Hey, we found some more cheaters

July 31st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

So we know Floyd Landis and Justin Gatlin went ahead and failed some drug tests recently. (Gatlin is innocent. That damn sabotaging masseuse!)

Perhaps in honor of that (although we think perhaps not), Sports Illustrated has gone ahead and busted out one of their fine photo galleries on the subject of “Cheating Controversies” – what appears to be the top 10 of them, in fact.

We got your Albert Belle corked bat, the Black Sox scandal and Danny Almonte, pretty standard fare cheaters.

But perhaps the most interesting one on the list (and our personal favorite) is Rosie Ruiz.

In 1980, Rosie Ruiz [(left)] won the Boston Marathon in 2:31:56 with nary a bead of sweat on her brow. How does one accomplish such a feat? By entering the race in the final half-mile. Ruiz had also earned her spot in the race by dominating the New York Marathon. Of course, in that competition, she reportedly rode the subway most of the way.

Um, blaming beer, masseuses or that you “grabbed the wrong bat” certainly isn’t going to work for an excuse here.

Perhaps she “unknowingly” knew the race was 26.2 miles?