American winner takes all

Chapter 458: Drug Testing Controversy (Part )

During the halftime of the Lingerie Bowl, the "Angel Girls" took the center stage as expected and performed on stage after Britney. Nicole Scherzinger's loud and high-pitched voice resounded throughout the venue. This was followed by the distinctive "house" electronic music of the early 21st century. The members danced to the rhythm of the music. Paris Hilton in the crowd was particularly involved, shaking her head and swaying her long golden hair like a waterfall. It was unknown whether she treated the stage as a disco.

In the corridor between the upper boxes, service staff were shuttling back and forth. Halftime was also a break as usual. At this moment, in front of an inconspicuous wine storage room, a young Armenian lady was standing. She covered her mouth with a painful expression on her face.

As if she heard a noise in the storage room, she turned around and left quickly. Not long after she left, the door of the storage room opened, and Ethan, who was dressed neatly, walked out, followed by Claudia Schiffer, who was wearing a white Valentino dress and blooming gorgeously.

Compared to when she scored the goal, Claudia Schiffer's steps were a little staggering at this moment, and she almost leaned half of her body on Ethan.

"Slow down! Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid that Cindy Crawford will be waiting anxiously?" She was led forward by Ethan, and her other hand was constantly adjusting and stretching her skirt downwards.

What Ethan was worried about was not Cindy Crawford, but the second half of the game.

When I returned to the box, I saw Cindy looking around anxiously. When she saw Ethan and Claudia walk in together, she immediately realized that the two of them were taking advantage of the break to run out and eat secretly.

She rolled her eyes at Ethan, and then saw Ethan coming over.

"Where have you been? Claudia and I have been looking for you for a long time." Ethan hugged Cindy Crawford's slender waist from behind.

"Of course I hid so as not to disturb you two!" Cindy turned around and looked up at Ethan.

"I don't care, I want to do it one more time than her!" She pinched her waist and made the request.

Fortunately, this is not a difficult task for Ethan, otherwise with so many people around him, each of them would have a little more than the others, and the left foot stepping on the right foot would have sucked him dry long ago.

At this time, Claudia also came over. Ethan hugged the two of them on the left and right and sat on the sofa together, waiting for the players of the two teams to return to the court.

"Guess who will win this game, you two?" Ethan asked at this time.

"I guess Los Angeles," said Cindy.

Claudia held the same view. Even though they didn't watch much football, they could tell how big the gap was between the two teams just by looking at the score.

The entire first half was almost a one-sided situation. Los Angeles Temptation only needed to honestly get through the second half to win the final championship.

But the specific situation of the game surprised everyone.

Dallas was eager to fight back, led by their captain on the field, and scored the first touchdown of the game within the first few minutes, which was a stark contrast to their performance in the first half.

After completing the first touchdown, the female captain kept waving her arms to the away fans who came from afar to the sidelines, to boost the spirits of the fans and cheer for the players on the field.

"You haven't given up yet?" Ethan looked at the female captain in the venue with interest.

Obviously, she wanted to catch up with the score, or even turn defeat into victory.

Ethan then turned and asked Stephanie for the player's information.

"Ellie Albert graduated from the University of Chicago and is currently a dentist. She has performed well this season and has been named Player of the Week three times." Stephanie directly revealed the other party's identity.

"You look pretty good." Ethan saw her take off her mask while rehydrating.

"You're far inferior to the two people next to you." Stephen laughed.

"There's no comparison between football players and models." Ethan shook his head.

Compared with other players on the court, her appearance is obviously several levels higher.

She was even more powerful when she ran. The muscles in her thighs were particularly developed. As a wide receiver, the two Los Angeles Temptations players were unable to hold her back at all. She broke through and the line advanced several yards forward.

This was the result of limiting the number of substitutions. In the first half, the Los Angeles Temptations players dominated the game and kept a close eye on her, but they consumed too much energy and allowed Ellie Albert to find an opportunity in the second half.

Is it really going to turn around? Ethan looked at the score of 30 to 6 on the field, and there were still four touchdowns to catch up, and Los Angeles was unable to get a single touchdown in the second half.

If such a feat can be accomplished, it can be called the "Istanbul Miracle" on the rugby field!
Ethan's judgment of the situation on the field was quite sharp. As expected, in the following period of time, Dallas Desire did not relax at all, and Ellie Albert showed full fighting spirit and mental willpower. In a collision, the players of Los Angeles Temptation made some small movements with their hands, but they were ignored by the female referee on the scene, which made her furious and she rushed forward directly.

"Didn't you see my XX?! They almost ripped it off!" She pointed at her chest and shouted at the referee.

LFL records live audio, including team voices, so this sentence naturally spread through the broadcast signal. I wonder if Fox will receive a fine later.

Apparently she was also a quick-witted girl.

Ethan called Chris Kinner over.

"Apart from these four, do you think this female player is worth spreading?" Ethan asked.

"Of course, as a female rugby player, there is enough room for discussion. The first step is to start with gender and exaggerate that she has been treated unfairly in competitive sports! At the same time, launch her personal documentary project to record her life and let the audience know more about her." Chris gave a completely different "hype plan" for the athletes, but it sounded familiar to Ethan.

Stephanie listened to Chris's talk and suddenly realized that this plain-looking middle-aged woman was quite capable.

"Where did you invite such a god from?" Stephanie asked with a smile.

Ethan's attention was on the field. When he saw Dallas eager to complete another touchdown and had already recovered the score by half, he couldn't help but raise his arm.

The atmosphere at the scene was also completely mobilized by this touchdown, especially for the Dallas fans who came from afar.

However, the Los Angeles Temptations players on the field fell into panic and began to make mistakes in passing the ball.

After that, the team leader's status began to be reflected. Ellie Albert rushed into the enemy camp alone, faced multiple interceptions, fought her way out, forced a breakthrough and completed the touchdown.

Just one touchdown away from tying the score.

At the critical moment, the rest of Dallas' eager players also performed heroically and completed a crucial interception in Los Angeles' tempting offense.

Getting closer to a comeback...

In the box, the previously relaxed atmosphere disappeared. Even six-year-old Kendall seemed to be affected by the tense atmosphere and tightly grasped her mother's hand.

Beside Ethan, the two models dared not breathe, feeling inexplicably nervous.

Tens of thousands of spectators had a similar reaction. Ellie Albert jumped high to meet the football that flew towards her like a cannonball...

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The football flew over Ellie's head with a strong spin. Even though Ellie stretched out her hand as hard as she could, she still couldn't reach the ball.

There was a cry of annoyance at the scene, but Ethan just stood up.

In front of Ellie, another eager Dallas player rushed out like a ghost and caught the ball before it hit the ground.

Ellie, who was not far away, helped her attract the attention of almost all the opposing players, which ultimately led to the girl with the ball breaking into the game zone with great ease!
"A miracle happened! Dallas was eager to equalize the score in the last minute! They dragged the game into overtime!" the commentator shouted.

The players of Dallas Eager did not dare to delay and immediately rushed to the sidelines to discuss tactics with the coach. In contrast, the players of Los Angeles Temptation lay on the court in despair as if exhausted at this moment. After a while, they dragged their extremely tired bodies to the sidelines.

Under the rules of substitution restrictions, the game is no longer just a test of physical strength, but also about willpower.

"Los Angeles will lose this game." Ethan knew it clearly when he saw this scene.

Sure enough, in overtime, Dallas was eager to gain momentum and easily defeated its opponent in the instant-death format.

At that moment, the entire Angel Stadium erupted in the most exciting cheers since its completion. The entire stadium was in a frenzy, and even Ethan and others in the box felt a slight shake.

"Earthquake?" Claudia and Cindy Crawford quickly hugged Ethan's arms tightly.

"It's just that the fans' cheers were too intense." Ethan explained with a smile.

"Besides, even if an earthquake comes, holding my arm will be useless."

“You’re so tall, you can always hold up the roof if it collapses.” Claudia said nervously. After all, she still liked the sense of security that Ethan brought her.

Stephanie McMahon left the box at this point and headed to the court to present the players with trophies.

The Lingerie Bowl trophy was named the "O'Connor Cup" to commemorate Ethan's outstanding contribution to the sport of Lingerie rugby. Ethan was even the last to know about this, otherwise he would definitely not have agreed to this plan.

The shape of the trophy is also designed to be an artistic geometric body. At first glance, it is a cylinder with a small base. When the team members hold it high, they can only hold it with both hands, which arouses a lot of imagination.

Although the shape and name of the trophy combined can easily give people a strange impression, no one can deny that this is an epic game.

In addition to Ellie Albert becoming an instant star with this game, LFL and Ethan were the biggest winners.

The epic match was like a natural commercial. That night, countless people searched for keywords of the match on Internet websites, so much so that Google CEO Larry Page had to announce the next day that he would continue to expand the server capacity.

The last time a keyword caused the server to crash was Jennifer Lopez's green dress at the Grammy Awards.

The last time was also related to Ethan. It was the "Thanksgiving Live Broadcast Incident" that made the Angels cheerleading team famous.

Not just tonight, considering the legendary and epic nature of this game, it will be mentioned repeatedly in the years to come, becoming a business card of the LFL and continuously attracting new audiences.

The commercial success also attracted the attention of many bigwigs. That night, Ethan received calls from three NFL team owners.

Old Jones actually proposed to acquire Dallas Desire, which had just won the "O'Connor Cup", and the price offered was very satisfactory.

Considering Jones Sr.'s local connections in Texas and Dallas, it would be easy for him to run a women's rugby club.

But Ethan was not ready to give up. He continued to ask for a higher price, which made old Jones pay a heavy price.

Then, Wayne Huizenga, one of the investors of Angel Stadium and owner of the Dolphins, also proposed to acquire a women's football team for fun.

Ethan generously sold the Orlando Dream to Huizenga.

The third person who called was a little special—the legendary son-in-law Stanley Kroenke.

As the son-in-law of the Walton family, Stanley is one of the world's leading sports industry tycoons, owning the Premier League team Arsenal, the NBA Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche hockey team, and the St. Louis Rams in football.

But that was all later. At that time, he was just a small shareholder of the Rams and Mrs. Ram's younger brother. When he called, he even needed to introduce himself actively. He specifically mentioned his wife's name in the introduction.

"You have to know that sports is a money-burning business. Even if you are the son-in-law of the Walton family, you have to be mentally prepared," Ethan reminded.

"That's why I want to start with a small team!" Stanley Kroenke said on the other end of the phone.

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With the end of the LFL finals, the long offseason is coming to an end. Ethan has returned to the team. Now there are several new players among his teammates, but the Angels hold the last draft pick, and the players they get are relatively not very competitive.

Before training camp began, Ethan and his teammates underwent the NFL's routine drug testing procedures.

Before the start of each season, the NFL conducts drug tests on all players and also conducts random tests during the season.

A few days later, Andy found Ethan with a serious expression on his face.

"There was a problem with the drug test? I knew it. I told them not to play too crazy during the offseason. Who has the problem?" Ethan immediately took the report from Andy.

But I saw my name on it.

"Ethan, you tested positive in multiple tests. I came to see you because I want you to contact your lawyer as soon as possible. The FDA investigator will question you this afternoon." Andy explained.

“FDA?”

"Yes, the NFL submitted your report to the FDA, and they are going to ask you some questions."

Ethan shook his head, now figuring out what the problem was.

Apparently it was a "rave bomb" that Sarah Karen had mixed on board.

“Will the FDA keep this inquiry confidential?” Ethan asked.

Andy shook his head. "Not that I know of."

(End of this chapter)