Julie K. Brown

He got sent to the sports department.

And the sports department, this is what makes me think of you, the sports department didn't do anything with the story.

I don't know if they didn't know what to do with it or what the deal was, but, you know, it's an investigative story.

So...

The whistleblower went to the Miami New Times instead, gave them this story.

It's a huge story.

Yes, Biogenesis.

So we got beat because the Herald got the tip first.

So, of course, my editor comes to me and say, we need you to do this Biogenesis story.

And I said...

what I mean we already got beat on he said no we need you to do it and I said well what about the sports department he said we need you to do it that's why we need I said I don't really know that much about steroids I mean I know I watch baseball game he said that's why we want you to do this story there's one thing I read and you let me know if this is accurate or not did you sneak into a hospital to interview Joe Frazier at one point yes I did what happened

We didn't know what happened.

So I just said, well, let me just go see if I can talk to him.

And, you know, you're not really supposed to do that.

But I nobody stopped me.

I didn't I put my you know, I put my notepad in the in my pocketbook and I don't know how, but I got right up into his room.

What prompted this?

The rumor was it was a drunk driving thing.

And what he claimed, though, however, it was like medication gone awry or some other thing that he was taking for his ailments that caused him to.

I can't remember if he had a car accident or not, to be honest with you.