By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

The Day in Connecticut has a report today with WWE's lead attorney, Jerry McDevitt, responding to questions on what former WWE CEO Linda McMahon knew about steroid distribution at WWE events in the late 1980s.

The report was inspired by the recent news that Linda McMahon allegedly tipped off steroid doctor George Zahorian of a federal investigation in 1989. The Day reports, based on what McDevitt told them on Tuesday, that "company officials had been unaware of Zahorian's steroid sales when they occurred in the arenas where live wrestling performances were held in the late 1980s."

MSNBC picked up the news and reports Democratic opponents to McMahon in the Connecticut Senate race are passing around the "explosive front-page piece in The Day newspaper, which raises serious questions as to McMahon's role with regard to steroid use at WWE (and previously WWF)."

Wrestling author Irv Muchnick, who has covered this topic in-depth since the 1980s, says "the idea that the McMahons had no idea that Zahorian was pushing drugs at arenas in Pennsylvania, just before shows at which he was the state athletic commission-appointed ringside doctor, is laughable."

Muchnick adds there is "overwhelming evidence" that Zahorian distributed an assortment of drugs to wrestlers at WWF TV tapings in the 1980s. The evidence includes FedEx slips for steroids addressed to wrestlers and WWE CEO Vince McMahon, the husband of Linda McMahon.

Link: Read The Day's big McMahon story on theday.com.

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