The Sicatoka

Need a @MafiaManruling here: The Top 20 Songs the CIA Used to Torture Inmates I think the CIA has some clean misses on that list: - no songs by The Carpenters or The Osmonds - "Baby Shark" - nothing by German band Rammstein

The statement from Mankato Athletics: " ... able to quickly confirm with the NCAA ... " So the NCAA knew. And the NCAA rolled with the USADA temporarily lifted suspension. All of this was kept very well under wraps for a long time. What was USA Olympics' and USA Hockey's involvements I wonder. That'd be a terrible thing (for them) to come out during the Beijing Olympics. Now it just sucks for McKay, MSU-M, the NCAA, and the Hobey committee.

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- 2016-17 U.S. National USHL 26 8 16 24 44 12 2017-18 U. of North Dakota NCHC 38 9 13 22 35 4 He's maybe the closest to it, but a year being "the man" for < USHL franchise here > would not have hurt him either.

The Vitamin D story is coming from McKay's tweet. It wasn't his Vitamin D bottle that was the problem. (Dare I say they're trying to conflate D with the real problem?) From the SportsNet article The problem was, non-NSF-approved, Quercetin with the banned substance in it. Like I said, if it had been a bad bottle of D, ouch. But he admits he was taking something not NSF approved (Quercetin).

So the problem isn't that he didn't listen to his coaches, trainers, and team, isn't that he didn't only take NSF approved supplements, isn't that he ended up with a banned substance at detectable levels in his system. No, the problem is ... he got caught?

I'll bust on any (Purple Cow, Drool Cow, UND) college athlete for not listening to what they're told Day 1: Don't take anything that isn't approved by the team first. (Our guys used to be told to run everything past Pooly.)

McKay admits in his explanation that he took a supplement not approved by NSF.

Next on SportsCenter ... https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33763226/dryden-mckay-hobey-baker-award-winner-ncaa-top-men-hockey-player-banned-six-months-anti-doping-rule-violation

If he wanted Vitamin D, why didn’t he take Vitamin D but instead chose this other Quercetin thing as @iramurphysays. Did he go to the store and not know how to spell “D”? And all these athletes are told time and again: Don’t take anything that the team hasn’t cleared!

Guttman is the crankshaft of that engine, but he ain't got the pistons he had.

Remember "kids" (and I know you're reading this), as Dryden McKay says: " ... I, as an athlete, am responsible for what goes into my body." That applies to you too. If you're not sure, run it past Pooly first.

The MSU-M Compliance Staff could make those things happen (or not happen) before the NCAA is made aware. I can not find if USADA or WADA reports positive findings to the NCAA when they test Olympic sport (BB, hockey) athletes.

The article says: The article is unclear as to whether the NCAA was told by McKay, MSU-M, or the USADA, and if so, when. I'm pretty sure the Hobey Baker committee was unaware until a few hours ago.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article/hobey-baker-winner-dryden-mckay-discusses-suspension-for-banned-substance/

No, they also get their jollies off crushing, making examples of, those who can't fight back. If I were the purple cows I'd be worried the NCAA is getting out their set of ...

Is this why McKay wasn't on the US Olympic roster?

Ostarine is banned in the NCAA.

So he played the second half the season under investigation based on Jan 23, 2022 results. I seem to recall a CCHA regular season and post-season title, and a couple regional wins and a national semis win. Hello? NCAA? Hello?

https://www.usada.org/sanction/dryden-mckay-accepts-doping-sanction/

If you're saying they take it soft on little brother, yup, they do. If Bubs had pulled the stops against US NTDP in January and let Albrecht et al go "load test the boards*" with red, white, and blue jerseys things would've been different. But if one of those NTDP kids gets hurt ... oh my would the wailing and gnashing of teeth commence. And they'd never schedule you again. So much for getting kids in to see REA. Again, which devil you want to dance with. *Would it be nicer to say "fill the seams in the boards with red, white, and blue spackle"?

In this case we know Berry didn't tell a kid what he wanted to hear. Frankly, I'd be more worried about what the US NTDP is telling kids. So many (try to) make the jump directly to college. So many struggle their first year or two at college. Why? US NTDP is a skill game. College is an upperclassman game, and with rare exceptions known as first-rounders, upperclassmen (20-24 year olds) are no comparison to an 18 year old.

Not sure if I should shed a tear or crack a beer.

Savoie-faire is over there ... if over there is the Bakersfield Condors.