The World Anti-Doping Agency is seeking to probe whether any indictments can be brought against retired
Agassi made the admissions in excerpts of his autobiography, Open. WADA director general David Howman said no action could be taken for use of substances on the banned list since the eight-year statute of limitations had run out. Moreover, because the drug use was not performance-enhancing and since the tennis pro took it in 1997 when he wasn’t winning anything, it's difficult to prove it helped him reach achievements or cheated the competition.
Excerpts from Open are stark and matter-of-fact. The former tennis champion is painfully honest about his painful life. Describing his body in a way that doesn’t mince words or leave any ambiguity about how much the demands of the sport continue to tax him long after retirement.
Any sort of pedestal fans may have placed him on is surely to be fractured by the reality Agassi describes. His childhood not a picture perfect storybook tale and his despair on what to do with his relationship with Brooke Shields. The book seems to be a reminder that fame and fortune don’t equal happiness and that no matter the social station a person may have, they are still human.
The hardcover of Open will be available November 9th, but will not be available as an e-book as publisher Knopf has not set a date for releasing a digital version (electronic editions of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue, Edward Kennedy's True Compass and Stephen King's Under the Dome have likewise been withheld as publishers are concerned that the rising e-market will take sales away from the more pricey hardcover counterparts).
-- Killswitch Politick
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