Chapter 25: The Doping Scandal
After the game, the head coach of the Blue Devils, Lao K, and the head coach of the Cavalry, Tony Bennett, were both interviewed by reporters.
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews asked Old K, "Hey, Mike. Can you share your thoughts on today's game? ”
Old K smiled and said, "Of course! The Cavalry is a very good team and caused me a lot of trouble in the game. However, in the end, we overcame these difficulties and emerged victorious! ”
Erin Andrews asked again, "Before the game, Tony Bennett mocked your player Jack, saying that he was a garbage player, and that he relied on the tactical system you specially designed for him to score points. Mike, is what Tony Bennett said true? ”
Old K said with a straight face, "I don't know where Tony Bennett heard this, it's definitely a lie." This is the biggest insult to the players who have been training so hard. Jack is one of the hardest working people on our team, and he has been able to achieve this because of his hard work! ”
Erin Andrews said, "The hardest one? ”
Old K nodded and said, "Yes, did you ever see the campus at five o'clock in the morning when you were studying in college?" ”
"This ......" Erin Andrews couldn't react for a while, how could Coach K suddenly ask a completely unrelated matter.
"Jack gets up at five every day and runs to the gym to train. He basically trains for eight hours a day. Today's results are what he has earned with countless sweats! ”
Erin Andrews couldn't help but sigh, "This is really commendable and deserves such a result!" ”
After interviewing Old K, Erin Andrews went to interview Tony Bennett again.
"Tony, you were confident before the game that you would beat the Duke Blues and make Jack as he really is. But the result after the game was completely different from what you said. What are your thoughts on this? ”
Tony Bennett said coldly, "That Chinese is too good at running, don't you see him running the whole game, never stopping for a moment, he almost played the whole game, running for nearly forty minutes?" Do you know what that means? ”
Erin Andrews had a hunch that she was about to catch a big piece of news, and she hurriedly responded, "What does it mean?" ”
Tony Bennett shouted angrily, "This means that this damn Chinese has used doping!" Yes, he was definitely doping. Otherwise, he definitely doesn't have this strength! ”
Big news! Big news! Big news!
Erin Andrews said excitedly, "Tony, are you saying that the Chinese Zhang Zifeng used doping to have such a good performance." Is it! ”
Tony Bennett said, "Yes, I promise it!" ”
Erin Andrews was overjoyed and felt that this month's prize money would be absolutely generous. She asked, "Tony, do you have any evidence that the Chinese Zhang Zifeng took doping?" It's best to have a photo or video or something. Rest assured, leave it to us. We will definitely expose the ugly behavior of this Chinese to the whole United States, so that he will not be able to stay in the United States! ”
"What more evidence is needed?" said Tony Bennett. My players also train hard every day, but none of them can run for 40 minutes in the heat of a race. That Yao Ming is not also training hard, and he can only maintain a state of thirty minutes per game. It turns out that the yellow race can only maintain the state for 30 minutes in this high-intensity basketball game. He ran for forty minutes, and there was no physical exhaustion. It's not scientific! I bet you, I'd kiss you if that damn Chinese wasn't on stimulants...... Kiss a donkey's ass! ”
Erin Andrews was a little disappointed to hear that Tony Bennett had no evidence, just personal speculation. But she quickly picked herself up, and it didn't matter, anyway, Tony Bennett's words could cause an uproar.
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After the game, the Duke Blue Devils players flew back to Durham.
Winning the game and slapping Tony Bennett in the face made Zhang Zifeng feel very happy. But what he didn't expect was that Tony Bennett's post-game interview made him stand in the storm for a while.
As ESPN's post-match interview aired, questions were made from TV stations to sports newspapers.
"Hard sweat? Stimulant? - USA Today
Isn't this scientific? - New York Daily News
Don't be deceived, that Chinese is doping? - New York Post
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Since World War II, many Americans have a sense of arrogance in their bones, believing that Americans are the best and most powerful people on the planet.
Now in the NCAA basketball game in the United States, a Chinese is actually dominating, which is simply slapping them in the face!
In the previous Duke Blue Devils' winning streak, many people could only endure even if they were unhappy.
Now seeing that this Chinese took medicine to obtain such results, he suddenly pounced fiercely like a hungry wild wolf and rated Zhang Zifeng fiercely.
Brogdon of the Cavalry was the first to attack, "We're playing clean, and some people are cheating to win the game, and that's not fair to those who are clean." I strongly demand that the NCAA's umbrella drug testing agency conduct drug supervision on that Chinese. ”
Pavis of the University of North Carolina also posted on his Facebook page, "The NCAA is the purest basketball game in the nation, and we can't let a drug addict defile our sacred game." ”
VJ Beechm of the University of Notre Dame, Hancock of the Cardinals, etc., have all stood up to crusade against Zhang Zifeng, and they all strongly demanded that the NCAA conduct a drug test on Zhang Zifeng.
As well-known stars in the NCAA stand up, the doping scandal about Zhang Zifeng has intensified.
During this time, major newspapers openly and secretly believed that Zhang Zifeng had taken stimulants to have such a performance.
North Carolina Tar Heel fans, the home of the Duke Blue Devils, gathered at the gate of the NCAA headquarters, discounted banners, held megaphones, and demonstrated to denounce Zhang Zifeng.
For Zhang Zifeng, North Carolina fans are deeply distressed, and it is because of this guy that North Carolina has been humiliated by the city's sworn enemies four times in a row.
They feel that as long as Zhang Zifeng is kicked out of Duke University and the NCAA, North Carolina will have a chance to take revenge!
North Carolina Tar Heel fans asked the NCAA headquarters to conduct a doping test on Zhang Zifeng, and once Zhang Zifeng was found to be doping, they demanded that Zhang Zifeng be banned from the NCAA.
looked at all kinds of newspapers that slandered Zhang Zifeng. Assistant coach James indignantly left the newspaper on the ground and stomped on it a few times. "They didn't even investigate, so they dared to sit in their offices and spread rumors. A bunch of damn bitches, in order to attract attention, there will be no right and wrong. Mike, we're going to help Jack. A diligent person should not be slandered like this! ”
"I know, Nate, you sit down first!" Old K looked at Zhang Zifeng and said, "Jack, I only asked you once." Have you ever taken stimulants? ”
Zhang Zifeng looked directly into Lao K's eyes: "Coach, I have absolutely never taken any stimulants!" ”
Old K looked at Zhang Zifeng's frank expression and said, "OK, Jack, we will be on your side." But we need evidence to wash away the slander you have been made against you! ”
Zhang Zifeng asked, "What should I do?" ”
Lao K took out two forms and gave them to Zhang Zifeng, "I will accompany you to the umbrella drug testing agency of the United States Anti-Contraposting Organization (USADA) and the NCAA for doping testing." As long as you have these two test reports. I can give you back your innocence! ”
Zhang Zifeng nodded and said, "OK, real gold is not afraid of fire." I'll take both tests! ”
Lao K has been at the helm of the NCAA giants for 35 years and has coached the U.S. men's basketball team. In the United States, he is very well connected in the world of sports.
A phone call came, and the two agencies quickly arranged for Zhang Zifeng to be tested.
The testing time was arranged, and the major media received the news.
On February 10, 2015, Zhang Zifeng will go to the anti-drug organization in the United States and the NCAA's umbrella drug testing facility to undergo a doping test. Carrying the camera and running to the scene for an interview.