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Retired baseball and NFL player Bo Jackson sued the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, sports editor Jim Mohr and MediaNews Group for defamation after the paper quoted a dietary expert saying that he used anabolic steroids. Editor Steve Lambert told AP: "We're still investigating the situation."
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