent members of that brand.

He says that when he told Vince McMahon about his addiction to pain pills, Vince didn’t want him to enter rehab. He told Vince "I'm Gonna Die," to which the owner just told him to go on the road. He said Vince needed to keep him around to help put over John Cena.

Angle also spoke on Triple H, saying he doesn’t respect him as a person and that he likes to hog the show with his booking power. He said that HHH was against Angle getting the title because he thought Angle was too small.

Kurt went on to tell the story about when Jerry Brisco suggested that Triple H do a shoot fight with Angle to see how much his physical size really held him back - and Triple H backed down.